Learn to build nearly anything in Second Life

An Ivory Tower tutorial in Second Life building

The Ivory Tower Library of Primitives is a place where nearly everyone in Second Life, from complete noob to experienced builder, can learn something. Whether you simply want to apply a texture to an object or you want to construct an elaborate structure that will leave others in awe of your skills, this is an essential place to landmark and to visit.

The magnificent Ivory Tower and the well illustrated tutorials in its Library of Primitives were created by Lumiere Noire, in real life a Texas schoolteacher, who has devoted the last six years or so to building this indispensable reference to how to construct nearly anything you might want to build in Second Life. I first met Lumiere six years ago in the metaverse “There”, where he earned a reputation as a skilled and imaginative builder. In Second Life, he has gone way beyond being a master builder to being a master teacher of anyone who needs to learn to build.

An Ivory Tower tutorial in lighting

I first learned to build in Second Life by visiting Lumiere’s first Ivory Tower of Primitives. It’s grown tremendously in its offerings since then. When his current Ivory Tower today, I realized that I need to return to refresh my own building skills. I can’t overstate how much there is to learn there, or how well laid out it is, as only someone who knows how to teach could accomplish. Regardless whether you have just recently joined Second Life and just want to learn some basic building skills using a public sandbox, or you are an estate owner looking to build an edifice, you will find something here.

The Ivory Tower

If you are a Second Life member, you can teleport to the Ivory Tower Library of Primitives by clicking slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/211/164/28.

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