So, if you find a skin you really like, you may have to adjust your shape and facial features to fit. You will find that different skins may need adjustments made to your shape and facial features in order to get the look you want. We will be spending a little time on our appearance settings so you can see what they do and learn how to save them so you make changes or retrieve older shapes. Please see your class inventory note card or see the appropriate getting started page on the blog for the SLurl.ĭuring this class we'll be getting new skins and some pre-made shapes that may, with some small modifications, suit you just fine. If you are a newbie and under 30 days old, there are a number of well designed skins that various design houses put out for you. You will have to take your time to go through them and trash the ones that you would obviously never use.
Some are very good, made by very professional skin makers, and others are extremely bad. There are lots of free ones out in the freebie shops no matter how old you are. Your general appearance can change dramatically with a new skin. Even if you never log on again after the first day, when the 30 days expire you can no longer take advantage of the freebie designer skins and hair for newbies. You are considered a newbie your first 30 days upon entering SL. It is important to keep track of your time in order to take advantage of your newbie status. It is OK to stay in your newbie shape for a while as you learn how to navigate in your new 3D world. You will want to change into professional skins, hair, eyes, and maybe a totally different shape after a few weeks anyway. Otherwise you will never get around to exploring SL. The trick to getting a quick start in SL is to give yourself a good enough look to begin and tweak as you go along. In general, all avatars (male and female) are much bigger than you may think, running about 6 + feet tall. You will also have control over the default skin, eye, and hair color and can choose any color under the sun. You will always have to wear some kind of skin and shape. What you are really doing when applying the Appearance setting is changing the general shape and features of your avatar. Your avatar's appearance is influenced by four things, the shape, skin, hair, and eyes.
The Appearance settings are easy and fun to use that they can can keep you busy for days trying to get your look just right. Changing the appearance of your avatar can be a time consuming process, and it is something we all want to change right away.