"Heartbreak", created and modeled by Val Suisei, is today's Uncanny Valley Expo entry. Her skin's by Sin Skins, and the expression was taken using YadNi Monde's Emoter HUD along with a default gesture.
Can your avatar believably engage us on a human level? Details for submitting an Expo entry are here.
Great expression, Val! Looks like she's longing for something, perhaps in the distance... I like the "clutch your heart" hand pose, what I can make out of it, anyway. Who made the hair? It's fably purple and spikey!
Posted by: Torley | Friday, July 20, 2007 at 03:45 PM
Val, Love your eyes and expression, they match so well! Great photo composition, the look, framing and the background is really done well. Good Job, Gator
Posted by: Gator Brown | Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 09:42 PM
Ah! Torley, you honor me with your comment. If not for you I wouldn't have considered trying the expo at all. The hair is made by Kin Keiko; I bought it not far from the location of the shot in Nakama!
Thank you Gator! It took me quite a while to get my av's eyes to look in the right direction, but it was worth the effort.
And of course thanks a bunch Hamlet. I loved the Expo last year but at the time I was too newbish to come up with a decent entry. Looking forward to seeing more startlingly realistic avatar portrayals!
Posted by: Val Suisei | Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at 10:07 PM
@Val: Awwwwes! So thrilled to hear that. Well, that's what I aspire to, encouraging more loveliness in the world! Thanx for the hair's creator, I shall seek it out. :D
Posted by: Torley | Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 03:32 PM