Making my Avatar look like me

In the previous post I mentioned why I wanted an avatar that looked like me. In this post I want to say a couple of things about making my avatar look like me.

To start with, if you're not a perfect shape already, it's hard to buy a skin or shape that is likely to reflect your real life shape. I have a friend who this is a big issue for. All of the skins/shapes to buy are way too skinny. And though it's nice to have a wonderful and beautiful avatar, some of us would like an avatar that does look like us.

Then if you do manage to make your avatar a little wider around the middle then the clothes don't fit. That's fine if you can modify the clothes but often you can't.

I found it difficult to buy hair that wasn't really long and luxurious or really short, but mid-length. I did find some but it was an epic search.

Basically, I sat there with a photo and tried to match my features. People who know me in real life often comment about how much my Second Life avatar looks like me so I guess I succeeded, at least to a certain extent.