First off, Thankyou for adding save slots. I opted out of using Holo-Me when 2.3 landed, but have been having a great time building my avatar(s) in 2.4 now that it's possible to save a work in progress.
While there are always going to be requests for additional features, face pieces, etc; I feel that the two areas that most stand in the way of creating a Holo-Me that truly resembles a particular person is the lack of eyebrow and skin tone options.
Skin tones in their current form do not account for certain East Asian or Central/Native American skin types. Right now you have pale pale Caucasian skin on one end, and dark dark African skin on the other end, with everything else being a gradation between these two extremes.
It would be nice to have some options to add or reduce the warmth of the skin in addition to just the darkness. Some people have a bit of a golden cast to their skin, others have a reddish undertone. And then there's also "olive" skin which isn't well accounted for either. I'm trying to build an avatar of a friend of mine and right now every skin option just looks "wrong." I suspect you could keep the basic light-dark axis as-is and just give us the option to choose an additional colored undertone or "glow" to the skin, and it would make a big difference.
Eyebrows are the other area where more options would make a huge difference. When building a likeness of someone, I find that you can be a little off on some details but if you get the eye area just right, it kind of "carries" the other imperfections and your likeness will still be recognizable.
Right now there are only a few eyebrow shapes and their thickness and density is pretty limited, especially for the female avatars. Where are the unibrows? Where are the bushy eyebrows? Where are my Jennifer Connelly eyebrows? Also every eyebrow option starts wider near the bridge of the nose and gets thinner as you go out. Yet many people have eyebrows which start thinner in the middle and get wider as you move outwards. Some more eyebrow variants, OR more finely nuanced control over eyebrow shapes, would make a great difference
New hairstyles, accessories, makeup, glasses, etc, are much appreciated; but I think expanding on skin tone and eyebrow shape are the areas which could bring the most utility.
While there are always going to be requests for additional features, face pieces, etc; I feel that the two areas that most stand in the way of creating a Holo-Me that truly resembles a particular person is the lack of eyebrow and skin tone options.
Skin tones in their current form do not account for certain East Asian or Central/Native American skin types. Right now you have pale pale Caucasian skin on one end, and dark dark African skin on the other end, with everything else being a gradation between these two extremes.
It would be nice to have some options to add or reduce the warmth of the skin in addition to just the darkness. Some people have a bit of a golden cast to their skin, others have a reddish undertone. And then there's also "olive" skin which isn't well accounted for either. I'm trying to build an avatar of a friend of mine and right now every skin option just looks "wrong." I suspect you could keep the basic light-dark axis as-is and just give us the option to choose an additional colored undertone or "glow" to the skin, and it would make a big difference.
Eyebrows are the other area where more options would make a huge difference. When building a likeness of someone, I find that you can be a little off on some details but if you get the eye area just right, it kind of "carries" the other imperfections and your likeness will still be recognizable.
Right now there are only a few eyebrow shapes and their thickness and density is pretty limited, especially for the female avatars. Where are the unibrows? Where are the bushy eyebrows? Where are my Jennifer Connelly eyebrows? Also every eyebrow option starts wider near the bridge of the nose and gets thinner as you go out. Yet many people have eyebrows which start thinner in the middle and get wider as you move outwards. Some more eyebrow variants, OR more finely nuanced control over eyebrow shapes, would make a great difference
New hairstyles, accessories, makeup, glasses, etc, are much appreciated; but I think expanding on skin tone and eyebrow shape are the areas which could bring the most utility.
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