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this guide is meant to cover items that affect the lighting in the avatar, be it sunlight, indoor lights, spotlight, or other miscellaneous overlays

if you have any questions/input/suggestions, please let me know!

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Human base:

User Image - A Small Light (filter) - darkens and adds spots of light to the entire avatar box except the center
User Image - Adamant Vault (bokeh) - adds bokeh dots and effect to BG (recolours only, original item does not have bokeh pose)
User Image - Asphalt Jungle - all three poses have darkening effect
User Image - Astra: Candlelight Embrace - darkens the entire avatar and BG and adds bokeh / lens flares
User Image - Astra: Evening Carnival Lights - darkens the area below the avatar's knees (slight gradient)
User Image - Astra: Faulty Lighting (still) - darkens the entire avatar and BG
User Image - Astra: Murky Waters - lighting gradient for the entire avatar and BG that's darkest at the avatar's feet
User Image - Astra: Sunset Carnival Lights - darkens the area below the avatar's knees (slight gradient)
User Image - A Vacant Light (filter) - adds a gradient to the avatar box that's darkest at the feet ( + dots of light in foreground)
User Image - Beachwalk - yellow glow/light from the opposite facing side of the avatar
User Image - Becoming a Chef (line cook) - yellow glow/light to the top of the avatar
User Image - Bells of Winter (snowstorm) - glow/light to the top of the avatar (lighting dependent on recolour)
User Image - Boundless Gaze - slightly darkens the area around the avatar's feet
User Image - Boundless Gaze (red planet) - lightens the top opposite corner and darkens the lower facing corner of avatar
User Image - Bug Wanderer - beam of light from the opposite facing corner (+ grass in foreground)
User Image - Campfire in the Woods Backdrop (darkness) - darkens full avatar and background
User Image - Cat Burglar's Treasure (bank heist!) - darkens the opposite facing side of the avatar and BG
User Image - Cat Burglar's Treasure (escape into the night!) - darkens everything except top facing corner
User Image - Catharsis Lucem - beam of light from the opposite facing corner (+ rocks in foreground)
User Image - Cruel Cliffhanger (cliffside) - slightly darkens entire avatar and BG
User Image - Curious Mona (mysterious forest) - illuminates background
User Image - Cursed Kingdom Castle - all three poses darken area around avatar's body/legs
User Image - Dancing Wench Tavern - very slightly darkens the entire avatar and BG with a warm tone
User Image - Dangerous Dame (dimly lit office) - adds stripes of light/shadow to avatar's face from blinds
User Image - Danse des Etoiles - adds a colored overlay to avatars but layers poorly with older bgs/bg cutters
User Image - Dark Heart (Desmona's lair) - darkens and tints (depending on recolor) entire avatar and BG
User Image - Daughter of Fury (lovely day) - adds dust overlay to the bottom half of the avatar
User Image - Devil's Dare (they're all watching) - spotlight with a ring of camera flashes
User Image - DisCONnect Backdrop - all poses add subtle scan lines/grain to the entire avatar box
User Image - Dishonest Shepherd (afternoon glow) - adds a band of glow/light to the avatar's head and glowy dots
User Image - Elf Reflection (bg) - slightly darkens everything but adds dots of light
User Image - Elfenmär - adds glow to bottom facing corner (+ branch with glowing orb in foreground)
User Image - Enchanted Meadows (crystal grove) - very slightly darkens bottom of avatar
User Image - Evertree Embrace - all three poses have lighting/darkening effect
User Image - Fantastical Journey - all three poses have lighting/darkening effect
User Image - Farewell Maidenhair (background) - adds subtle sunlight to the area around avatar's head
User Image - Fatal Physalia (background) - slightly darkens entire avatar box
User Image - Foire du Gothique Backdrop - all poses slightly darken the area around the avatar's legs and feet
User Image - Firefly's Flame (firefly's dance) - darkens entire avatar and BG (+fireflies and grass in foreground)
User Image - Forteanagoria (moonless night) - slightly darkens the entire avatar box
User Image - Forteanagoria (unexplainable lights) - slightly darkens the entire avatar box with some yellow glow at the avatar's head and feet
User Image - Forteanagoria (crop circles) - very slightly lightens the avatar box
User Image - Forteanagoria (crop circles at night) - very slightly darkens the avatar box
User Image - Forteanagoria (close encounter) - adds a spotlight/beam of light to the avatar box, a small area at the top stays the same
User Image - Frail Vestige (background) - slightly darkens area around avatar's head
User Image - Ghoul's Acre - adds a slight misty effect around the avatar's legs and feet
User Image - Gliese 581c - slightly darkens the entire avatar and BG and adds mist / fog around avatar's feet
User Image - Goodbye Mapleleaf (background) - adds subtle sunlight to the area around avatar's head
User Image - Happy Capsule (happy scenery) - adds blue tinted dots and stars overlay to avatar and BG
User Image - I am Vintage Flowers (filter) - adds a tinted overlay to avatar and BG with some small flowers
User Image - Ichigood (happy scenery) - adds pink tinted dots and stars overlay to avatar and BG
User Image - Invincible Frames (day dojo) - adds yellow daytime lighting evenly to the whole avatar box
User Image - Invincible Frames (night dojo) - slightly darkens and adds blue nighttime lighting evenly to the whole avatar box
User Image - Ivy Prep Academia (rooftop) - sunlight/glow to the top of the avatar
User Image - Karasu - slightly darkens the area around the avatar's feet
