EVE New Citizens Q&A

I think your being overly critical. From a creative stand point if your only tweaking whats there and your still unhappy start over from scratch instead of experimenting with whats there already.

My alt was designed by me. Lyric here was actually designed by my Wife, who when I finally took the time to recreate this avatar from the revamp of the old system I called her over and had her call the shots. Getting input from another individual even one person who knows nothing about eve can help you make some good choices.

I couldn't see my avatar any other way, I may alter his clothes from time to time, but I tried to change his eye color to my RL eye color and It just didn't work so I set it back to its original.

You'll arrive at the right design decision when after you have left it alone for a few days if you try to alter it you feel like you need to go back to how it initially was.

I notice you have the same black on white uniform in every picture shake up there wardrobe as it will have a visual impact on other decisions you have made about your avatar.

Make some changes come to a stopping point play eve or do something else then come back to it after a couple of days.

Don't be afraid to click 'randomize' and then fiddle with what it gives you. It is a good way to force yourself out of your comfort zone. That zone ends up being a block to some neat creativity.

I usually come up with a concept of what an avatar should express, what archetype I'm going for. I wanted mine to look a bit like a grizzled Minmatar combat engineer, say... Han Solo with a touch of Scotty, and a dash of the Shadow Broker's brooding arrogance. Once you have this mental picture, it becomes a lot easier to express it in the character creator.

perhaps females arent your forte