Welcome to my ongoing series - The Man Behind the Goatee! This edition introduces Noelyci Ingmann, the blogger, builder and designer behind Ingmann Design Group (http://www.ingmanndesign.com/), a Second Life company that creates buildings and sims.
We met at my home for our interview.
Me: Welcome to Absolutely Wonderful Estate!
Noelyci IngmannI: Thank ya, thank ya!
Me: Please, make yourself comfortable!
NI: [moves from couch to couch to position to position, trying to get comfortable] There we go... now it looks like we're talking, lol
Me: OK! Let's start! Do you have a goatee in RL, too?
NI: I have had a goatee at various times in my life, but I now have a full beard, not full in the nasty unkempt sense, nicely trimmed and all, but I don't shape it into a goatee. Mostly because it still keeps me looking too young, I am blessed/cursed with a baby face so the facial hair makes me look my age instead of 16. [chuckles]
Me: Do you have a significant other?
NI: I have had a partner in SL, but I don't currently.
Me: Oh ok..... What is your favorite kind of outfit to see a woman in SL wear (not counting lingerie or being nude)?
NI: Do I get to say bikinis then? Just kidding. I'm more of the artistic type, being a designer I don't mind exactly what style as long as it's done well. I love shopping with my girl friends and I've been known to surf SLX for hours looking at fashion and saying, "Oooo, that's so her." As far as my personal likes I tend towards gowns or flirty stuff on significant others, I've been blessed with the friendship of women who have significantly ore style then I do that have expanded my tastes though.... Pheobe Petrov over at Fashionality for instance is a good friend and has a girl next door style that is incredibly sexy in a way that isn't overtly vampy. That look has grown on me a lot.
Me: What about hair styles? Do you have favorite hairstyles you like to see on women?
NI: I'm gonna sound like a broken record. I like well done prim work because of my building background. I prefer feminine styles instead of unisex. My favorites tend to be reminiscent of 50's pinups. For some odd reason I tend to identify avatars to their hair color, not sure if that's male, human, or just me...Oh, and I have a thing for redheads. [winks]
Me: LOL! If you could go back and give your newly born self one piece of information or advice what would it be?
NI: Take more time learning, I spent the first year not really learning, just exploring, which is good in some ways because I got to see the culture. I'm not one who regrets that much, but I wish I'd spent more time investing in some of the relationships that fell by the wayside, more time learning to build.... more investment sooner I guess.
Me: What is the funniest/oddest/most embarrassing place you have ever rezzed into/logged on in?
NI: Noelyci Ingmann removes all names to protect the guilty.
Me: LOL!
NI: I was helping one of my first customers with a castle they had bought. And.... yeah, we finished, it was late, I logged out and when I logged in the next day they had bought an 'animated' bed and were trying it with someone....I think she had some explaining to do.
Me: Rofl!!!!!! OK next question....What is an item of clothing/accessory/household item you wish you had in SL but don't?
NI: I've been thinking of making it and probably will eventually but the JDRF (Juvenile Diaetes Research Foundation) is having their fund drive right now and I'd like to make an insulin pump to raise awareness and wear it since I have one in real life.
Me: Oh wow!!
NI: It's a great cause.
Me: Are they having the fund drive in SL?
NI: I'm donating all my profit from September to them, but I don't think they have anything official going here, next year maybe I'll try and make that happen.
Note: Since this interview Noelyci actually went ahead with his idea and built an insulin pump for Second Life avatars! You can get one at Noelyci’s store (see blog post here: http://www.ingmanndesign.com/2008/10/second-lifes-first-insulin-pump-i-think.html ) He also has a section on his web site featuring "Virtual Insulin Pump Hotties" -- if you care to submit your own photo!
Me: So, what is the most prim wasteful thing you own?
NI: Wanna see? LOL
Me: Sure! …Unless it is naughty.
NI: I've had lots of prim heavy things, but rarely keep them out, I have a reputation for being a low prim builder that still looks good so [my sim] Natalis doesn't have anything super primmy. These wings are what come to mind, it's from my early avi, in 2005 and they are the max prims and I wore them EVERYWHERE! [The wings appear on his back.]
Me: LOL! Wow!
NI: Aren't they awful in a cool way?
ME: Tymmerie Thorne: yes!!! LOL!!
NI Noelyci Ingmann: I walked around like this for over a year. [hangs his head in shame] Noelyci Ingmann: Each feather is a prim, for heavens sake
Me: Tymmerie Thorne: So how many prims are there total?
NI: 224
Me: Wow!!! You must have caused some lag!
NI: I got these before flexi prims were even available, lol
Me: :-) So you are a builder and designer -- do you have a favorite build?
NI: I do. I started Ingmann Design Group and I do a lot of the prefabs/customs that we do. I also have been blessed with several creative designers who prefer to do the creative part of it and use IDG to sell their designs. We have a ton of fun. I get to work with and support my friends and see what they do... it's my biggest pleasure in SL. My favorite personal build as a whole is Natalis, which is my store/island/home. I love how organic it turned out and my home there is incredibly peaceful to me, which is kind of a surprise. My favorite build that I sell is my Codex Observatory, which was posted as a great build by Akela Talamasca at Second Life Insider, which unfortunately is now defunct. There's something about each build that is mind numbingly frustrating, and very cool, all at the same time. I think that comes from creating anything.... never being personally satisfied, but knowing it's ready anyway.
Me: So, Noelyci, If your favorite movie got made into a sim what would be your favorite area/feature?
NI: Well, my favorite movie is a character piece - Usual Suspects - so it'd be hard to do a place for that movie, but the whole idea of the flick, where you can watch it twice in a row and see two different movies... I like the idea of doing something like that. Codebastard Redgrave's sim is kind of like that, where it's one thing in the middle of it and another from the air, that's an amazing piece of art.
Me: Wow - you've been here since '05! What has been the most surprising thing about SLife?
NI: It shouldn't be, but to a tech geek like me the surprise is how truly social it is. I have true friends here and the relationships aren't just 'virtual'. The longer I stay the more I 'get' that aspect of things. When I started I would never have thought about doing an interview with you, just wasn't my makeup, nor what I thought SL 'was'. So it's really changed for me, from being the nerdy geek sitting in his room in the dark playing a 'game' to being a communication medium and a place for friends. It's kinda funny, because I've gotten more confident in RL due to it.
Me: Very nice!!!
NI: Part of that may just be going from your 20's to your 30's [shrugs]
Me: That was my last question! Thank you very much for doing this interview!!
NI: You're welcome! It was fun!
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