Here!: The Avatar Builder!

[Jenocide Doll]

all my yes

[lf she breathe]

if this new avatar thing takes down the whole avatar thing like how you tried to update zOMG but failed and shut it down, im going to be disappointed.

[Mysteriosity]

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Avatar Builder: Sneak Peek!

Hello Gaians! The much-anticipated Avatar Builder is nearly ready for public testing! This fantastic tool is perfect for testing out an unlimited number of different item combinations to design the perfect outfit. You can even use the built in item searching feature to track down your favorite items by their names, tags, or by the names of specific poses within the items themselves! You'll be able to test out your new look with every possible avatar base, pose, and angle until you're completely satisfied with your fabulous new ensemble. Once you're ready to finalize your incredible new style, the Avatar Builder will even tell you how much each item costs and where you can find it on Gaia! Are you ready to help us beta test this awesome new site feature? Keep an eye out: It's coming soon!

Click HERE for a sneak peek at what it will look like!

As the beta test goes on, we'll be making important updates to refine this new feature with new tags, bug fixes, and any problems that arise. You can use this thread to discuss anything and everything about this exciting new project.

lmao it's like shitty tektek

[Devon Wadkins]

I don't know if it's been said, if it has consider this another vote on that idea, make EVERYTHING larger. Terrible vision aside, it is hard to make out what items are when they are so small particularly if you look at it for a long while. I know you're replacing TekTek but they actually had an option to make the avi larger or not to. I recommend you apply that to everything?

[Naowa]

So I took it upon myself to make some mock-ups that re-position the tools to create a nicer -- and more consistent, in terms of the closet/"avatar" feature on Gaia -- user interface.

http://i.imgur.com/5ZuejYV.jpg

For this one, I've moved the avatar display to the side to better match the direction the human eye scans and it stays consistent with avatar displays throughout the rest of the site.

I've moved the "Equipped List" down to the bottom, so the item icons in the Equipped List and the searched items are separated just enough to tell the two categories apart and it is easier to compare the items in the two lists -- which will no doubt be done often in the avi making process -- than the original version.

I added some text, "Base Selection" next to "Save Image," that implies that the Base Selection is hidden from plain view. As the Base Selection is likely to see the least use, I've decided it's best to make the tool togglable.

The Base Selection tool might best appear, when toggled/clicked, at either the bottom of the screen (though that might make the appearance too subtle for the user to notice that clicking "Base Selection" has done anything) or at the side, which I (quickly) made an example of:

http://i.imgur.com/uzjqr72.jpg

I worked on tweaking the UI because I honestly thought that it wasn't all that user-friendly. Hopefully this sparks some creative ideas for the final product and I'm excited to test it out.

[relax ok]

Kind of like tek tek?

[jefukadasai]

Naowa

So I took it upon myself to make some mock-ups that re-position the tools to create a nicer -- and more consistent, in terms of the closet/"avatar" feature on Gaia -- user interface.

http://i.imgur.com/5ZuejYV.jpg

For this one, I've moved the avatar display to the side to better match the direction the human eye scans and it stays consistent with avatar displays throughout the rest of the site.

I've moved the "Equipped List" down to the bottom, so the item icons in the Equipped List and the searched items are separated just enough to tell the two categories apart and it is easier to compare the items in the two lists -- which will no doubt be done often in the avi making process -- than the original version.

I added some text, "Base Selection" next to "Save Image," that implies that the Base Selection is hidden from plain view. As the Base Selection is likely to see the least use, I've decided it's best to make the tool togglable.

The Base Selection tool might best appear, when toggled/clicked, at either the bottom of the screen (though that might make the appearance too subtle for the user to notice that clicking "Base Selection" has done anything) or at the side, which I (quickly) made an example of:

http://i.imgur.com/uzjqr72.jpg

I worked on tweaking the UI because I honestly thought that it wasn't all that user-friendly. Hopefully this sparks some creative ideas for the final product and I'm excited to test it out.

this is better...

http://i.imgur.com/5ZuejYV.jpg

[lord dracool]

no wonder they got rid of tektek

[Lady Chocolatine]

They just mixed up gaia's avatar system, with tektek avatar creation system. That's why tektek was down.

[8 Y]

This should have been thought of before tektek went down. Just saying.

[Amber Knights]

Been wishing, hoping, praying for something like this forever!!!

[xKayZero]

I just hope the builder is easy to use as tektek was. But i'm really looking forward to trying it out whee

[dimmi dri]

FINALLY A TEKTEK DREAM AVATAR REPLACEMENT. emotion_dowant