User Image - Kochira (half background) - slightly darkens and adds foxfire and rain overlay to top half of avatar and BG
User Image - LevEYEathan (water overlay) - slightly darkens the entire avatar box and adds some waves/water ripple, most visible in the top facing corner
User Image - Life Amidst Darkness (filter) - darkens the corners of the avatar box with some light particles in the center
User Image - Lights Out! - adds a uniform darkness to the entire avatar box (seriously lights out makes it basically pitch black)
User Image - Lost Unmurin (cloud forest) - slightly darkens avatar and BG
User Image - Lunar Sniper (background) - adds a tinted glow/lens flare to the middle-left of the avatar box
User Image - Mal-ICE Backdrop - first three poses add a glow/light over the avatar's head
User Image - Mana Seed (goodnight mana tree) - darkens avatar and BG (+ leaves in foreground)
User Image - Me Day (spa) - slightly darkens the area by the avatar's feet
User Image - Mercurial Airy Summer Nights (background) - darkens the avatar box slightly (this recolour only, others do not have this effect)
User Image - Night Bug Wanderer - slightly darkens avatar's legs (+ fireflies and grass in foreground)
User Image - Nighttime Ruins - slightly darkens the whole avatar box
User Image - O. Renji Days (sunset) - glow/light to the top of the avatar
User Image - Prince of the Sea (cliff) - very slightly lightens whole avatar box (+ flowers/grass at your avatar's feet in the foreground)
User Image - Prince of the Sea (captain's quarter) - adds light/glow around avatar's head and shoulders (+ a desk in the foreground)
User Image - Prince of the Sea (underwater incubator) - adds a blue glow/light to the top of the avatar box
User Image - Prince of the Sea (seaport) - adds a light/glow to the upper half of the avatar box
User Image - Quick Witted Sidekick (forest) - beam of light from the top facing corner
User Image - Rabbicadabra (spotlight) - darkens avatar and BG, adds a spotlight around your avatar's head
User Image - Rabu Rabu Deito (location) - adds pink overlay to entire avatar and BG and sun rays from top opposite corner
User Image - Reve Rouille (shadow show poster) - adds a yellow tint/overlay to avatar and BG
User Image - Reve Rouille (operating light) - darkens everything and adds a yellow light from above avatar's head
User Image - Reve Rouille (diving in) - cuts BG into a banner and adds slight darkening/noise overlay to avatar and BG
User Image - RPGeez II Backdrop - the first and last poses add a slight lighting gradient to the waist-down, darkest at the avatar's feet
User Image - Samurai Soul (day) - similar to ivy prep, lights up head area of avatar
User Image - Samurai Soul (night) - nighttime effect, darkest at avatar's feet
User Image - Seductive Night (romantic bedroom) - slightly darkens avatar and BG
User Image - Shoujo Memories (pink aesthetic) - adds a tint (depending on recolour) to entire avatar and BG
User Image - Shovel the Dead (setting window) - darkens the entire avatar and BG
User Image - Smol Nightmares - darkens the entire avatar and BG except for avatar's face
User Image - Space Leonidus (background) - slightly darkens and tints entire avatar and BG (+stars and constellations overlay)
User Image - Stray Moon (moon rays overlay) - adds beams of light originating from the top opposite facing corner
User Image - Strike of the Giants - slightly darkens area near avatar's legs
User Image - Summer Grass Field - sunlight/glow to the top of the avatar (+ grass in foreground)
User Image - Summoning Supplies (seance parlor) - only when avatar's left arm is raised, makes everything translucent
User Image - Sunny Afternoon (afternoon sunlight effect) - sunbeams coming from the right side of the avatar box
User Image - Sylvan Dusk - slightly darkens entire avatar and BG, more pronounced in the corners
User Image - Tale of Clarion (crescent sky) - adds bokeh circles all around the avatar
User Image - Tale of Clarion (dual crescent sky) - adds sparkles around the avatar and a glow around the avatar's head (+ a crescent moon to the foreground)
User Image - The Case of Pietro (the interrogation) - adds a yellow glow to the avatar's head and shoulders (+ a ceiling lamp in the foreground)
User Image - The Case of Pietro (there is no case) - very slightly lightens the area around the avatar's head, (+ chain link fence/gate in the foreground)
User Image - The Case of Pietro (a far shore) - adds a bright light to the bottom facing corner of the avatar box, fading toward the avatar's feet
User Image - The Haunting (fog overlay) - adds a tinted overlay to the avatar box, with some slightly more opaque mist at the bottom
User Image - Tie the Knot Backdrop - all poses add a light/glow to the top opposite facing corner
User Image - Tricky Toadstool - darkens the upper half of the entire avatar and BG
User Image - Trixie Treat (sepia tone) - adds a sepia/grunge overlay to the entire avatar box, lightest in the center
User Image - Under Bright Weather Too (background) - slightly darkens the entire avatar and BG
User Image - Under Magical Weather Too (background) - slightly brightens the entire avatar and BG
User Image - Undersea Diver (coral reef) - sun rays / god rays originating from top of avatar box
User Image - Under the Hydrangea - slightly darkens the avatar box ( + rain in foreground)
User Image - Vague Reality (background) - slightly darkens everything except top opposite corner of avatar
User Image - Waddle Weather (plip plop) - darkens the avatar box ( + rain in foreground)
User Image - War Game - all three poses slightly tint the area near the avatar's legs but layers poorly with other BGs
User Image - Witchy Aesthetic (background) - slightly darkens entire avatar box
User Image - Working Girl (street light) - makes everything dark except street light from facing corner


