Tary Allen Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Don't have much at hand here, but these are all from 2008, sometimes I miss me pre-mesh 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 This thread kind of has me wanting to make my old avatar again.. hehehe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 9 hours ago, Tary Allen said: Don't have much at hand here, but these are all from 2008, sometimes I miss me pre-mesh Me too. It took a lot of time to dress and edit everything. Where I stand with my arms up, I change pose, and the corset is a disaster. It only fit just that pose. it was good with unrigged stuff for pictures, but they were a total pain to walk in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeta Vandyke Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Me in 2010, my last pre-mesh look 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ashton Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Marianne Little said: Me too. It took a lot of time to dress and edit everything. Where I stand with my arms up, I change pose, and the corset is a disaster. It only fit just that pose. it was good with unrigged stuff for pictures, but they were a total pain to walk in. Wearing things was like, ok is this an acceptable amount of float for this belt, Or can I live with this much clipping? hehehe To find the perfect fit for some things was more than just a search.. They were things you kept your eye out for from a list of things you had in your head.. hehehehe Then when it came to editing something and hoping you could get it to size without having to edit linked parts..especially if it had a zillion little prims.🤣 This belt fit like a glove, until I got into a pose that it clipped hard.. It was a matter of, do I fix the belt which could take hours and just hope it blends in enough in the pic that nobody else noticed but me.. LOL Edited January 10, 2023 by Ceka Cianci 5 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opinicus Extraordinaire Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) God, I've had *so many* though... Also I feel so inhuman being here after seeing almost nothing but humans. Edited January 10, 2023 by Psyra Extraordinaire 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalates Urriah Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) @2Tessa Thanks for starting this thread. It is awesome seeing how neat some of the early avatars were. From my first year in SL... (shudder) I was doing a bit better making my avatar a couple of years later. This is from the era where I was into combat games, NOR was my favorite. We had some awesome battles. In spite of all the lag these were great fun. Losing a battle often left one at the mercy of some really dark people, which introduced a whole new level of tension to the competition. And the RP story telling was WAY creative. When off the battle field I went for a more feminine look. I think this is my last avatar before I started buying mesh, hands and feet were first. Then a body and lastly a head. I have kept some of my early outfits for the pre-mesh looks I really like. Edited January 10, 2023 by Nalates Urriah 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Tessa Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Nalates Urriah said: @2Tessa Thanks for starting this thread. It is awesome seeing how neat some of the early avatars were. Yes, yes, yes, yes! I am loving it too! 🤩 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Souther Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) https://live.staticflickr.com/5044/5362250951_37c35c0ba6_n.jpg Not sure how to link to Flickr..... Edited January 10, 2023 by Cali Souther 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) What creators did with sculpts was pretty impressive. Isn't sculpts a form for mesh? I never learn the technical jingo. This must be a picture where only the hands gives away that this isn't a mesh avatar. Mesh came later in 2011, and this is from March 2011. It must be sculpted shoes too. I don't know what is mesh and what is sculpt when I come to the end of 2011 and further. Mesh looked and behaved like sculpts without rigging too. I am afraid to log in and see if I have the parts of this, or if they are lost. If I keep all the things I collect over the years, I would have an inventory of over 500 000, a million is not unlikely. And cleaning and purging takes time, a lot of time. Sometimes things are... gone when I look for them. I have lost a lot of @Bare Rose outfits. It is the collar, chest and underarms in here. I am almost in tears, when I wish that I had an easier way to save things than making boxes, pack things, and then pack them in storage. If we could open the inventory without logging in and sorting like we sort pictures or documents... 😭 If we could have another inventory that did not have to be loaded... as a vault to keep things safe. 😭💔 Edited January 10, 2023 by Marianne Little typos 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Incognito Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) Been around since 2008 but only found a pic from 2012 ^^ Edited January 10, 2023 by Always Incognito 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elora Lunasea Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 March 2008 at the SL Botanical Garden. I have some older ones somewhere from just about when I rezzed in (August 2007). The oldest my Flickr goes back is January 2008. Pretty sure I barely knew how to take a photo before that LOL 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elora Lunasea Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Marianne Little said: What creators did with sculpts was pretty impressive. Isn't sculpts a form for mesh? I never learn the technical jingo. This must be a picture where only the hands gives away that this isn't a mesh avatar. Mesh came later in 2011, and this is from March 2011. It must be sculpted shoes too. I don't know what is mesh and what is sculpt when I come to the end of 2011 and further. Mesh looked and behaved like sculpts without rigging too. I am afraid to log in and see if I have the parts of this, or if they are lost. If I keep all the things I collect over the years, I would have an inventory of over 500 000, a million is not unlikely. And cleaning and purging takes time, a lot of time. Sometimes things are... gone when I look for them. I have lost a lot of @Bare Rose outfits. It is the collar, chest and underarms in here. I am almost in tears, when I wish that I had an easier way to save things than making boxes, pack things, and then pack them in storage. If we could open the inventory without logging in and sorting like we sort pictures or documents... 😭 If we could have another inventory that did not have to be loaded... as a vault to keep things safe. 😭💔 Oooo I had this skirt! Loved Bare Rose - mine is long gone from my inventory also. Another one that has disappeared was all my Four Yip outfits. I was obsessed with her clothing. I'm sure I had all of it. I have so many pix in them but alas, none to wear any longer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elora Lunasea Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 April 2008,, Four Yip's Charlie Chaplan outfit, ooof I love this so much 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 3 hours ago, Cali Souther said: https://live.staticflickr.com/5044/5362250951_37c35c0ba6_n.jpg Not sure how to link to Flickr..... It looks like it should have linked the image. Did you use the link option rather than just paste the link in the post so it will embed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZennyRose Balhaus Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Song Indigo Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielle Atheria Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Created my first Avi in like 2004 then two years later quit then came back in 2008 and created this Avi. This pic taken in 2010 under my original name Feather Muircastle till i paid to change it to what it is now. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalates Urriah Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 @Marianne Little Everything in SL is mesh... and Prims... All mesh items anywhere use a list of vertices to render a shape/object. In SL most prims have a list of vertices built into the viewer. Saves downloading. Only a list of parameters which define how the prim looks has to be downloaded. The exceptions are Sculpties and Prim Mesh objects. A sculpty uses an image for the list of vertices. We set the X,Y,Z values by setting the RGB values. Prim Mesh objects use a list of X,Y,Z values which we set by modeling in Blender or 3D Max. Prim Mesh objects render faster as it requires no decoding of the RGB image values. Sculpties were a work around for not having editable mesh prims AKA prims with an editable vertex list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 7 minutes ago, Nalates Urriah said: @Marianne Little Everything in SL is mesh... and Prims... All mesh items anywhere use a list of vertices to render a shape/object. In SL most prims have a list of vertices built into the viewer. Saves downloading. Only a list of parameters which define how the prim looks has to be downloaded. The exceptions are Sculpties and Prim Mesh objects. A sculpty uses an image for the list of vertices. We set the X,Y,Z values by setting the RGB values. Prim Mesh objects use a list of X,Y,Z values which we set by modeling in Blender or 3D Max. Prim Mesh objects render faster as it requires no decoding of the RGB image values. Sculpties were a work around for not having editable mesh prims AKA prims with an editable vertex list. I guess she meant "System Avatars", since that is all which existed before user-created "Mesh Avatar" bodies..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcov Carter Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 2007, prims hat and glasses. 2008 to 2015, with a lot of sculpties. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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