Designing Your Second Life

Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Designing Your Second Life General Introduction Tier fees, prims, square meterage, and building for "free" Overall Design Advice The Second Life window, toolbars, and interface Chapter 2: Designing Yourself Choosing your name Choosing your basic/beginning avatar Customizing your avatar's shape: the head and face Customizing your avatar's shape: the upper & lower body Customizing your avatar's other features: eyes, hair, and skin Going non-human: ears, tails, wings, and other extras Going non-human: tinies, furries, dragons, robots, and other "species" Chapter 3: Designing Your Style Clothes: dos, don'ts, and going for broke Shoes, jewelry and other accessories Makeup, facial hair, and other grooming possibilities Piercings, tattoos, and other body modifications Postures, poses, and other self-expressive animations Chapter 4: Designing Your Social Life Your Profile Using Search Joining Groups Social Etiquette Hookups, Dating, and Partnerships Second Life pregnancy and children Chapter 5: Designing Your Career The Second Life economy Help Wanted: how to find a job using SL's classifieds and forums Creative jobs: design, construction, modeling, DJing Public service jobs: escorts, bodyguards, bartenders, retail sales Real estate: buying, selling, renting, flipping, and managing SL property The Second Life entrepreneur: starting your own Second Life business Chapter 6: Designing Your Lifestyle Just plain Dick and Jane: living "normal" in SL Costume culture: goths, punks, and bikers Armoire culture: Masters, Mistresses, Dom(me)s, submissives, and slaves Total transformation: furries, tinies, dragons, robots, etc. Light roleplaying communities: vampires, elves, the Wild West, etc. Heavy roleplaying communites: Gor, Star Trek, Napoleon's navy, etc. Chapter 7: Designing Your Home Some general yet good advice about designing buildings in SL Apartments, townhouses, and condos An example build: the Gorean-Roman villa An example build: the

Rebecca Tapley is an author, content management consultant, and jewelry designer in real life, and a virtual island developer in Second Life. Her career as a published writer covers business, graphic design, and Web site design software. Her consultancy client list includes Razorfish, Nexon USA , and Pearson Custom Publishing. Rebecca lives in metro Boston. Visit her blog at www.designingyoursecondlife.blogspot.com.