

Raw shot from SL, just cropped and used my “original” windlight setting.

On April 12th 2011, I wrote a post asking people to share their digits. I was feeling a little insecure about my shape and wanted to see how I measured up against others. I got a terrific response to that and I wanted to thank all those that participated.

Now, a year later, I’ve realized my shape has changed quite a bit. It is all because of mesh. The introduction of mesh on the grid has caused a lot of commotion about body shapes and how to deal with fitting into mesh clothing before the mesh deformer is out.

I thought the idea of Standard Sizing was a brilliant one. I know a lot of people have issues with the sizing, even I did not fit perfectly into any one particular size. But it still gave content creators some direction when creating sizing for their mesh clothing. For me, I noticed I would be in between a small and medium, depending on the creator. I didn’t like how some items looked on me in the medium size so I purposely shrunk myself down a bit in certain areas to fit into a small, or sometimes, an extra small.

Anyhow, I figured since I changed so much, it was time for me to share my updated numbers. This time I am also including the numbers that were used in standard sizing.

Here are my updated numbers:

Height – 66 (6’6″ using the Avatar Ruler)

Body Fat: 1

Head size – 58

Torso Muscle: 24

Breast Size: 30

Arm length – 75

Hand size – 20

Torso length – 55

Love Handles: 35

Belly Size: 8

Leg Muscle: 49

Leg length – 56

Hip width – 58

Butt Size: 25

Saddle Bags: 30

Foot size – 0

Please note: You DO NOT need to share all the numbers I have, just whatever you feel comfortable sharing. I don’t however recommend sharing facial numbers as that is what sets you apart and gives you a unique look.

I did not include my male shape numbers as I have pretty much retired him and his numbers remain the same as last year’s post, so I figured there was no point in posting him again. But, I would love to know how men are adapting to mesh and if they are willingly changing their shape to fit into standard sizing.

I know when I did this last year I upset a few people (especially some shapemakers) because they were concerned that people might be sharing numbers of shapes that they did not create on their own. Please keep in mind that I am not requesting anyone to share all or any of their numbers if they don’t want to. I am assuming everyone that shares whatever numbers they wish, have created the shapes themselves and/or have permission from the person that did. I’m not doing this to create drama, I am just looking to get into a discussion about mesh and how it has affected our behavior towards our avatar’s shape.

Like last year, I am going to keep the Digits Flickr Group open for those of you that would like to share your numbers again and also those that didn’t get a chance to last year and might want to join in.

Now I wanted to share a few links: