April of last year brought to the Grid, Entice 2.0.  Entice debuted about 2 years ago, so it isn't a new skin.  Some skin shoppes make it a point to offer many different "human" skins with different features and such.  I find this to be hard to do for me.  I guess one reason is I don't photo-source my skins.  I DO use photos for references on some areas, but I don't build textures out of photos.  I've done it before, but it's not my goal with Nora to offer realistic skins.

I'm digressing though.  I was tempted to make a whole new skin instead of updating Entice(for women), but in the long run I think that offering one or two specific looking skins is what I'd rather continue doing at Nora; to maintain a style that is in line with what I offer and that isn't lost in a bevy of choices.  So I decided to update Entice to 3.0.  It will be a couple of months before it goes live, because I finish it and take all new product shots.  I hate that last part, but whatever, necessary evil.  It'll give me a chance to rearrange some of the makeups I have now into more logical choices.  I'd like to make a whole pack or two of freckle-skins, for instance.

3.0 is a logical step for Entice - as a skin-designer that works at her own pace, I do learn and after staring at a skin for a year, you begin to think "You know, I could touch that up a bit".  I hate the current Entice mouth, for instance.  I sometimes wonder what the heck I was thinking when I did it.  I'm so self-critical!  :P  It also gives me a chance to incorporate some of the more popular skin "features" these days.  Like defining the sternomastoids (read: neck tendons) above the clavicle a bit.  I could ramble on.  Suffice it to say, though, I can't guarantee everyone will like the new update.  It has to be done though, from a product standpoint.

Anyway, with Windlight on the horizon and being an inevitable evil, this is a good time to re-evaluate Entice for an update.  WL is changing the way skins look and it can't be avoided.  I spent the last few days tweaking some parts, already.  I work in "Champagne" by default so that's the only preview I have to offer right now.  And, yes, this shot is taken with Windlight settings, instead of my high-ambience-no-shadows setup.