A small Guide to Skins and Shapes

Hello all, i recently stumbled into people who were complaining about skins and shapes not fitting and looking good. It is very much obvious that they dont know anything at all and i encourage everyone to give following knowledge out to everyone. If you want to remake your Avatar, just dont go and buy a skin you like and a shape you like, GET THE DEMOS FIRST. It is more as important that you try the Demos of shape and skin together to see if it is really the look and effect you want. All Shapemakers, including me, making shapes which SUPPORT the used skin on the advert picture, thats why a shape looks always good for you, if its to your taste. Many people see only the skin on a shape and think that this is the look they always get, but this is wrong. As stated above its always a match of used skin and shape, if you look for a shape try not to look at the skin, try to look at the shape, the outline of the body and the face of course. This is very important for testing, not every skin will look good on a shape due to the face on the skin. Remember always first get the demos of skins and shape you like and test it together, it will save you lindens and a lot frustrations. And if you think youre able to modify a shape, then look if the shape maker offer mod versiona of their shapes (before you mod a shape, make a copy of it as back up, that goes with every copy/mod prim attachment before editing it!). If you dont know where a skin is from that was used on the advert picture, try to ask the creator or ask your friends, most likely that someone will know. IF you have a question, feel free to ask. Have a good day, Cale Alcott, Owner of House of Alcott and The Phoenix Being