Melaina Darkwhisper
yes! my friends told me about a thread they always participate on the contests and they are amazing avi creators! they build stuff and overlay items and all that i can't even start to imagine! all my complex avatars were made with their help!
i've seen some of those threads here and there, but i'm still trying to get tips from them. i try to use those stuff and some times they seem to do nothing at all. i might get putting unmatching items together...
someone ghosted me some avis and i'm doing the same as you, trying to add one thing or another to make them look like i really want, it helps so much when you see your inventory from someone else's eyes, don't you think?
by the way, i've found your thread browsing my friend's links, i think you might now her: briar lichendale.
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... to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric."
~ Thomas Sowell
the name doesnt ring any immediate bells, but i see in her closet thread that i do recognize a lot of names and other threads in their affiliates, so im sure ive seen them around! n.n
its really awesome they help you with avis sometimes, sometimes i just forget certain poses or items and when people make things or i ask them it jogs my memory like OH RIGHT THATS PERFECT
i love when that happens, xDD
the guides are hit or miss sometimes, but every once in a while you do learn something =D
its kind of niche when theyre super necessary, my favorite is the color scheme breakdown ones because it helps me look up items that still fit within the color schemes im going for OR for mixing schemes in general which is also pretty tough but super cool when it works
editing ghosted avis is a great way to kinda take what was given and enhance it
there are times people do some super awesome combinations and its like 'omg i love that part, but i would change the hair' and so id go in and modify some things and then to me it comes out super awesome in the end
or even if i end up changing like 90% of it, i NEVER wouldve made that resulting avi if it werent for the original ghosted avi to put me on that path.
so im really grateful when people wanna ghost me, even if i end up editing it, because i never wouldve made it myself since i dont really have the drive or energy or attention span to start from 0 anymore....
ive been on gaia since 2006, so quite a while! and over time ive learned i really enjoy wearing avis and im always questing new items
but its such a drag to MAKE them that i just end up not doing it ;A;
so making this thread, has really helped!!
i think if you want to make a thread, you do not need to be an expert <3
just so ahead and make one! and you can see your progress as you make things =D
its really fun just to see it all side by side
and you can organize it however you like