A couple of months ago, I came up with a skin called Rio. Its has a fair Caucasian tone, described by some as distinctly “Northern/Eastern European”, “exquisite”, and my favorite comment, “a supermodel skin on SL that’s memorable.”

Thus, arises the .:RIO:. line - “Memorable SKINS to become YOU.”

I decided to play with some sketch layers used as eyes and lips in some of my earlier releases. (The devout should be able to see them ;-)) To my surprise, each skin looked distinctly different, and the tone works well, as seen in:

Gia, with warm expression-ful eyebrows, available in:

makeup variations:

and “Avant Garde” showgirl mode:

Gae, whose features give her a formidable and venerable composure:

Gina, who fits as supermodel or an unforgettable pretty girl:

The .:RIO:. line also comes with a selection of eyeshadow colors to bring out your eyes, a selection of lipstick choices (and also directions for custom makeup requests), - each available as individual packs, and also (with discount) row, column, and “all” packs. Two
body choices are available with each, and these body skins will actually be released as psd and textures soon - along with tutorials on customizing your avatar body skin. Stay tuned to the IC-Skins group for details!

All photos shown are unedited SL shots - color, shadow, and everything, looks exactly like they would look on SL using Second Life 1.19.0 (5) Feb 28 2008 17:18:12 with the default [IC-skins] face light included. You can also get a similar look using the regular/
current SL viewer with atmospheric shaders turned off in edit > preferences > graphics

Enough 2d-ness, drop by the main store to see these skins in 3d… on you!

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9/22/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Skin City, Second Life: The merchants of Skin City have hidden
Sones soda cans with skins, shapes, eyes, and more av accessory
booty prizes in the one and only 1-stop city for…
skins, shapes, eyes, and other avatar accessories:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Skin%20City/124/94/563

Drop by to grab the booty — finders keepers for both small
things and pricy things — including the following skins from IC-Skins:

and also NEW RELEASE skins are hidden in cans too:

And also several versions of all eyes are hidden in cans in Skin City:

And also… booty from these Skin City merchants:

_AR Another Realism
Arrogant Lioness
BB31 Baskin Bobbins
Body Project
Chambre du Chocolat
Falln Angel
IC-Skins
Kitheres Industries
Mei Asian Skins
Rio
Sin Skins
SL Shakespeare Company Style Shop
Soda
Soft Touch Skins
Starfuker Skins
VIP - Sculpted Talking Faces
Wunderlich’s
XTreme Reality

More soda cans added daily… as new merchants arrive and get set up!

Come for a sneak peek and the chance to find high quality skins and more
hidden in buy-for-0/1 Sones soda cans…

and…

Come see designers incognito as they try to find the hidden caps.
(I can only tell you what I’ve hidden - don’t ask any of us for where
other booty’s hid… cuz we dunno and are out there searching
with you! o.O)

Ina Centaur
Skin City Mayor

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I’m continuing the IC-Skins tradition of unique and distinctive faces — but pretty faces with near-perfect foundation shading. The first in this .:RIO:. line is Gia, available in several different makeup variations, as well as in the L.M. “light makeup” version:

Does she look familiar? She’s Winia reloaded with Rio’s base foundation.
“No, not in a previous skin context, you say?” Yup, she’s also the girl you saw onstage in the recent SL Shakespeare Company performance. For a while, she was code-named “Lucille,” which was the name I came up with in the fake movie poster I made ages ago of a first draft. (Whatever could the movie be about? It’s about an American girl in Paris who somehow ends up being a showgirl in the middle of an ice-skating rink. Crazy, huh!)

There’s also an “Avant Garde” variation with showgirl makeup (fake movie poster next):

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Thank you for purchasing a skin created by Ina Centaur.

Although, our skins are optimized for fast loading and quality the following tricks may help:
1. edit > preferences > graphics > custom
* bump maping and shiny
* basic shaders
* TURN OFF atmospheric shaders
* Lighting Detail: Nearby local lights

2. Wear a face light

3. Press Ctrl alt R to rebake a few times if needed. (This is especially useful if you are on a wireless or old connection, where your face de-rezzes a lot. Your face should rez a few seconds after ctrl-alt-R depending on the lag at your sim.)
* Note, you must have Advanced/Debug mode activated to use the above shortcut. If you see an “Advanced” menu on your SL toolbar, then you have it activated, and should be able to rebake using Ctrl alt R.
* If you do not have Advanced mode activated, Press Ctrl Alt D to toggle it on. (If you press Ctrl Alt D again, you will turn it off.)
* Press Ctrl Alt R to rebake! (A couple of times, if needed.)

And you should look dazzling. As good as the ad pic, but as yourself! I promise!

We’re in here for the art more than the commerce, and thus unlike other skin stores, we rarely tint a skin and call it a “new” product. None of our skins look generic. Each has its own distinct look because each one is made from scratch. Each purchase helps fund the creation of a new skin. And, we believe that each purchase helps make another avatar on Second Life look more unique. Thank you, once again.

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6/2/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Skin City, Second Life: The merchants of Skin City have hidden
Sones Skin City Soda bottle caps with skin and av accessory
booty prizes in the one and only 1-stop city for…
skins, shapes, eyes, and other avatar accessories:

http://SLurl.com/secondlife/Skin%20City/124/94/563

Drop by to grab the booty — finders keepers for both small
things and pricy things — including select individual packs of my
4 earliest new releases:
 
   
 
My legendary eyes:
   
… as well as legacy eyes … new Soda caps released
several times a week starting in June!

And also… booty from these Skin City merchants:

Alady
Alessandra
Another Level
Arrogant Lioness
Ashia
B&B
Beauty Avatar
Body Project
Digit Darkes
Falln Angel
Kitheres Industries
Magika
Minnu
Nora
Playboy Designs
Shape Territory
Soda
Starfuker Skins
Unpredictable
VIP - Sculpted Talking Faces
Wunderlich’s

More soda caps added daily… as new merchants arrive and get set up! 

Come for a sneak peek and the chance to find high quality skins and more
hidden in buy-for-0/1 soda caps…

and…

Come see designers incognito as they try to find the hidden caps.
(I can only tell you what I’ve hidden - don’t ask any of us for where
other booty’s hid… cuz we dunno and are out there searching
with you! o.O)

Ina Centaur,
Skin City Mayor

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http://www.laqroki.com/blog/

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