

Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of virtual world and MMO fashion

Shortly after I posted my five point checklist for flawless and Photoshop-free SL snapshots last week, someone on Plurk shared a Linden snapshot done to advertise the company's "New Year, New You" image contest, shown on the right. Of course, I couldn't resist applying my checklist to a redo of this image (pictured above) using my current avatar and my much creepier avatar circa 2006.

I did need one extra step, which was to make sure that the images of both avatars were the same scale, for the sake of a more balanced and proportionate layout. It's not perfect but, given that it took no more than a few minutes to take and edit, I'd say it's pretty good!

Let's put them side-by-side for a compare-and-contrast: