What Skyrim's female character creation has lacked for a long time is a good texture set that, like SkySight, functions as a true vanilla improvement as opposed to a dissimilar replacement. Many existing texture sets vary so from vanilla that they lighten or darken all women significantly, or dampen the colours of mer. Lucid Skin embraces the characteristics of vanilla and offers a detailed, less alien-looking appearance for the women and wo— mer? of Skyrim.

This mod offers full vanilla body compatibility without any additional mods required, as well as versions for the CBBE and UNP UVs, covering all widely-used female body replacers.

For appearance, the images I have uploaded can only tell you so much. These are of my game with my mods and my own set-up so if something in the pictures is turning you off, don't write this off just yet. It is possible to get smooth, young-looking characters with this skin and the right ENB settings, and the same goes for a grittier aesthetic. Whilst Lucid Skin is not hyper-smooth, it does not bear the same grimy look of vanilla. For those that feel the base normal maps are still too rough, younger face normals are offered as an alternative to the default maps. Using these faces will look softer and unwrinkled. Similarly, a plain version of the face without the darker shading around the eyes can also be chosen. If you want some more grime, a dirt option for the body is available.

Other Mods
All the skin assets seen in my images are from this mod, but naturally I use many other mods to achieve my characters' appearance. This should cover most of them.

Tintmasks
   Xenius Character Enhancement
   Better Make-Up
   Vanilla Make-Up HD
   ALT1
Eyebrows
   ALT1 – Facial Hair
Eyes
   Eyes Mod
   Van Gogh Eyes
Miscellaneous
   Rustic Clothing
   Cathedral Weathers and Seasons
   Rudy ENB   

Special Thanks
To cuyima and Kreis, for their support and for their help with Blender.
To the members of the DDS Workshop Discord server, for their continuous encouragement and feedback.