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Tete a Pied Deux
By Celebrity Trollop | August 22, 2006
Roslin Petion (a Second Style staff writer) writes on her blog:
Skins are a lot of work. A lot. We’ve been working really hard on creating a skin that improves upon our weak points while still retaining the character that our customers love and say sets us apart. I’m really looking forward to sharing more in the coming weeks as the launch time for Tete Deux draws near.
That time is almost here. Last night Roslin slipped me a promo pack containing 4 skin tones and a selection of the initial 16 makeup sets that she’s created. From the beginning, Roslin has been primarily working on the makeup details and CJ Carnot (full disclosure: CJ has done some scripting projects for Second Style) has been working on the skin tone, the shading and all of the fine details (like hand drawing 50 individual eyebrow hairs. Amusing side note: Roslin said to me in IM last night, “You know CJ hand painted each of those eyebrow hairs. Surprising?” I replied, “No. We are talking about CJ here. Crazy boy!” Like most skinners, CJ is a total perfectionist.)
Like the original TAP skins, these are still 100% hand drawn. My very favorite makeup series is called “Enigma.” Enigma is a blend of somewhat muted lip colors with subtle, but strikingly well blended eye makeups. Probably my very favorite is Enigma 3, followed by Enigma 4. (If you’re going to demo, try those first!) Second, a lot of the body shading has been totally re done from scratch. One of the things that I whined about to Roslin in the past was that TAP skins made my boobehs a little too washed out. So periodically during the months long redesign Roslin would fwing over snapshots of her on a modelling stand in a bikini. “Good enough yet?” she’d ask with a grin. Yes! I am so happy to see the cleavage enhancement. I also really like the shading work along the shoulder blades on the back of the skin. Wearing those cut-down-to-there backless gowns always looks a lot better if you’ve got some great shoulder blades to help frame all that sultry skin on display. Finally, I think the lip shape is much improved from the originals. The TAP2 skins feature really lush, plump lips and Roslin’s beautifully accented that with her makeup palette.
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Friends list: Yes (Roslin is also a staff writer for Second Style)
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