[Lucid:]

I'm similar to Kilala in that I often use my avatar to wear things that I would not be comfortable wearing in real life. I don't show a lot of unnecessary skin; almost all my shirts are a moderate v-neck t-shirt and even then I wear a camisole underneath them. I pretty much only wear solid colors or color-and-white stripes. I always wear standard denim jeans. My business/dress clothes have a bit more variety, but my everyday wear is very plain and practical.

In my avatars, I can wear all sorts of crazy colors, patterns, and fits of clothing. I can forego pants if I feel like it (and usually I do). I can use tons of elaborate accessories. It's not an expression of how I wish I looked by any means; I'm quite happy with my real-life appearance. There's just so many different beautiful items, like Uma said, that it's a shame to not try and be creative with them.

I'm sure that bits of my personality and preferred aesthetic do come out in my avatars. There's certain items and themes that I stick to constantly, and ones that I almost never touch. But it's not a conscious thing. I don't mind seeing what people on the site look like, and I don't feel like it muddies my opinion of them most of the time. I don't remember too well what people look like IRL when I am looking at their avatar, or vice-versa. For example, if I see a picture of Batty on facebook, I remember what she looks like as a human being and don't really remember what her avatar was dressed like. Then when I go to talk to her on Trisphee and see her avatar, I remember her avatar style and what her face looks like mostly leaves my mind. That's just how it works for me, though, I guess.