The result was a rather comical frog-like creature, which I'm sure will generate a few giggles from other avatars. Some good advice Avatars, as they are used in the Black Sun universe, are scenes in their own right. As option is under the File menu. When saving your avatar, make sure it is facing forward when the software display is set to 'front view'. In this way, you can be sure your avatar is around the right way when you venture online.
Size is also very important.
It may not matter how large your avatar is while floating around in the skies of virtual worlds, but if it's too big, it won't be able to enter interiors - and it will look pretty silly. A fellow avatar suggested I should go for something in the human height range after I trying out an elephantine model. 1.8 metres was suggested as a good height, however I could not relate this number to that used by my software. If you have difficulty sizing your avatar, try importing the files of the avatars included in the Black Sun client software and using them as a reference for scale. File size is also important.