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  1. Animazoo has several good static poses that you can pick off and add to your AO list. Tuty's may have some that are more quiet and reserved. However, my secret solve-all solution to avoid having my avatar look as though she's doing the foot shift dance while waiting in line for a toilet is picking up some male AO's. There are many made for men that are quiet, subdued, and frankly unisex, and I know I use at least three of the male stands from animazoo regularly.

  2. Surely there is a more impressive word we can use here in lieu of the phrase 'putting together an outfit'. I propose: avatarscaping.


    In all seriousness without snide commentry, what is being trivalized is actually somewhat complicated for some individuals on Second Life, and flat out calling the process art or not is an unfair generalization for those who don't give two flips, and those who have spent work money and months following their favorite fashionista bloggers.

    It's more than putting together an outfit. It's skin, shapes, hair, eyes, eyelashes (seriously, until you've tried to fit eyelashes to your eyelids, you can't say there isn't work involve--and please note, I say this very tongue in cheek), and making it all come together in something pleasant and befitting.

    Hell. Us SLers have even come up with a specific breed of 'humans' that us snobbier elitists enjoy calling fugs; ya'know, those weird chinless Mongoloian-eyed and African-American nosed orange-tanned creations that walk around with pony rider hips and impossibly tall torsos. Let's not forget the tiny vestigial T-rex hands. These grotesqe creations are admirable in their own right in that it defines what characteristics people find beauty in. Usually big boobies and THUNDER THIGHS and CRACKALACKIN PHAT booties. But the distinguishing facial characteristics of the avatars is interesting, as well as that these people seem to think that they're the embodiment of hawt.


    Maybe that's getting more into anthrology rather than art. But what better source to study humans than by what they define as attractive?


    Anywho. If the argument is that art is a form of expression and that there must be intent to provoke an emotional response, then it doesn't need to be any more advanced than a hoochie mama dressing it up (or rather, dressing it down) to get her male (or female) clientele aroused. It doesn't have to be fancy stuff. This is why I mentioned that there was a needless amount of justification. Either you intend your avatar as art or you don't, and there really isn't much more of a qualifier than that. To state that there needs to be an elevated idea beyond that for anything to be qualified as art is pretentious.

    That said, yes, I do value other art forms far more than 'avatarscaping', and I don't believe there is a very high skill level involved in making appealingly individualized avatars. 

     

     

     

  3. "The ability to dress oneself in the morning does not an artist make."

    Saying something is art and claiming that it makes you an artist are two connotatively different suggestions.

    "If you consider dressing yourself to be the pinnacle of artistry"

    Nothing I've written could have possibly lead you to infer this. In fact, I said the exact opposite (basic does not equate pinnacle), but I could infer that you like to spout off nonsense before reading a statement thoroughly.

     

     

  4. Yes there is. Go watch your kiddo or young cousin or whatever go doodle out a sketch to proudly present, and then tell them, "Nope, that ain't art, it's too basic." Being a condescending sarcastic twerp in response does not, a valid rebuttal, make.

    That said, intention has everything to do with what is and isn't art. If you're not intending to do **bleep** then that's your perogative. For people trying to mimic something close to how they dress in real life, or even their shapes for that matter, then yes, it's art, and it is work, because that **bleep** can take forever, yo'. I know I've clocked at least ten hours on modifying my main shape over the years everytime I get it into my fancy that it can be improved.

     

  5. I feel like there's a needless amount of justification that people are putting forth for their answer. Art at its basic form is an expression of self. Yes, putting on an outfit in the morning could be considered art. Yes, putting on an outfit in SL could be (edit: if the intent is there) considered art. Whether you're trying to be a hoochie mama, a thug looking gangsta, or some RP character you're buying pieces of created items designed and produced, and then hand selected by a discerning eye for pieces that are sensational, exciting, or otherwise.

  6. Hey there!


    I'm not looking for this specific skin, but I absolutely adore the shadowing at the nose and how it dips against the cheeks. It really appeals to me on a visual level and I'm wondering if anyone has seen a skin similar to this for sale? I attempted asking the avatar herself, but I didn't get a response, and I didn't expect one either; many people seem to hold their avatar specifics sacred.

