"Second Life" Avatar Shape Tools

You can make your Avatar look like anyone you want.

"Second Life" is a multiplayer, online, role-playing game. You can create an avatar, or virtual representation, of yourself, make friends, get a job and live an extravagant, creative life. The first step in your "Second Life" is to create your own avatar.

Choose a Sample Avatar

When you start a profile for the first time, you will be able to choose a sample avatar from among 11 that are offered. Then, when you log into the game via the viewer, you must select "Advanced" when you enter your username and password.

Main Game Viewer

Under the "My Avatar" tab in the main viewer screen, you can decide on what basic shape you would like your avatar to have, be it human, animal or robot. Then, you can right-click on your character and select "Edit my Shape" to change how you look.

Shape Tools

There are numerous aspects of your avatar you can modify. You can change everything from your height and weight, to the shape of your eyes and what color your hair is. Each tool functions as a slider which you can control, setting the measurements for your body parts.

Here is an extensive list of the shaping tools you can use:

Body: height, body thickness, body fat.

Head: size, stretch, shape, proportion, length, face shear, forehead angle, brow size, upper cheeks, lower cheeks, cheek bones.

Eyes: size, opening, spacing, outer eye corner, inner eye corner, eye depth, upper eyelid fold, eye bags, puffy eyelids, eyelash length, eye pop.

Ears: ear size, ear angle, attached earlobes, ear tips.

Nose: size, width, nostril width, nostril division, thickness, upper bridge, lower bridge, bridge width, tip angle, tip shape, crooked nose.

Mouth: width, fullness, thickness, ratio, mouth position, mouth corner, lip cleft depth, lip cleft, shift mouth.

Chin: angle, depth, jaw shape, jaw angle, jaw jut, jowls, chin cleft, upper chin cleft, chin-neck.

Torso: muscles, neck thickness, neck length, shoudlers, breast size, breast buoyancy, cleavage, arm length, hand size, torso length, love handles, belly size.

Legs: muscles, length, hip width, hip length, butt size, saddle bags, knee angle, foot size.

Changing Skin Tone, Hair and Eye Color

Right-click on the avatar and select "My Appearance." Then, choose the "Edit This Outfit" button, which has a wrench icon on it. This section allows you to change what your avatar is wearing (by selecting "Clothing" or "Attachments"). You can also change the skin tone, eye color or hair of your character by selecting the "Body Parts" tab and clicking on the characteristic you would like to change.

References

• "Second Life": Join

Resources

• "Second Life": What Is "Second Life?"