Getting your Avatar together

by Rosmairta Kilara

Making an Outfit

Go to the Edit menu and choose appearance (or click on your av and choose appearance)

Click the “make outfit” button on the bottom right

The New Outfit

Click all the buttons with white boxes and that will save everything about the outfit into a folder - shape, skin, eyes, clothes

To get back to this look just select the folder and choose “replace outfit”

Opening boxes

right click on the box and choose open

the contents will come into your inventory as a folder

Wearing Things

Choose an item and right-click it to choose wear

The icons show basic pieces like undershirt, shirt, jacket or pants

Skins make a difference!

highlights, makeup, eyebrow color/contour and shading are on the skin itself

TaP Jill LP WR

A head skin template - top skin designers command high prices

Shape is the foundation

The size & shape of eyes, nose, lips, the height of cheekbones and body shape are all determined in the shape

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Shape can be edited - & there are shape designers

Modifying clothesSome clothes are no modify... full stop

You can make clothes without a base targa but it is just like painting on skin... no seams or detailing

Basic avatar clothes are created a tga “fabric” that part isn’t editable inworld

You can do is change the colour and fit

Prim-made clothes

For clothes that aren’t flat to your body designers use prims (primitives) to actually build the shape

Hair, shoes and skirts are the most common prim apparel... and you often need to adjust their fit

Editselects

the whole object

I really just want to edit

one part

Tip & Tricks

Make a copy before you start editing

Play with the sliders to change the fit

If you are editing prim clothes always use a posing stand to stop your av’s movements

Finding Freebies

The designers of Second Life offer many free items for avatars under 30 days old

There are groups like New Citizens, Inc (NCI) who specialize in helping folks

There are freebie emporiums like Free Dove, Yadni’s Junkyard and Stillman

Please enjoy a fun-filled and well dressed Second Life!