Sunday 26 August 2007

Pixel Deep - Lustre

Joannah Cramer's skins have been on my wish list for quite a bit. I think they are among the best in SL, but you don't hear that often about them. I believe Haver Cole won the Lacoste Contest last spring, wearing the dark version of this skin, I decided to show you the medium Brunette version of Lustre, with the natural make up.

Buying Lustre is an investment. For only L$ 1,375 you get 4, actually 5, make up options if you count the natural version too. And they all come in 2 different hair colours and 3 different versions to "match your carpet to your drapes" as Joannah puts it subtly. If this is not enough, for L$ 275 you can buy additional make ups which are an easy way to expand your skin collection rapidly.


Pixel Deep skins are modifiable, you can tweak them into your preferred skin tone within range. I recommend you to keep an original skin tone set at all times and make copies if you want to adjust the skin tone, so that you will not have problems to add a loose make up to a skin. Just follow the instructions Joannah delivers with the make up, it's easy as 1, 2, 3.


About the skintones: there are 3 of them, Birch, Walnut and Ebony, but you have more options since you can pick Birch and Walnut in versions for blondes, redheads and brunettes or darker hair. Ebony is available in the "brunette" option only.



First of all, I have discovered no serious flaws in this skin. There are hardly any seams issues, the various templates fit perfectly and are traceless except for a bit of a seam there where the foot meets the leg. This is for me one of the most important things, if not THE most important thing in a skin. It shows the creator has been working carefully and skilfully, putting in a lot of attention to get it right. Most of the other features in a skin are personal taste whether you like them or not, but the seams is a quite objective thing, they either are visible, or they aren't.


Face: The eyebrows are softly drawn and not very pronounced. Personally I like them. As said, they come in 2 different colours to match with your preferred hair colour. The eye make up is kept very natural on the basic skins which makes it easy to match them with any outfit you chose to wear. I'd say it's perfect day time make ups. The lips have a lovely shade of pink and a soft gloss and there is the slightest hint of blush on the cheeks. There is a faint shading on the nose that I like a lot. It is something that you see often with people in RL and it makes it very realistic. The nostrils and the ears look good too.


Torso: Everything on the Lustre skin is soft... soft collarbone shading, soft definition of the areolas and the nipples, a subtle shading on the stomach area just to indicate tone, but no muscles and no female 6pack! Some of you might want a more defined and trained look, but to me this just looks very feminine. On the back you have some good looking and well positioned shoulder blades, and a spine that looks very natural. The tush is well shaded and looks round and firm. As said, there are 4 different options for pubic hair, from a full Brazilian, a neatly trimmed patch, to a carefully groomed "full hair"option that more or less cover a kitty that is not too detailed, but just looks good.


Arms & Legs: Yay for elbows and knee caps! They are there and looking good. This goes for the knee pits too. The fingernails look quite realistic, not too bright, not too shiny. The only thing I am less fond of in this skin are the feet. As mentioned before, I did spot a bit of a seam where the foot attaches to the leg, and the feet in itself are not looking that great. Whereas the fingernails are well defined, the toenails are not. It is not that they don't look good, but compared to the rest of the skin, the feet are not a strong as the rest of the body.


Pixel Deep is located in Hefferoo

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