Paw base:

User Image - [Animal] Beachwalk - yellow glow/light from the opposite facing side of the avatar
User Image - [Animal] Beary Tired (lights off - dark) - slightly darkens entire avatar and BG
User Image - [Animal] Beary Tired (lights off - pitch black) - darkens entire avatar and BG

Human & paw:

Pride Filters - adds tinted pride flag overlay to avatar box

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Overlay w/ bg and foreground: User Image

Items (by effect):

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Mixed/misc effect:




Human base:


User Image - Astra: Candlelight Embrace - darkens the entire avatar and BG and adds bokeh / lens flares
User Image - Astra: Evening Carnival Lights - darkens the area below the avatar's knees (slight gradient)

User Image - Astra: Murky Waters - lighting gradient for the entire avatar and BG that's darkest at the avatar's feet
User Image - Astra: Sunset Carnival Lights - darkens the area below the avatar's knees (slight gradient)
User Image - A Vacant Light (filter) - adds a gradient to the avatar box that's darkest at the feet ( + dots of light in foreground)
User Image - Beachwalk - yellow glow/light from the opposite facing side of the avatar
User Image - Becoming a Chef (line cook) - yellow glow/light to the top of the avatar
User Image - Bells of Winter (snowstorm) - glow/light to the top of the avatar (lighting dependent on recolour)
User Image - Boundless Gaze - slightly darkens the area around the avatar's feet
User Image - Boundless Gaze (red planet) - lightens the top opposite corner and darkens the lower facing corner of avatar
User Image - Bug Wanderer - beam of light from the opposite facing corner (+ grass in foreground)
User Image - Campfire in the Woods Backdrop (darkness) - darkens full avatar and background
User Image - Cat Burglar's Treasure (bank heist!) - darkens the opposite facing side of the avatar and BG
User Image - Cat Burglar's Treasure (escape into the night!) - darkens everything except top facing corner
User Image - Catharsis Lucem - beam of light from the opposite facing corner (+ rocks in foreground)
User Image - Cruel Cliffhanger (cliffside) - slightly darkens entire avatar and BG
User Image - Curious Mona (mysterious forest) - illuminates background
User Image - Cursed Kingdom Castle - all three poses darken area around avatar's body/legs
User Image - Dancing Wench Tavern - very slightly darkens the entire avatar and BG with a warm tone
User Image - Dangerous Dame (dimly lit office) - adds stripes of light/shadow to avatar's face from blinds
User Image - Danse des Etoiles - adds a colored overlay to avatars but layers poorly with older bgs/bg cutters
User Image - Dark Heart (Desmona's lair) - darkens and tints (depending on recolor) entire avatar and BG

