At Long Last, Frenzoo Menswear

Shirt left: Painted by Sheeana
Shirt right: Military by Sheeana
Pants: Extended blue jeans by Dalriada

Frenzoo is my home-world, the place of my virtual birth, and I suppose that's why I can be critical of it sometimes. It's one of those places I want to see push forward and improve.

One of my big pet peeves over the last month is the incredible lack of good menswear on Frenzoo. There is virtually no outfit in the shop that I can see a man, who I would personally oggle, wearing. Don't get me wrong, a lot of these items are really creative. They are just way out there--most of them look like they came straight out of a crazy Tim Burton movie.

Now, I am seeing a trickle of high quality menswear in the shop. It's a relief, and hopefully a sign for more to come.

New Virtual Funness

Hi all!

If you haven't heard, Koinup and Frenzoo announced on their blogs that they are finally teaming up. I am a big user of both sites, and it is quite exciting to hear that they are coming together. What's even better is the new virtual funness that comes along with their partnership.

Automatic snapshot upload.

That's right, picture crazy people of the metaverse. Everytime you add a snapshot picture in your Frenzoo album, it is automatically uploaded into Koinup.

This is pretty darned nifty, if you ask me. I had a play around with it already. Yep, that's my personal snapshot above.

Before and After

Having the option to use a graphic editing program doesn't necessarily make it easier to create an item. For example, if I'm working on an dress or top that has a lot of details, I would want to see what it looks like on the avatar while working.

Here's my Fancy Sweater Outfit, this was made using both a graphic editing program and the Frenzoo Create Tools.

On the left is the edited Photoshop version and on the right is the finished edit after making cuts and adding details in the Create Tools. In the Photoshop edit is a recolored knit texture made as a top and black skirt. For the Create Tool edit, I bought the various clothing shadings/folds, embellished bib and round gradient in the Deco shop.

A few tips:

• To give the illusion of shadows under the embellished bib, I would duplicate the bib and make it a dark color (I used black) and slightly transparent.
• Adding dark shading, the round gradient on the hips of the skirt gives the illusion of a center light source. (since your avatar is usually standing in front of you.)
• Look at real life clothing to see how folds fall. It will make your creation look a lot better.
  

♥misselle