New Newbie Avatars!

We now have some additional avatars and accessories available in our inventory library, that came with the new SL 2.0 viewer! I really have to say, that they look quite better than the previous ones, though they still got that "noobish" touch.

So I thought of trying them out and tweaking them up, to make them look more decent. It was a real challenge to make the avie look better, by creating a different shape. The good thing is, we finally have some high quality hair (by Truth) and some sculpted accessories. Check them out if you get the chance. They are to be found in the "Clothing --> Initial Outfits" folder.

In the meantime, let me start out with the comparisons. Oh I have to say that, I didn't do any fancy editing on the shots, cuz I was too lazy lol! All I did was crop them and put borders. Let's take a closer look at some of the female avies, shall we? So here we go (please click on images to enlarge):

This first avatar is called "Female City". The one on the left side is the original and on the right side is my tweaked version. All items worn are from the library. I found this neat Second Life T-Shirt, some capri jeans and a pair of cool sneakers. I got the sneakers from one of the new male avie folders. I just had to shrink them a bit, since they were too huge. The hair is called "Asymmetric Bob" by Truth.

This next avie is called "Female Designer" and I really have no clue why. It seems like it's suppose to be more teen or kid looking, since the skin got that "innocent" look, including freckles and no makeup, so I created a teenager shape for it, to emphasize. I noticed that most default face shapes got the "quasimodo" touch, don't you think so?

It also reminds me of the Sims2 default avies. You can see the default on the left and my tweak on the right side. The default is also wearing some underwear, which is already painted on the skin (see 2nd picture), so there's no danger in showing any vajay jay or nipples. The hair I'm wearing on this one is called "Tapered Bob" also by Truth.

The next one is called "Female Goth" which, imho, looks kinda cartoonish, which isn't bad. Reminds me of Alice in Wonderland.


This last avie is called "Female Student" which is the best one in my opinion. But I also made a tweaked version.

Another newness is also that, all new avies are now wearing ugly underwear by default, which is painted on the skin, so no naughty bits, might accidentally show up. I didn't try out the male avies, since I didn't really feel like. There are still additional female avies called "Female Party" and "Female Rocker". I'm just wondering why they never added a "Female Slut" avie in the library, since it's the most popular and desired look in SL.

I guess the purpose is, so that new residents will be tempted to purchase "real" skins with all that naughty jazz, and lots of slut wear, which is of course a great concept. I'm thinking of giving away my tweaked shapes as a freebie for new residents. Well I might. I just hate boxing up items *sigh*. So don't forget to visit my shop in world to get them in the future.

C-Music Lounge - New Look and Feel!

After having C-Music Lounge now for more than 2 years, I thought it was time to redesign the whole building, since I also needed more prims for my other creations. So this time, I built the lounge by myself and re-designed the whole place.

The old C-Music Lounge design was more like a vintage jazz club, the new one is more modern and minimalistic in style, similar to the bars and lounges I love to hangout at in RL. I minimized the prim count more this time, by using mega prims and sculpties. I will still have a 2 year anniversary party at the lounge by chance, I'm just not sure when. So join one of my groups "C-Music Lounge" or "I Love Can'Tell!" to receive notices regarding events and my upcoming live concerts. Take your virtual partner with you (whatever it is) and come over to C-Music Lounge! Relax and listen to the best Neo Soul, Smooth Jazz and Mellow Hiphop grooves on the grid.

Here are some shots of the old and new C-Music Lounge for comparison:

The old version

The lounge itself, was a prefab that I bought years ago when I started and didn't have much skills yet in building. Most furniture etc. were also purchased ones, made by other designers. I just enhanced and changed this and that, as time went by, but never seriously thought of building them by myself.
The new version

This time it's vice versa, cuz I created most of the items and I only took very few purchased items, for the whole set-up, like the seating furniture, the piano and most of the plants.

C-Music Lounge from the outside. The medieval out of place tower beside my C-Stylez store, belongs to my neighbor, so please excuse the view. It's one of the disadvantages, when living on a mainland region. Oh how I wish I had my own island...