To Be or Not To Be!

Yes!, that is the question!. Especially in Second Life...you can be anything or you can be nothing!. (you can completely vanish using Invisprims :P..). Avatar creation is one the most powerful tools in this virtual world. They say looks arn't everything, but when you see what 'looks' are available to you, you will soon question that statement. As I mentioned in a previous post, you can be a mythical beast such as a dragon, you can be your favorite Anime character, you can be a great warrior or knight, or you can just be richer!. Thats not even scratching the surface of variety here.
Your basic Avatar is a simple humaniod (above pic) or as one of my friends calls them, " round ears ", (Because we are mostly fantasy avatars; elves and pixies etc...we have pointed ears and the rest have normal :)). And its up to you to totally customize your Avatar human into whatever you desire.

The truth of the matter is, it's FUN to create yourself into something you are not. So, for me, the above Avatar is well, not good at all. I spend a lot of time customizing, or "modding" as its refered too in SL, several Avatars for myself. Ok, so maybe I will only use one of them once, that don't matter because I can always rearrange the bits and bobs of it later into something better!. Its dead easy to customize your look. I suggest the very first thing you do is go to Freebie Places!. They are like heaven for modders and sometimes you can find decent quality items at the back of a box ;). I have two skins ( skins being what your skin looks like lol), that I found at freebie places and they are quite decently painted and detailed with muscles and tattoo's. I have'nt needed to spend 1000's of linden dollar's on a mega realistic skin as of yet. Yes, skins cost the earth! but thats because they are a pain in backside to make >.<'. Mostly, any skin that is decent will do, but if you are a SL model then it is handy to have a realistic skin; well, you have to look good ;).


This is a photo I took of one of my friends called Electric Ibanez. He is a freelance model of sorts as well as being a very talented Second Life Blacksmith, that is someone who makes Swords and weaponary. As you can see, his skin is pretty realistic . He, being in the public eye quite a lot, needs to look good most of the time. But...it's all about if you can afford a skin like Electric's :S. I didn't ask him how much it was but he assured me it was "enough" lol. Anyway, that is what Electric has chosen to make himself in Second Life. But this blog is supposed to be about moi :P. So, on to the freak show.....

My Avatars :)

A summary of my Avatars in Second Life ^.^. I write this so you can see the limitless possibilties of making and customizing Avatars for yourself!.



<------ This is my newest look!. I have two accounts on Second Life, this is " Wynter Bracken", a half elf/dragon or 'Kaesti'. I wanted to have a more 'tribal' feel; more like hunterish. I made her facial peircings, the dangles on her horns, the necklace and a few other things on her body that is out of this shot. I use her for Roleplays and such.

This is Wynter Bracken too, but in her "Fae" form. See the wings? doh lol. An older version really, when I didn't know how to make anything and so spent quite a lot of lindens on clothing :P. I use this version of her a lot for Roleplays too. -------->

Now we get to the weirder things ;). Or imaginative, whichever word you think suits :P....








<---------- Wynter in " Avian Drake" form. I bought the basic Magpie avatar from a place called Grendels Children. It is one of the best places to get all kinds of strange and wonderful avatars. Flea Bussy is the creator of many of the Avatars there and she works flat out to create new and interesting creatures almost every two weeks.
I just recoloured the chest/ head area and textured the beak and feet and added the horns and feathery crests on the back and shoulders. :). With this AV I just like to sit and watch people and fly around, call me crazy but its interesting to perch on high and observe. The good thing about Grendel's Children Avatars is that they are easy to modify. Thanks Flea!.



Yes, yes..it's a Satyr :). Or fawn, or whatever you see it as. This elegant AV was bought in Grendels Children and then heavily modded to make it look more interesting. This AV has a beautiful way of walking :D. Once again Roleplay and wandering through forests is what I use this form for :). I added new horns and re textured them, made some strings to add to the horns. Recoloured ALOT lol, redressed the body in more wild-type clothing, and bought a new 'dappled grey' skin from Grendels Children to make Wynter's " Azure Fawn" form. ------------>



<--------- I havn't used this form much, but I love it ^.^. Its a dark version of a mermaid. I love mermaid avatars; the way they move is so elegant and graceful. So, I bought one then heavily modded it. Retextured the tail, new skin from Grendels Children, horns etc... and tattoo's.










Also heavily modded is the basic Harpy Avatar from Grendels Children :). This is Wynters, " Goddess of Winter" form. It looks very extreme doesn't it? :D. Well, I wanted to try a bit more actual building and I made the feet and also the ears. She does have a tail too. Recolouring the feathers was an ultimate pain! >.<. I won't be doing that again lol. ------------->








<----- This one is Wynter's true form (in roleplay sense!). A beautiful, huge femme Dragon.You can get these Dragons from Grendels Children for such a cheap price for what this Avatar is. This one is the one I roleplay with a lot. Its quite hard to mod these things even though the white versions are specially made for such...but for some reason you cannot mod the back legs O.o...So I couldn't change them the teal colour which is a theme that runs through all my Avatars (incase you didn't notice ;)) .

But other than that its definetly one of the best fantasy Avatars out there :).

Anyway, I have a few others but.....I think you get the picture about diversity lol :P. In the next post I will show you the first Avatars I have made and perhaps give you a few pics of my other " Alt" account character ;). Ciao for now!

~EB