| What is scripted art? Scripted artwork has | | | | owner of "Sunset Sailing". Each piece has a |
| moving elements in it enhancing the art and | | | | Certificate of Authenticity both in the form of a |
| enjoyment of the view. The movement in this | | | | notecard and texture so that tracing province |
| type of artwork is provided by hidden art of | | | | back to Elven Enchantment Art Gallery is an easy |
| scripting, and by inserting these scripts into | | | | thing to do. All pieces are transferable, so you |
| objects so that we can interact, within our world, | | | | may purchase the artwork as a gift for your |
| with other avatars, objects, and in this case | | | | friends, loves, or a gift for a business partner a |
| animates the artwork to have moving elements | | | | wonderful way to say, "Thanks." You may also |
| making the common scene more, awe inspiring, | | | | resize the artwork without hurting the integrity of |
| mesmerizing, and makes the viewer go hmm, | | | | the moving elements or distorting the picture. All |
| how did they do that? | | | | these pieces of artwork are for the art lover |
| The scripted art that is considered good for | | | | who wishes to have a beautiful piece of low prim, |
| collecting, hanging in your home, or for giving your | | | | low lag moving art without taking up a lot of |
| your friends is currently scarce in Second Life. | | | | space and will fit nicely on any wall. |
| The key is to develop low lag, low prim artwork | | | | Elven Enchantment Museum and Art Gallery is |
| that any Second Life Resident may purchase to | | | | honored to be the Exclusive Sponsors of Digital |
| enhance their beauty of their homes. | | | | Knight Scripted Art Studio and the grand opening |
| For the purpose of this article, I will only speak on | | | | on October 1 at 5-8 p.m., Second Life Time (SLT |
| the three pieces of artwork currently on display | | | | or also known as Pacific Standard Time). Mr. |
| at Elven Enchantment Museum. "Lunar Month" is a | | | | Montague will be on hand to answer your |
| 24-moving, texture of the phases of the lunar | | | | questions on his newer pieces and oversee a |
| cycle, beginning with a thumbnail, and advancing to | | | | contest for a free piece of artwork called "Tall |
| the full moon, and returning to the outline. The | | | | Ship". The contest will run until 7:30 p.m., SLT at |
| script that makes this piece of art was a very | | | | which time the first person to correctly identify |
| difficult set of instructions to assemble to make | | | | elements in "Tall Ship" will win a copy of "Tall Ship". |
| this artwork move. The end results are incredibly | | | | Scripting is an art in Second Life, and in the opinion |
| peaceful and beautiful. | | | | this Curator, one that is unsung and unnoticed and |
| "Houston" is a cityscape and the first one Mr. | | | | for the most part taken for granted in our world. |
| Montague did to see if scripted artwork was | | | | Personally, I have taken several scripting lessons |
| possible to do. In the foreground is the skyline of | | | | and can admire some of the complexities that go |
| the city of Houston, USA with its skyscrapers | | | | into creating a script from scratch. The language |
| and awesome buildings that make up the city | | | | that makes up the art form of scripting has its |
| centre of Houston. Behind the skyline of Houston | | | | basis in algebra and I am sure other more |
| are dark, angry thunder clouds blowing a gale | | | | advanced mathematics. You must be able to |
| over the city, highlighted by lightening strikes to | | | | correctly identify the commands and the making |
| the ground dazzling the viewer to its ferocious | | | | those commands to do something that the end |
| nature of this storm. | | | | results is something usable in Second Life. If you |
| "Sunset Sailing" is a peaceful, brilliant orange sun | | | | are like me, and hate math more advanced then |
| sinking down into the horizon of an ocean, a | | | | the at sum on a spreadsheet then scripting will |
| silhouetted sail boat in the foreground sailing | | | | offer complexities that are truly mind boggling. My |
| across the water, preparing for an evening of | | | | conclusion was leave the scripting to the unsung |
| calm sailing. This piece is an Exclusive Limited | | | | talents in Second Life and enjoy what they |
| Edition Series of 20 pieces that once sold will no | | | | present to us in our world. |
| longer be available for purchase except from an | | | | |