Shape advice; How to be tall without looking awkward?

[Reese Wicken]

Like the title says;  I want to make my shape taller but without being all awkward looking about it.    I've spent years crafting shorter avatars and I've finally grown tired of looking at them, so I want to be taller but I'm afraid of getting the proportions wrong.    any advice?

[Rowan Amore]

29 minutes ago, Eseme Nova said:

Like the title says;  I want to make my shape taller but without being all awkward looking about it.    I've spent years crafting shorter avatars and I've finally grown tired of looking at them, so I want to be taller but I'm afraid of getting the proportions wrong.    any advice?

Here's a wonderful blog post that really helps with avatar proportions regardless.of your height.

https://strawberrysingh.com/2018/02/05/lets-talk-proportions/

[Rumancekk]

my avatar is very tall and still proportionate but people are always crapping themselves everytime they see me

but i'm using belleza jake and i know that maitreya's legs at least look really weird when too long

 

so i might still look awkward but i'm at least proportional

basically what i did was max out height and legs and then the torso length went up a bit, and hip length.

[Nalates Urriah]

There are tools that help you keep a shape adjusted to human proportions. Marketplace Search: Shape Tool

I make two tools for guiding your adjustments. One for face and one for body. You can make your shapes and keep them proportional without my tools. Find a picture of a person, import it to SL, stick it on a cube, size the cube to the size you want, zoom your camera (Ctrl-0), and adjust your shape to be similar to the picture. That is really is all my tools do. They just make the process easier.