Wish I knew, might even do SL once soon as I get some decent models and stuff.

decent models?

Models, AKA meshes.

*ish confused*

Well, you're a digital artist, you know digital artist slang.
I'm a 3D modeller, I know 3D modeller slang.
Icosphere, anyone? Or double vertex removal?

ah ok, meshes still arnt available in sl, but its coming i keep hearing XD

Meshes? Hell, SL, like any 3D game, consists of meshes. I'm talking about charmeshes.

Yes, meshes exist. You can't upload your own to use, yet. O..o

Well, so what's this I keep reading about custom avatars? They are 3D, after all, so must be meshes.

They are not. They're built out of prim objects in the Second Life environment and attached to the existing avatar meshes via predefined attachment points. There is a limited capacity for "sculpted" shapes, but it's not full on 3D meshes.

As mentioned though, there is an ongoing beta test for mesh support in progress.

meep I hope that I can change the avatar's meshe too @w@ they are ugly and really in the way, and I'll have to use a lot (few?) invis prims to remove the avatar's extra body parts... which is a pain in the tail >.<

I mean, why is the male avatar's mesh looks so weird when shrink? @w@ and if you use a female avatar she'll then walk like a sisi girl...and then you'll have to put lots of AO on it to correct the walking behavior...

na you can use alpha textures now X3

well i could certainly help, or at least point you in the right direction
. my sl name is Duffman Catnap

thanks ~ but too bad I can't let my SL account go public... +w+

gotta separate the SL world from fandom, in case someone stalk me there... @w@

hehe, i gotcha, IM me if you want

I own a sim there so if you need somewhere to put a marketplace magic box, its cool. also my friend and partner is a business owner in sl for 3 years

thanks for the offer, I'll see what I can do... but still it's hard not to expose my ID when contacting with furs I know... >.<"
maybe I'll just go somewhere else and find myself a mall.... >w<""

I have been on SL for a long time, tell you what, if you need help just contact me in-world. Same name.

If you're worried about your SL account going public, then just note me here....I'll try to do the best I can to help. It's much easier if you're in the game, though. Either way, I wish you the best of luck and much success in your business venture.

thanks in advance, I'll see what I can do~ (but I'll just prefer keep my SL name secret lol~ )

it's cool, no worries. Anyways, if you decide to check any places out....come to AnthroXtacy sometime. There's a mall there, you can look at vendor spots and see what some of the other SL furs do to market and sell their stuff. There's a club too, if you get bored. You wouldn't even have to say who you were, and would remain anonymous

hmm okay I'll see~ :3
BTW any suggestions about the renting price of a market place? I am kind new to this so IDK what's expensive and/or what's not @w@

I can easily help you with that. I helped a couple friends with stores too

My mate is a big builder in sl my name on there is: Cayden Causten jus get ahold of me and i can help ya with whatever ya like ^^ building meshing sculpting scripting texturing whatever :p

Meh.. SL isent my thing

easy just dont go on SL :P

i tryed second life and doesnt seem my netbook good enough to play it but n.n i will take those licks and give ya snuggles *snuggles ya closely*

To open a shop first you need a vendor, there are a bunch of freebie vendors that you can use, they come with their own manual. Then you need a place for it, Most Rent a spot in a mall for this, which is where you would place your vendor, others choose to Buy land with real money and open up shop this way, however i would not recommend this if you're just getting started. If you DO choose to go this route, then make sure to find out where to get one of the voting sticks you see in areas which help boost you up on the search list.

hmm yup I was kinda in this spot ATM @w@
got a magicbox, now I just need to find a place to rent so that I can put the box in it... @w@

BTW I was designing fursuits...
each "set" contains multiple parts.

and there's more than one set to be sold, (say, a tiger fursuit, husky fursuit, etc....)

it is possible to put a "set" into a box, and then put these boxes of each avatar set into the same vendor, and sell them septately ? @w@

On SL they're just Furry Avatars, not Fursuits, and yes, you can place all the body parts into a box, then put the boxes into the vendor. All Avatar creators do this- it is a necessity to be able to sell the complete avatar in one package. Furry Av's normally need to be Copy/Mod/ No Transfer, the box you just set them in should be likewise unless you have an unpacker script in it, which would allow you to set it to copy/no mod/no transfer and allow the buyer to get the items from within the box.

