Jenn Vendetta

This is my avatar, Jenn Vendetta. I was unable to load her photo for the previous class period on Tuesday, so now the picture viewable. I decided to give Jenn Vendetta a distinct outfit so that she would not look like every other "girl next door" figure on Second Life. I kept her outfit really simple, much like something I would wear. My favorite color is green so I made Jenn's shirt a green color, which might have been cliche to do. I wanted her to wear ballet-type flat shoes because that is my personal style. Creating a character that resembled what I look like made the process easy and fun. I could incorporate my own style through my character's appearance and see a sort of reflection of myself. Her body looks a lot better than my actual body, but that's the other fun part about Second Life: you don't have to be totally honest!

My Second Life Avatar, Jenn Vendetta

My Second Life Avatar

When I first set out to create my avatar for Second Life, I ran into a few problems. I didn’t have much time at all to get to the MATRF lab over the weekend, as my parents were here to visit, so I attempted to download the program on another desktop, and then my personal laptop-bad idea. The download was successful, and I was able to complete the beginning steps of the avatar-creation phase. I filled in all of my personal information, invented a name for my avatar, and picked out the type of “person” I wanted to be. My avatar’s name is Jenn Vendetta and I am characterized as “the girl next door”, which was suitable since that is basically they type of person that I am.

Unlike some people might have done, I did not want to create my avatar from the ground up. I wanted to be based on myself, which is why I kept my first name and why I made the avatar look like me. When it was time to adjust the specific appearance of the avatar, I ran into my first problem. The computer I was using would not allow me to select the appearance option under the edit menu. I would have to get to the MATRF lab to create the details of my avatar’s appearance. So at that point, my avatar was running around Orientation Island naked.

Once I FINALLY got into the Second Life program, and was able to create my avatar, I got down to the nitty-gritty and tried to personalize Jenn Vendetta bit more and had fun with it. I started with my body, which I tried to make look as close to my actual one as I could. My body is not tiny, but it’s somewhat slim. My head is not huge, but face looks more oval shaped and long. My eyes are a greenish/brownish color. I made my ears kind of small, since they aren’t really that big. My mouth has smaller, thinner lips that are a slight pink color. My legs are not really skinny; they are sort of in between skinny and meaty-like. I have regular-looking eyebrows; not too big and not too small. My hair is a dirty blonde color and is longer, just like mine. I do not have bangs, but Jen Vendetta looks like she has them.