Help finding an AO?

Hiya everyone.. i'm new to SL and i've been looking for an AO.. i did buy one last week but i'm not happy with it, i'm looking for one with animated stands/sits and i dont mind paying alot if its good enough, if anyone can help me i'd really appreciate it, i feel like i've been looking forever and i'm running out of keywords to search for hehe.. thanks

The best way to make sure you like your AO, is make your own.

Get the free ZHAOII for instance and buy animations you like for sitting, walking, flying, running, etc etc and place them inside the AO.
Edit the notecard and you're ready to go with your own custom AO.

This process of creating a custom AO is easier said than done. I know many long time residents that have trouble, not even considering someone who is new to SL. You must understand how to rez things, how to place animations into the contents of the AO, and how to properly edit and save notecards. If you need any help with this, drop me a line and I'll lend a quick hand.

Try doing a search for "Animation Warehouse." It is a large shopping area with a ton of different stores.

You don't have to pay a lot. In fact I ended up liking free ones better.

Bare Rose has a dollarbie section with free AOs, or dollarbie AOs, I recommend you start with something like that.

While not easy, this is sooo worth it. I think people underestimate how important an AO can be to an avvie. It can convey a lot about you. I highly suggest trying it. If you need help, drop me an IM

So many AOs are annoying though. I wish there was a nice subtle one out there. I don't hop around from foot to foot, bend at the waist, do splits, or pose like I'm about to drop one, in real life.

I don't see how it would spice up my SL either. Lol

So I settled back into just using the freebie sexywalk.

I'm scared that I recognized each pose you described, from seeing other avatars do it. None of my poses are like that

LOL - yes. Those seem ubiquitous on the grid lately.

The "drop one" (I'm trying to be somewhat delicate) AO seems particularly popular, along with the "back it up" AO. Oh, and the "wriggle like you have ants in your pants" AO.

I'll never figure out why people buy those?

Heh, I have that AO. I agree about RL... but this is SL. To each their own.

Lol I agree.

Walk around here:
-- Animation Shoppers - Toy & AO, Anime (87, 158, 20)

Lots of AOs that are different than what you'll see on most other western SL people.

Its a PG zone, so make sure you're properly dressed before popping in.

All of the AOs have posing stands in front of the vendors for you to try them out first.

I really hated that "yawn" and "stretching" ao. I like to find just a decent, inexpensive ao that doesn't have me running my fingers through my hair all the time or posing as if I'm in some fashion show. The one I have its over 3 years old and it is very natural looking but would like to add to it.

I have a really hard time finding male animations for my AO that are subtle but lively without being flamboyantly gay or hyper-masculine. I also don't like animations that show me crossing my arms or holding them behind my back. I prefer confident, relaxed movements, but not like I'm getting ready to pound someone, Hulk Hogan style. There are just too many extremes out there. Maybe it's easier to make exaggerated movements.

I suspect it's easier to sell exaggerated movements.

Disney noted that in animation, if you capture true to life, it looks fake. If you overdo it, it looks natural.

On the other hand, my dance animations claim to be motion capture, and look natural... So, whatever...

Try Torridwear.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Menel/125/60/23

I also really like the walks at Body Language.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bon%20Voyage/50/10/877

Oh, and if you're under 30 days old, Long Awkward Pose has a nice freebie AO for new Residents.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Festivale/97/90/29

My other observation is that unrealistic and exaggerated AO's does seem to couple well with our unrealistic and exaggerated avatars. If you want to be realistic, you probably should be walking around looking like you've eaten at McDonalds a few too many times.

I like the ones at Tale of Two Kitties (ToTK), but that is just me.

Huddles will also work well for this. I recommend keeping one of their included AO and just adding animations to it. That is easier than adding a new AO. It is one of the few notecards that I finally figured out. So far, I have been able to add animations to it from several venders. I like SEmotions animations, which you can buy separately, or as an AO hud.
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Sounds like SLC or Anamations(sp?)...

I am old skool and have not changed my AO since 2006 (if it ain't broke...)
Go to LOSTDOG. When you land go forward and g in to your left and turn left again in the entrance and to the back. The female DNA AO is there. - It is about $1200L
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Brauer/40/127/303

I enhance that AO by wearing the UrbanGroove Bellyring from Xotica Sexywear Boutique
This keeps the arch in my back straight - it is $500L
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Paw%20Paw/69/212/108
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My bear and horse avatars are fairly chunky. My polar bear looks like he's eaten Ronald himself.

Yes, it is - and unfortunately, the SL optimisation process can kick in and obscure subtle movements in an animation.

I've got a few great one's from SEmotion......and I've added and subtracted other movements over the past couple years. It's not rocket science to edit an AO....it IS tedius but if you can read and follow directions.....you'll be fine.

Reel Expression has some great poses and a couple nice AO's.....but I love their individual poses. Another fun place to get individual poses is LAP (Long Awkward Poses) but, don't let the name fool ya....they have some way cool stuff!