Marianne Little

Not all submit demos there. I just checked for a skin I wanted to look up. But it might help some, if they are lucky.

I have bought a cord necklace where I can customize text. The notecard says: How to add text: Open the included "TEXT UV layout" in Photoshop and add your text on the UV island. Save as .png with transparency and upload to SL. Rezz the necklace and hit ctrl-alt-T to show the transparent face. Right click on the necklace>edit> select face>click on the transparent face>add your texture. I have followed this, and the text is visible when the necklace is rezzed on ground. But when I take it back to inventory and wear it, the text is invisible. Maybe there are alpha in the hair that cover the necklace. I try ctrl-alt-T but can not see any transparency hair over it. To be sure, I rez another copy and set transparency to Alpha Masking and cutoff 100. It does not help. I have tried this several times now. I take the edited necklace back to inventory, or take a copy. I change the cutoff value up, as high as 200, or down. I change EEP. I try with and without shadows. I refresh texture when wearing it. I am sure it is some little, stupid thing I do wrong, but what?

I have always liked rough looking men. I think you gave this guy a friendly/neutral expression. The scowl is overused in SL, it is either pretty boy faces or angry faces. Good to see something else. Even as a teen, I thought the babyfaced actors and boybands wasn't interesting. I think the brows on this avatar is a bit dark, since he is pale blond.

I bought Lilith last Black Friday, for the horns. The head is super CUTE without the horns. I was considering using it, but I could not shape the jaw and eyes as I wanted. Who would think the fearsome Lilith is just a tiny cute kitten? 😆 Now I wonder if Billie can use the horns... hmm...

Okay, now I got exited! I have an older Kintsugi tattoo for SL UV + body, and I have been looking for one for EvoX + body. I am going to demo the one from Anxious Angel. I am going to demo the Amara Beauty skin too. For some reason, the Seraphim way of listing is easier for me to see, instead of other galleries. Maybe it is because I am so used to Seraphim. https://www.seraphimsl.com/2024/03/08/jazz-up-your-avatar-at-skin-fair-2024/

It is cheap skins and makeup for sale all the time, I will only buy full price if it is very special. I picked up a nice set for 60L at the weekend sale already, from one of my favorite stores, Jack Spoon. I saw the Skinnery skins in the shopping guide. They look really good. I will go and take that demo later. I have not unpacked all the gifts from Christmas yet, hehe. So I have tons of skin and makeup laying around.

I have had the Lake head since it was new, and found nothing I like better. But I have not been 100% satisfied with the nose tip and the eyelids. I got what I want in Billie now. It is going to be my new head. That it is 50% off is great. But the price is not so important. I try every new head, and Lel heads are often at a reduced price in events, and always in Black Friday. I would not spend money on a head, just to put it away. Unless it is free heads. I have every free head and is never using them, but I can't throw them out.

The "Addons" pack is really massive. Look at all the makeup on tattoo layers! It is also blush, freckles, scars, mature and facial hair. Yep, facial hair is included with the female head. I guess the addon packs are unisex now, so men get the makeup sets too. The hairbases look similar, I have not had much time to compare them in detail. It is also glitter add-ons and piercings, as it has been in the previous head packs.

I really, really like Billie. The skin is Amara Beauty "Lottie" porcelain the eyebrows Simple Bloom Teresa low tail CA 08 the freckles is "13" from the included Lelutka addon pack the moles is Jack Spoon La Boheme beauty mark (2) the eyeliner Cazimi Essence, subtle eyeliner and DeeTalez "MU" glowblush

I found a shopping guide: https://juniperevents.net/skin-fair/2024-2/shopping-guide/ But is it a list over gifts? FabFree had not posted anything as I type this.

Billie is my new head. I love it. 💓

BoM Modesty patches for nipples and crotch are included with the skin I am using. My body is then boring to look at, like a Barbie doll, before my mesh clothes are rezzed. They are perfect with swimwear, and deep cleavage in stylish gowns. I do not want to have visible underwear when I am in a bikini or swimsuit. I like the patches very much, because they are flawless. The patches we can buy and tint ourselves, are never so good. It is BoM Velour skins included with the Maitreya Mesh body, but no modesty patches or cleavage options. I bought a Velour skin just to get those addons.

Is it a Skin Fair group where demos are posted? I seem to remember it has been before... or was it Hair Fair? What groups can we join for early access? I want to get demos. I loved Snow Rabbit!! But I have changed style to a more angular face and stronger jaw. I will demo the Snow Rabbit head, even if I doubt it will be my new head. I will maybe demo Catwa, but from the picture, I already see I do not like the eye shape. I am going to buy Lelutka, if I finally find a head I like better than the one I am using now. It has a few things that could be better, but all other heads I have demo'ed later has not convinced me to change. I am very, very committed to my Lake head. I love Lelutka to pieces and have a strong brand loyalty because they update for free, and are very generous with gift heads - that are also updated.

Maybe I get a new head now? I have demo'ed every head from Lelutka, but I have found nothing I like better than my Lake head. This new Billie head look interesting. Maybe it's even a slight discount at the Skinfair.

