My avatar has brown hair, a fair skin tone, a blue shirt with a white undershirt, jean capris, and white tenis shoes.I have modified my avatar by comparing myself to the different choices of appearance in Second Life. My initial reaction was probably that I was a little confused at how she looked, it seems that no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get her to look exactly like me.
I don't change my appearance unless I am bored or I feel the need, because otherwise, I would be changing her appearance all the time. That would be time consuming and pointless. I really wanted my avatar to resemble me so that is why I changed her appearance, I will only change her appearance if I change my appearance.
I didn't spend any money changing my avatars appearance, it was all free. I showed my roomate my avatar and she joked that it looked nothing like me, so I'm not sure if I have achieved my goal in trying to make her look exactly like me.
I haven't really experimented with the sounds and gestures. I have made her dance a couple of tiems, and I am excited to get to use them in the future!
-Alli Brinkman
