Dazzer01

Thanks for your valued opinions folks. I've not been on SL for several days but when I next sign in I'm gonna make some changes based on the comments you've made which I agree with. From now on though I'll not be accepting unnecessary avatar advice from people in-world because I think as some of you have said it has nothing to do with anyone else really. My avatar needs to reflect my tastes rather than a selection of other people's. So I'm gonna stop letting it bother me now and just politely reject any well-meaning but unwanted criticism, as I'm sure I look at least fairly decent and therefore not in need of that sort of attention.

Ah I see. So really the relationship between the actual avatar and the mesh clothing is more vague than with regular clothing, although in other ways it's superior. Thanks for the info.

This has probably been said before but I couldn't find it in search. I'm having trouble with mesh clothing in that when I wear it including the alphas of course it doesn't seem to follow the contours of the body shape I've chosen. For example, the butt on my avatar is fairly well rounded but when I wear mesh pants it usually looks a lot flatter. Is this something to do with whether the mesh items are rigged or not, or is it about deformers which haven't been introduced yet as somebody was telling me? Please excuse my ignorance but it's making me steer clear of mesh until I know how to resolve it. I use SL viewer 3 beta by the way, which I understand shows mesh items properly.

Thanks for the links Penny. I'll have a good look at the long version later. In the meantime I've reduced my shoulder width as my torso did look a bit too triangular. It seems to have solved the small looking head and waist issue because now I'm in better proportion. I dare say there's still a lot more I could do to make my av more realistic but just with that one adjustment it looks considerably more natural and less cartoon-like.

Thanks very much for your kind remarks folks, they're much appreciated. Sorry to summarise each reply but it's basically what I was thinking and hoping. The reason I did this post is because I've had one or two people say my av looks strange and being a pessimist, rather than take notice of compliments I tend to react to criticism. It's good to know that this minority are the ones with interesting taste shall we say. Yes I actually do like my av the way it is, but that's not to say I don't want to improve it of course. As long as I know that I'm not looking weird thanks in part to your comments and also to the attention I get in-world then I'm good. Thanks again nice people. Ways (screen name)

Hi all! My account is fairly new but this is not my first avatar. Though when people look at my profile and see that I was born recently some of them tell me I look noob and try giving me advice. In my opinion I look better than some of these advisors but still they think I must need their help because I'm apparently new to SL. To be honest most people think my av looks good but there's a minority that says I desperately need some help to change it and I'm just wondering if this minority is right or not. I tend to think that it's all down to personal taste as I'm happy with it as it is. I find it quite annoying now when people tell me I look noob just because my av doesn't meet with their tastes. Anyway, please have a look at these and let me know if I've got it all wrong. Thanks. :) http://i48.tinypic.com/2ce21vk.jpg http://i47.tinypic.com/15ryyxh.jpg