User Image - DisCONnect Backdrop - all poses add subtle scan lines/grain to the entire avatar box
User Image - Dishonest Shepherd (afternoon glow) - adds a band of glow/light to the avatar's head and glowy dots
User Image - Elf Reflection (bg) - slightly darkens everything but adds dots of light
User Image - Elfenmär - adds glow to bottom facing corner (+ branch with glowing orb in foreground)
User Image - Enchanted Meadows (crystal grove) - very slightly darkens bottom of avatar
User Image - Evertree Embrace - all three poses have lighting/darkening effect
User Image - Fantastical Journey - all three poses have lighting/darkening effect

User Image - Fatal Physalia (background) - slightly darkens entire avatar box
User Image - Foire du Gothique Backdrop - all poses slightly darken the area around the avatar's legs and feet
User Image - Firefly's Flame (firefly's dance) - darkens entire avatar and BG (+fireflies and grass in foreground)
User Image - Forteanagoria (moonless night) - slightly darkens the entire avatar box
User Image - Forteanagoria (unexplainable lights) - slightly darkens the entire avatar box with some yellow glow at the avatar's head and feet
User Image - Forteanagoria (crop circles) - very slightly lightens the avatar box
User Image - Forteanagoria (crop circles at night) - very slightly darkens the avatar box
User Image - Forteanagoria (close encounter) - adds a spotlight/beam of light to the avatar box, a small area at the top stays the same
User Image - Frail Vestige (background) - slightly darkens area around avatar's head
User Image - Ghoul's Acre - adds a slight misty effect around the avatar's legs and feet
User Image - Gliese 581c - slightly darkens the entire avatar and BG and adds mist / fog around avatar's feet

