Haven't checked for females but making fat men is not a good exercise. The fat sliders don't provide enough latitude to portray enough realistic shapes of "fat" or even "significantly overweight."
The thin, fit, and heavy looks are manageable. But fat? The only one it does halfway decently is flabby beer-belly.
To the fat men out there who are trying to recreate themselves as an avatar ... good luck.
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Aodhan McDunnough
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08-08-2006 13:45
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Maeve Morgan
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08-08-2006 13:48
Haven't checked for females but making fat men is not a good exercise. The fat sliders don't provide enough latitude to portray enough realistic shapes of "fat" or even "significantly overweight." The thin, fit, and heavy looks are manageable. But fat? The only one it does halfway decently is flabby beer-belly. To the fat men out there who are trying to recreate themselves as an avatar ... good luck. It's not much better for women. |
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Aodhan McDunnough
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08-08-2006 13:53
I guess we just solved the mystery of why avatars tend towards the "perfect" shapes (thin, fit, heavy).
It's because fat avatars can't be made right. _____________________
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VolatileWhimsy Bu
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08-08-2006 13:55
I guess we just solved the mystery of why avatars tend towards the "perfect" shapes (thin, fit, heavy). It's because fat avatars can't be made right. and cause the clothes and shoes wont fit right  |
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Kalia Meiklejohn
You make me itch
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08-08-2006 15:53
Yeah, I'm rather skinny, but I don't mind the curves, I recently increased the size of my derriere.
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Aodhan McDunnough
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08-08-2006 16:00
and cause the clothes and shoes wont fit right While we're here, I wish the skirt would be fixed. When you finally make the skin disappear you get a ridiculous amount of bustle. The waistband portion of the skirt goes very deep below the skin of the lower back. I made a kilt and a sarong and the bustle is so large that it looks like I have a station wagon for a butt. Because of that I'm not going to bother with making a lab coat and trench coat. _____________________
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Caranda Schreiner
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08-08-2006 19:15
I don't like the way the clothing layer skirts blow out your rear end either, so if I want to wear a dress I usually go for flexprim babydoll or empire line dresses, then no-one can see how big your virtual bottom is
 Something a lot of people do is make a slight variation of the shape to account for/counteract the mesh skirt issue. Just slide the hip, butt, and lovehandle sliders down until the skirted proportions seem better. I fought this for awhile, but now I'v accepted it, and have shape variations for mesh skirts, calf-hugging boots, and over-bust corsets now. ^^ I have done this with my avie's shape for my bust - depending on whether or not my avie is wearing an upper garment with support or not I might adjust the gravity and separation sliders a bit. So usually I adjust it so that my bust looks like its properly supported (bit less gravity and less separation) but if my "girls" are hanging free I make a corresponding change |
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Aodhan McDunnough
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08-09-2006 00:00
I was hoping to avoid that. But if it seems acceptable to some I guess I could use it too.
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mcgeeb Gupte
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08-09-2006 00:49
Thank goodness LL came out with Flexible prims!! I think they look so much better than the mesh skirts and the old static prim skirts.
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Wrom Morrison
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08-09-2006 01:47
Thank goodness LL came out with Flexible prims!! I think they look so much better than the mesh skirts and the old static prim skirts. Problem with flexi skirts is that you got to wear that under-pants thing. Which kills the purpose of a skirt (specially a mini-skirt). |
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Crissaegrim Clutterbuck
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08-09-2006 01:54
Seriously? Does it? No. But your last name does. |
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mcgeeb Gupte
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08-09-2006 03:08
Problem with flexi skirts is that you got to wear that under-pants thing. Which kills the purpose of a skirt (specially a mini-skirt). Flexy skirts still work way better than Regular Primed skirts. With flexy, you can flex around the "curves" much easier. If they are done right, they work!! |
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Brace Coral
Basic Account Crew
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08-09-2006 05:03
You mean other than the fact that they are disgusting? They are unhealthy.  kiss it _____________________
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Alanna Sterling
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I actually had a boyfriend tell me...
08-09-2006 10:12
Seriously? Does it? "it's not the dress that makes you look fat, babe, it's your big ass." just one of the many many reasons he's no longer around. |
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Osprey Therian
I want capslocklock
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08-09-2006 10:47
kiss it You look fantastic, Brace  Hey - how are you, anyway?_____________________
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Maeve Morgan
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08-09-2006 10:53
kiss it *applause* |
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Mojavewolfpup Hearn
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08-09-2006 10:54
agreed /glares at lindens and their love of the big booty I like big butts and I can not lie You other brothers can't deny That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waste And a round thing in your face You get sprung Wanna pull up front Cuz you notice that butt was stuffed Deep in the jeans she's wearing I'm hooked and I can't stop staring heard around the sl offices the day they made the avatar code  |
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Kinga Svarog
omg...i didn't say that!
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08-09-2006 10:56
Seriously? Does it? no it's not the skirt that makes you look fat......it's your fat that makes you look fat  |
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Alex Fitzsimmons
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08-09-2006 11:00
Problem with flexi skirts is that you got to wear that under-pants thing. Which kills the purpose of a skirt (specially a mini-skirt). I have a flexi skirt from Los Altos that doesn't require me to wear anything under it. _____________________
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Paige Bradley
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08-09-2006 11:01
It hasn't rezzed yet. *sheepish grin* ^-^
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Alex Fitzsimmons
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08-09-2006 11:04
Totally true on basic, non-flexi skirts making your butt look too big, though. I tend to skip those and stick to silks (a lot), pants and shorts (often), and other, non-silks flexi outfits (occasionally). None of those make my otherwise well-shaped virtual butt suddenly, inexplicably appear to expand to gargantuan proportions.
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Jake Reitveld
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08-09-2006 11:07
Baby got back.
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Devlin Gallant
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08-09-2006 20:49
'You lost HOW much weight? Turn around, and I will tell you where to find it.'
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Ryan00 Odets
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08-09-2006 21:22
Whats wrong with fat butts? Nothing big butts are the bomb! _____________________
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Dojima Akebono
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08-09-2006 21:23
Where do you see that picture of the skirt?
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