Avatars normally set up for something like 500-1000L, depending on quality of the avatar in question. Most creators also will allow for recoloring, or texture modifying, for free, but that's up to you. You can also take commissions for Avatars on SL, which run quite a bit higher than selling a generic Avatar, usually somewhere between 2000L-4000L, again depending on quality and at the discretion of the person that will be making it.

Include also in the box a Landmark to your shop/stall and a notecard with information about your product, if it animates, how to change eye color etc, as well as if you're willing to recolor any of the products within, as well as any commission information you care to share, it will prevent a lot of PM's to you asking if you take them.

thanks for the info, it's really helpful X3

hmm mod + copy can be a dangerous combo, since other's can understand the structure of the structure of the product and replicate it... @w@ but I'll use more sculpture prims to prevent stealing~ plus they can't steal the scripts in it tehe X3

okay I'll see what I can do~ wasn't planning to set the price higher than 1000L after all~ X3

*and licks~ <3*

meep sorry for the one who post the last comment @w@
poke the "hide comment" mistakenly when I was not looking... @w@

Don't do it it is more of a hassle than it's worth

I used to build and sell vehicles on there, its a pain in the ass and takes up a lot of time depending on what you're trying to sell. Meeting the rent on your booths (you should have more than one to make more sales) isn't possible all the time unless you REALLY are pushing something people are going to want. If you work hard at it though, can make a bit of cash. I used to pocket around $40 - $80 from trading SL money. Its still like a real business in the sense of promoting, selling, and pushing your products.

yeah I was quite afraid of that too >.<"
an item around 700 LD must be sold for 10+ a month to cover the cost of renting etc, and you must sold it 100+ to earn around $80 USD...which doesn't cover the time and energy to build it @w@
If I use the same amount of time to take commissions on FA, I already earn 7-8 times more money than it does.... @w@ in one word selling on SL doesn't earns much money but it'll waste you too much time that doesn't worth it...

land reality and renting does, but then you have to pay for the server or the land plot and such. Should focus on commissions and just use SL as a messenger with graphics :P

well I just consider it is an extra chance of earning some pocket money... @w@
plus it's fun building stuff~

I have many many many connections to famous furry vendor peeps on sl if you want me to hook you up with them for advice.

I also know of many places that have regular furry visitors, note me if you want

Several furry clubs have malls either in or near the club location where one can rent out a spot for a vendor. Some examples are Rainbow Tiger and AnthroXtacy.

I have to find you inworld now. :D

i sell on the online marketplace u just need a place to rezz one prim, and it gets more trafic than a starter shop would

Current viewers allow you to apply an "Alpha" texture over the skin, sort of like a piece of clothing. You can use it to blot out all or part of the base avatar skin without the need for invisiprims.

ZOMG! does it? >w<
but I do wonder how to work out the aplha layer and then upload it to SL.... @w@ if I upload a transparent layer and "apply" it to my avatar it just being transparent and show the flesh under it... like not wearing clothes @w@ any idea where I can get the alpha texture pic? pleeeease? :3

Gimme a shout on SL and I can give you a crash course. They are easy to make for yourself, but I have some I can share if need be.

I'm Shadowquine Maltz on there.

thanks for the offer but I figure it out my myself now X3~

I thought it'll be some kind of texture for clothes, but it turns out a kind of special "clothes" which use transparent area to remove the avatar's skin and use white area to keep the parts we need X3~

ZOMG it really is easier than I expected, COOL! now I can build whatever I want in any shape or size! (I also mastered the character deformation) <3

i have some, such as, no hands, no hands no feet, no legs, no arms, whole body etc..

yup it's the texture I was hunting~ >.<" too bad I can't go into SL to ask one from you... @w@

otay ^^

awwww *glomps and nuzzles*

OwO" =w=+

*nuzzle nuzzle*