Raindrop Drinkwater

I'll weaponize my high heels to stab you!!! 😁 I find "social" ratings inherently unfair. I'm rather shy (or more to the point, quiet, except when I turn on the "chatterbox" mode with my friends). With rating systems, I feel obliged to interact with people when I don't really feel like it, and that's exhausting and discouraging. It also opens the door to rating harrassment, rating bartering, rating draaaamaaahhh (... popcorn anyone? We can watch together), etc. Not to mention the dopamine hit. There's so much of it already on internet, I frankly can't stand it any more. I've turned off notifications basically since they were created, but even so, there's always a small number in a red circle somewhere next to your name, or your comments, or or or... It's exhausting. I think this system is rather unhealthy on the whole, not just for me but for a lot of people.

Sits 4 people at the size shown! 😁

Now you mention it, yes, I do!!! As well as Skell and Strawberry, I usually check out Inara's, Chic's, and Juicy Bomb's blogs.

I like bloggers who shows both pros and cons of the items they're reviewing. Not just "it's cuuuuute! Squeeee!". For example, "fits great on Reborn, but the mesh is a bit loose on Maitreya", or "great texturing overall but I'm not keen on the butt crack shading". By the way, does anyone here remembers Salome Strangelove's blog (SL lifestyle or something like that)? Her skin reviews were excellent!

On the plus side, this necropost led me to Rick's post and the great resource he made available for free: Can't have enough alphas, right?

Really nice eyebrows! They open up the face, and look very natural. I keep being surprised at how much of a difference such a small item makes. I agree with Emma, though, you need a hairbase. The poor toddler suffers from early pattern balding.

I have a pre-mesh "grandma" avatar which I thought would be the perfect candidate for Erika. Well, kind of. The body is beautiful, and I'm happy with the shape I came up. If anything, she's a bit too toned in the thighs! A nice problem to have. I grabbed a demo of Lara to try and replicate this shape, and couldn't quite get there. Overall, I like this body better than Reborn. The lack of clothes however is a killer. I'm not going to spend hours hunting for clothes, especially not on a rarely used alt. We'll see if this body becomes more mainstream or if it remains in its uber-sexy niche. The dress is by Hilly Haalan, who has some items for Erika. The skin is Gretchen (from the Linden Library), and the head... Jamie. I'm so happy with the head, it's just about perfect. 😮

So, uh, where can we find this body? All the SLURLs I've been able to find lead to invalid locations. ETA: nvm, found it via Claudia Urdaneta's profile!

You don't need Avastar to use the avatar workbench files. It's a simple blend file. It can be opened in Blender 3.6.3.

Why would I want 420 fps anyway ??? You lost me at "u"

Yes, typically it's best to put seams where they won't be too visible, at least on the face. Even with padding there's a chance the seam will be visible. Straight down the middle of the face is the LAST place I'd put it, especially as there's a lot of details in this area. Lelutka's mapping makes a lot more sense.

I'm wearing a "standard" Harlow, the sale price was too good to pass up and it suits me perfectly. I actually have yet to play with the advanced version of the Harlow head. I also have an Alexis (and a Logan on my mAlt)... it's going to be a tough choice between Alexis and Harlow, once they're both EvoX-enabled! I'm especially happy to hear about the improvement to the skull and the better consistency. Some hairbases look way off on Logan, for example, so even if I stick to a standard skin after the update (... yeah as if), this is good.

If it were a car rather than a bike, that'd be the perfect picture for Billie Eilish's Bellyache!

Excellent!

Assuming she owns the parcel, yes, she could do that. Others would see the same lighting... assuming they used the "Shared Environment" setting. Otherwise they'll still see their personal lighting.

It's great to see you too! I've been back for a couple of weeks, and I'm starting to find my marks again... and sorting out my inventory 😅 !

I had forgotten about the "bang on things" sign!

Which size do you use?

I wonder why SL strayed so far away from the default avatar shape, rigging and weighing. It's not like they don't have the source files! I expected Senra would basically be an onion skin over the underlying avatar, so that most sliders would work as intended. And mostly compatible with the library wardrobe ("choose an avatar"), which has a lot more options in terms of styles. Oh and nails on a separate mesh. Or no nails at all. ANYTHING but those nails! I'm hoping non-humanoid options and foot height will come further down the line.

I'm glad there's a newbie-friendly way of fixing the nails. 🤪

I actually like dog-bag lady and most of this generation of avatars. They have character and aside from not being mesh avs, are a good starting point. You can mix-and-match hair, skins, eyes etc. to get a look closer to what you want, and the face shapes are pretty good out of the box. I still use some bits of them on an alt. But they're not mesh, and to teach newbies how to use a mesh avatar, I really see where Jamie and Blake will come in handy. I just wish they looked a bit more like the previous gen, especially in terms of skins! ETA: the web interface looks neat!

I used a mix of Senra Jamie and Trixie, all from the library. I'm happy with the overall look, with some caveats: - The shape doesn't respond to sliders in the way I would expect. Saddlebags lift the butt up? The head shape out of the box is looooooooooong. - The nails don't cover up the nailbase properly. I wish they'd stuck to the classic SL UV map, and gotten rid of the mesh nails entirely. This would have ensured compatibility with lots of older content, while also leaving creators the option to make new mesh nails. - The rigging isn't even close to the standard SL body. Which means nothing fits! - The skins from Trixie's generation of default avatars are lovely... Can't say the same about Jamie's. So I'm not sure this is as easy to use for newbies as SL intended. To get it to look decent from the get-go, you need a pretty good grasp of how to adjust shapes, and you need to know to look for other skins, hairs etc. in the library. On the other hand, I really like the overall naming convention, it's very well thought-out (aside from hair really being hairbases).

The hoverboard is pretty awesome, too.

Oh no, Akasha! That really bites. I hope you'll manage to get all your stuff back. ?

I don't know about the other brands, but as I understand it, Logo will soon change the way they sell their heads -- with the hud being bought separately and working with all the (same-gendered , I presume) heads. I only own one head, but I can definitely see the appeal for people who buy multiple heads.