Is the Senra skin showing on the body, or the head? In the old days, a skin covered both head and body. That was how all skins were sold. But since we can not use 2 skins the same time, or add a skin over another skin, the tattoo system layer is used more and more. This layer (Pink wiggle) has more or less replaced the old standard skin. The head and body skins are sold in 2 parts. The creator may use a standard skin + tattoo layer / or tattoo layer + tattoo layer over a skin that is totally hidden. Your Senra skin is an old standard skin. You can add skins that are using tattoo layers. Always add tattoo layers, do not "wear" them. Use the same brand for both head and body. Unless the head skin creator is selling skins that match another "body skin" maker. Example: Amara Beauty sell head skins that matches with Velour skin. Even if they have their own body skins. There are body skins on tattoo layers included with the Maitreya body, but they have to be unpacked. LaraX skins are in the LaraX EXTRAS UNPACKER HUD V1.1HUD where you find other things like underwear. Click "Velour BOM skins" and you get delivered Maitreya LaraX - Velour BoM Skins. It is 20 skin tones, including fantasy ones. (Not all Velour skin tones are included, these are only some of them) Original Lara 5.3 has the skins in a box in the folder. It is matching Glam Affair skins and are named Maitreya Mesh Body Lara - Tattoo Layers Skins Glam Affair. It is 22 skins, both the older skins that has names like "America", but also the new skin tones that has only numbers in the name, 01 - 12. You can test how it works for free. Pick up the EvoX Raven skin from Amara Beauty http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hell Fire/146/198/23 (Group is free) (Holly skin is not EvoX) (Lipsticks are EvoX) Use the "Porcelain" a.b. head skin with the "Porcelain" body skin from the Maitreya body. If you will try out the Amara body skins, walk upstairs. Under the vendor for "Bree skin" is a set of free body skins on the floor. 😍

You're @Prokofy on x? Is it the 1400L tea set? I have much better tea sets that wasn't so expensive. That 1400L set does not look better than them.

I can use the official viewer, but I do not like it. Would I quit SL if the official viewer wat the only option and all others banned? Maybe. I have said things before and changed my mind. So I will not say yes or no.

If you like to read instead of watching videos (I think written tutorials are best) Virtual Bloke has some really good BoM tutorials. They are a few years old, but still good. The only thing that's really changed is that the HUD's are a bit different. And the Lelutka heads are now 100% BoM, you can't activate skin appliers on them no matter what. (Well, it may be some really old discount heads in the store yet, I am talking about current heads) It is still makeup appliers for the heads, and special effects for stuff like body glitter. So appliers is not all gone, they are just not popular for skin anymore. For skin, it is either BoM or appliers. If you use an applier for the skin, you cover everything on the body under. You must also use an alpha layer for the mesh body, it render everything under the mesh invisible. When you use BoM skin instead, it is no alpha layer to turn everything under invisible, so the layer clothes, layer tattoos, layer freckles etc etc show up on your mesh body. The benefit of layers is that you can add a lot of them. I think it is 60 layers that is the limit. I never use so many layers. You can use body hair layers, skin adjustment layers, like freckles, birthmarks, stretchmarks, red skin from spanking, dirty soles, sun burn, bikini tan lines, modesty covers (skin tinted patches for naughty bits), tattoos, blood drips, wounds, band aids, bandages, stickers, underwear on layers, stockings, leggings, all sorts of tight clothes to wear under mesh clothes....

If I had 1 linden every time I hear "wear BoM under", I would have... 74 linden? 😆 Just kidding. It is that difference between 3D mesh top and flat paint that I do not like so much. I have lots of layer tops. They are still painted on, no matter how well textured. They are modify too, so I can tweak the color. That Tetra top is easier to use with BoM under than those who are showing the whole belly. A small strip with BoM is not noticeable. Maybe I go and buy it. To encourage Tetra to make more stuff. It is really good.

Tetra was one of the stores I had on my "shop Black Friday" list, but I dropped them since they had no LaraX out yet. So far they have only one for X: I like ut and have demo'ed it, but it suffer from the usual "must -show -a -part -of-the -tummy" syndrome. It is almost tucked in, so close.... Tetra has so fine clothes for old Maitreya, both classy and also sexy. But it is not 'kawaii' sexy, instead sensual for the ladies. Sigh, I can hope their older styles get an update, but I am not holding my breath. They do not release new stuff often. 5 releases last year, and 2 updates to Reborn Waifu.

From Toksik flickr: "Regarding the new Maitreya mesh body update: - I will be rigging for Lara X/Petite X from now on, the old Lara mesh bodies will not be supported anymore - Old items may or may not be updated, please do not message me about it - Flat will not be supported until it is updated officially (Flat users can try the petite fit and lower the chest slider for a flat chest look)" I'm not gonna bother her with a message, but I keep looking up her Flickr to see if the Descent dress get updated. That dress is 🔥🔥🔥 😍

Oooo, can I steal that line?? 😁

I have an alt with one of the last names we could get. LL removed last names in its official website in November 2010, but some register portals like the Virtual Library of Birmingham had last names in November 2011. I think LL put an end to last names in third party registration portals just after that date. It was a NameWatch page where we could find out how many that shared the same last name, but I think it is broken.

Maybe the brow demo is on one of those new layers. You know, those EvoX is using for ears. I have found some makeup using those layers, and it took some time for me before I found it was not a tattoo layer. Because I sort of ignored all that did not have a tattoo layer symbol.

I should cut down smoking...