     EDIT: FOUND. I IM'd the avatar a second time and it turned out it was just SL difficulties. She sweetly gave the information. :) Happy I am!

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  7. I'm trying to pick out my first land, but having never done this before, I'm running into a lot of dead ends and I feel as though I need more experienced people to help with this.

     

    I've already picked out the house I want. It's 60m tall with a 25 x 25m footprint, and 130 prims.

    I'd be happy with either a simple plot in the sky or in the middle of the ocean (preferably spaced from other people, or at least enough that I can reasonably limit my view space and not see them). However, a nice foggy land with mildly dark color schemes would also fit my purpose. Maybe woodsy, dead tree type areas, too.

     

    To some extent http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Parcels-for-Sale-Estate/Prices-SLASHED-at-Willowdale-Estate-Prettiest-Lots-in-SL/td-p/1417681 is also what I'm looking for (Willowdale), but I feel the colors are too bright and I don't want to be placed next to a beach like setting; I'd prefer either land locked or sea locked--Or even a craggy cliff overlooking the sea! But no beaches. I just don't like the color of them! 

    So, how do I go about finding something like this? The property doesn't have to be big. I'd be happy if it was only able to fit my house in.  I'm not realy thrilled with spending more than 2k linden a week, which I feel is reasonable for a small land lot that isn't pre-homed and furnitured.

     

    Any help? : >

  8. I'm curious: when you are buying clothes for your avatar, what is the main deciding factor for deciding to purchase? Is it because it is a specific style you enjoy, or is it because you feel your created avatar would specifically choose it him/herself? Do you buy something because a specific brand makes it? Does it need to be flawless quality / a fully meshed item?

    Do you buy an outfit because you're trying to impress the opposite sex, or because it impresses you? What themes do you try to go for? Quirky? Cutesy? Or dark and expressive?Perhaps you just like buying a wide variety of things so you can mix and match unique setups in your inventory?

    Personally, I buy outfits if I feel my RP character, Jaeden will wear them--and only if. This means I've bought a lot of pastel and 'cutesy' things that I would have otherwise passed up as being too "Barbie-ish." However, there are one or two times where I've built up an OOC outfit just for pure fun out of very cheap clothes just to match up a 'Candy-goth' style.

  9. Right-o.

    So I bought a fantastic pair of pants that I'm in love with. They attach at the pelvis, upper legs, and lower legs. However, I've found that the only two pair of boots I wanted to wear them each have an attatchment for for the lower legs, too! I've tried attaching them to different parts of the body and moving/editting them over the respective part they're supposed to cover, but it seems that no aprt of the body moves quite like the lower leg with my animations.

    Is there away to make them work together, or am I doomed to finding shoes that only attach to the feet, rather than the lower leg?

  10. Thank you for the links, and the advice. : )

     

    Edit: Checked the links, and oh wow! Hal'Hina is poifect. Going to go hunt the shop down in game now and see if they've got demos. : )

  11. Hi!

    I've been searching through skins for females, and I have to admit, I'm baffled that so many created female skins can all look so much alike. I need a little help in finding a store, specific designer, or whatever, that sells female skins that appear natural, or unique in artistic shape.

    Examples of what I mean:

    https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/rockadore-Shapes-Ella/1805530

     

    https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/DAMNED-JABU-Eyes-Black/2363656 (With this one, I feel that the eyes are far too dark, but the rest of the face is perfect)

     

    https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Violent-Seduction-Kirin-Fatpack/2313277

     

    https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/S-u-s-h-i-Sophie-DEMO/2404524 ((REALLY love how unique this one looks.))

     

    https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/D-O-D-I-E-Freebie-Blush/1922568 ((This skin could stand to lose a touch of its makeup... but I love it, too.))

     

    https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/D-O-D-I-E-Bambi-Shape/1914559 ((Such a cute skin!))

     

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    Any suggests, advice... I'd love it. Hell, if you sell your own natural skins, please, feel free advertise yourself shamelessly... : ) Above all else, I'm trying to keep away from the "fresh painted ho-bag" look. Dramatic eye shadow, ABSOLUTELY blemish-less plastic faces... those aren't my bag. For the right skin, the amount of LInden is not an issue.

     

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