Team Wintermute decided to build a sign physically modeled after the design and structure of the Penn State IST building. But how would we present the picture? There are many types of signs, and after seeing what some other people had done, we decided that a billboard was not included in the decisions of many other groups. Team Wintermute thinks that if you were to advertise in Second Life, it would have to be visible from the flight path and travel patterns of individuals.
Matt Maisel was the best builder of the team, and he spear-headed the creation of our billboard. Martha took pictures, and started building what would be put on the poster. Paul and Eric looked for pictures that described IST accurately.
Going back to our flickr collection from a previous assignment, we used pictures of the IST building to convey our feelings about IST. Matt encountered an interesting dilemma as he tried to picture what the essential components of a billboard actually were. After looking up pictures of a billboard, he began sculpting away at several rectangular prims, making bars, a ladder, and other various components. We are glad that it came out so realistic- Matt is pretty good with that stuff! Martha finished a very professional poster, thanks to the wonders of mac computers, which left one small task... The uploading of textures.
It is 10 Lindens to upload a texture into Second Life. Good thing 10 Lindens only equates to more or less 5 cents! We had to wait more than an hour to get the confirmation that the money had been uploaded correctly, but other than the small wait, everything in this assignment went as planned.
The only thing missing from this document is a picture of the finished product. here it is!!