I want a photograph of you
but not a photograph of you
I wanna be closer than that
I wanna be closer than that…
Closer than that photograph.
~ Chuck Close by Tim Fite
How often have you wanted to reach out and touch another person in their avatar? Maybe an avatar is closer than a photograph…
Certainly with this skin from JOMAN Mai, you are closer than a photograph. The skin is at once an illustration and a photograph. It’s evocative, winsome, and otherworldly. The body is lovely with a beautiful navel (which you would notice with an outfit like this). I would not say all her skins hit the mark—they suffer from the pastel cartoon quality some skins have–but this one certainly said something to me.
I show it with separates from Jojorunoo Runo. She has experimented with shapes and translucencies to create interesting silhouettes for avatar apparel. The top is simply a photosourced knit texture but she makes it interesting with prim straps and a scarf. The skirt is cleverly engineered, attached to both legs and pelvis. Shoes are a vibrant yellow pumps from LeeZu Baxter and Enktan Gully to echo the yellow across the eyes and the little flower earrings from Mika Nieuport.
Closer than that, closer than that photograph…
Hair: booN BON000 hair black by boo Nakamura for booN
Skin: JM:Mai skin_devonz sakuran nomal by JOMAN Mai for JM:Mai
Top: ~*RunoRuno*~ Knit Tank by Jojorunoo Runo for ~*RunoRuno*~
Skirt: ~*RunoRuno*~ After Ballet Class Skirt by Jojorunoo Runo for ~*RunoRuno*~
Earrings: MIEL ELO EARRING by Mika Nieuport for Miel
Bracelet: Djinn & Tonic – Coco Blvd Bangle by Babyhoney Bailey for Djinn & Tonic
Shoes: .*Courtisane*. La Sauvage – Yellow by LeeZu Baxter and Enktan Gully for Courtisane *
P.S. Thank you to my sweet Chatty for enclosing my photo in a polaroid for this blog. As always, she made my life tons easier and made me look great :)
A Passion for Virtual Fashion 
Now that is a gorgeous skin. I love skins like that, and I’m not familiar with that store. Thanks, Harper!