User Image - Happy Capsule (happy scenery) - adds blue tinted dots and stars overlay to avatar and BG
User Image - I am Vintage Flowers (filter) - adds a tinted overlay to avatar and BG with some small flowers
User Image - Ichigood (happy scenery) - adds pink tinted dots and stars overlay to avatar and BG
User Image - Invincible Frames (day dojo) - adds yellow daytime lighting evenly to the whole avatar box
User Image - Invincible Frames (night dojo) - slightly darkens and adds blue nighttime lighting evenly to the whole avatar box
User Image - Ivy Prep Academia (rooftop) - sunlight/glow to the top of the avatar
User Image - Karasu - slightly darkens the area around the avatar's feet
User Image - Kochira (half background) - slightly darkens and adds foxfire and rain overlay to top half of avatar and BG
User Image - LevEYEathan (water overlay) - slightly darkens the entire avatar box and adds some waves/water ripple, most visible in the top facing corner
User Image - Lights Out! - adds a uniform darkness to the entire avatar box (seriously lights out makes it basically pitch black)
User Image - Lost Unmurin (cloud forest) - slightly darkens avatar and BG
User Image - Lunar Sniper (background) - adds a tinted glow/lens flare to the middle-left of the avatar box
User Image - Mal-ICE Backdrop - first three poses add a glow/light over the avatar's head
User Image - Mana Seed (goodnight mana tree) - darkens avatar and BG (+ leaves in foreground)
User Image - Me Day (spa) - slightly darkens the area by the avatar's feet
User Image - Mercurial Airy Summer Nights (background) - darkens the avatar box slightly (this recolour only, others do not have this effect)
User Image - Night Bug Wanderer - slightly darkens avatar's legs (+ fireflies and grass in foreground)
User Image - Nighttime Ruins - slightly darkens the whole avatar box
User Image - O. Renji Days (sunset) - glow/light to the top of the avatar
User Image - Prince of the Sea (cliff) - very slightly lightens whole avatar box (+ flowers/grass at your avatar's feet in the foreground)
User Image - Prince of the Sea (captain's quarter) - adds light/glow around avatar's head and shoulders (+ a desk in the foreground)
User Image - Prince of the Sea (underwater incubator) - adds a blue glow/light to the top of the avatar box
User Image - Prince of the Sea (seaport) - adds a light/glow to the upper half of the avatar box
User Image - Quick Witted Sidekick (forest) - beam of light from the top facing corner
User Image - Rabbicadabra (spotlight) - darkens avatar and BG, adds a spotlight around your avatar's head
User Image - Rabu Rabu Deito (location) - adds pink overlay to entire avatar and BG and sun rays from top opposite corner
User Image - Reve Rouille (shadow show poster) - adds a yellow tint/overlay to avatar and BG
User Image - Reve Rouille (operating light) - darkens everything and adds a yellow light from above avatar's head
User Image - Reve Rouille (diving in) - cuts BG into a banner and adds slight darkening/noise overlay to avatar and BG
User Image - RPGeez II Backdrop - the first and last poses add a slight lighting gradient to the waist-down, darkest at the avatar's feet
User Image - Samurai Soul (day) - similar to ivy prep, lights up head area of avatar
User Image - Samurai Soul (night) - nighttime effect, darkest at avatar's feet
User Image - Seductive Night (romantic bedroom) - slightly darkens avatar and BG
User Image - Shoujo Memories (pink aesthetic) - adds a tint (depending on recolour) to entire avatar and BG
User Image - Shovel the Dead (setting window) - darkens the entire avatar and BG
User Image - Smol Nightmares - darkens the entire avatar and BG except for avatar's face
User Image - Space Leonidus (background) - slightly darkens and tints entire avatar and BG (+stars and constellations overlay)
User Image - Stray Moon (moon rays overlay) - adds beams of light originating from the top opposite facing corner
User Image - Strike of the Giants - slightly darkens area near avatar's legs
User Image - Summer Grass Field - sunlight/glow to the top of the avatar (+ grass in foreground)
User Image - Summoning Supplies (seance parlor) - only when avatar's left arm is raised, makes everything translucent
User Image - Sunny Afternoon (afternoon sunlight effect) - sunbeams coming from the right side of the avatar box
User Image - Sylvan Dusk - slightly darkens entire avatar and BG, more pronounced in the corners
User Image - Tale of Clarion (crescent sky) - adds bokeh circles all around the avatar
User Image - Tale of Clarion (dual crescent sky) - adds sparkles around the avatar and a glow around the avatar's head (+ a crescent moon to the foreground)
User Image - The Case of Pietro (the interrogation) - adds a yellow glow to the avatar's head and shoulders (+ a ceiling lamp in the foreground)
User Image - The Case of Pietro (there is no case) - very slightly lightens the area around the avatar's head, (+ chain link fence/gate in the foreground)
User Image - The Case of Pietro (a far shore) - adds a bright light to the bottom facing corner of the avatar box, fading toward the avatar's feet
User Image - The Haunting (fog overlay) - adds a tinted overlay to the avatar box, with some slightly more opaque mist at the bottom
User Image - Tie the Knot Backdrop - all poses add a light/glow to the top opposite facing corner
User Image - Tricky Toadstool - darkens the upper half of the entire avatar and BG
User Image - Under Bright Weather Too (background) - slightly darkens the entire avatar and BG
User Image - Under Magical Weather Too (background) - slightly brightens the entire avatar and BG

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Showcase:

do you have an avatar/avatars that you used these mods on? quote or PM me to have them added here!

Examples:

I'm using Sketchy Lonely Land as a base. Under construction as I try to get my imgur album organized and figure out how to format this post lol

xxPlain (no mods)
User Image

xxxAdamant VaultxxxxxxAsphalt JunglexxxiAstra: Faulty LightingxxCat Burglar's Treasure (bank/escape)
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User ImageUser ImageUser ImageUser ImageUser Image

xxCatharsis LucemxxxxDanse des EtoilesxxxxxiDevil's DarexxxxxiDishonest ShepherdxxxxxxElfenmär
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User ImageUser ImageUser ImageUser ImageUser Image

xxSunny AfternoonxxxxxiSylvan Dusk
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xxxxWorking Girl
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Finicky mods:

Some backgrounds just don't want to play nice. The ones listed here don't work with Sketchy Lonely Land so I've had to find other backgrounds which they will layer with.

xxxxWriter's Block + Becoming a Chef
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special thanks to the following contributors:

  • Reiirin
  • kokubourou
  • lilloulou
  • xxUsako
  • Aerdian
  • DefectiveCircuitry
  • brittle children
  • frenchfriedpancakes
  • cryptid tamagotchi
  • Exhululath
  • jj_11103
  • Erry Chu
  • mayuralover
  • Diavolica

thank you so much for your help & suggestions!

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y am i so bad at this

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