This Week in Skinning - May 11th
Skin Roundup for 5-11-07
Friday, May 11, 2007 by Island Dog | Discussion: Community
I have been watching the galleries over the past week, and I have been waiting for Friday to come because I saw so many skins that I wanted to feature. It really gets tough some weeks because due to time and space constraints, it's hard for me to feature all the skins I would like, so having to narrow all of them down to 5 or 6 is difficult.
It's always good to browse the galleries, and the personal sites of the artists here because many times there are works there that are not featured in the general gallery.
Now let's get to the picks!
Vista Water Bubbles Blue v2.0! for BootSkin
By unclerob
Blue water bubbles. A huge step up from the default bootscreen, and unclerob has some other color variations as well.
The Cat 1024 for DesktopX Themes
By buzzh58
The colors and clean look of this DesktopX theme got my immediate attention. It includes a custom wallpaper, start menu, and more. Another resolution is also available.
Necromancy: Inferno in Dreams
By DuckStar
This is definitely one of the best "flame" dreams out there. It's seamless and goes great with darker skins.
Slider for IconPackager
By Skinhit
It's been a few weeks since we have seen some new Icon Packs, and this addition is worth the wait. Great job!
Vienna XP for WindowBlinds
By vStyler
This is an excellent WindowBlinds skin. No need to go on about it, just download it and see for yourself. There is also a matching cursor, weather widget, etc., so be sure to check the galleries.
This has been an exceptional week, and make sure you check the galleries here on WinCustomize as there are some fantastic submissions. See you next week!
Reply #3 Friday, May 11, 2007 1:37 PM
Kudos to all in this weeks Skinning picks mentioned here and to those that continue to share their work week after week.
Reply #5 Friday, May 11, 2007 2:07 PM
I've been focusing more on windowblinds work lately but every now & then I have to go back to check out the latest & greatest bootskins and submit a few myself (Alperium pretty much owns that section and has been making some wicked cool vista themed bootskins lately).
Truth be known, bootskins are what got me interested & involved with this site to begin with almost a year ago, before that I didn't even know that it was possible to create bootskins, windowblinds and every other skin project category on this site. I've been hooked to this site and skinning in general ever since.
vStyler's Vienna XP is a master skin and it's free: IMHO it could easily have been listed as a premium skin and would have been a very successful one at that.
Skinhit's stuff is too good for words, I knew he was a wallpaper wizard and apparently he has the same aptitude for icons as well, truly an excellent job.
The desktopx theme by buzz is excellent, I've been wanting to start getting involved with desktopx as well, seeing that theme makes me want to start right now.
The flame dream by duckstar is awesome, I wish I knew how to make them. I'd love to see something similar to my blue water bubbles bootskin as an animated dream.
Great selections this week, thanks again for the mention. I look forward this column every week! This site just keeps getting better & better!!!
Reply #8 Friday, May 11, 2007 5:32 PM
Reply #9 Friday, May 11, 2007 8:10 PM
Congrats to the other featured artist's
Reply #10 Friday, May 11, 2007 9:19 PM
Cheers
Reply #11 Friday, May 11, 2007 10:04 PM
* goes back to peering at my screen through Vienna......
Reply #12 Saturday, May 12, 2007 3:23 AM
Congrats to all featured artists 
real quality work 
Reply #13 Saturday, May 12, 2007 3:56 AM
I'd have me one helluva desktop. Thanks to all artists for their great work and for the sharing. 10 of 10 to all
to each.
Reply #14 Saturday, May 12, 2007 5:53 AM
It's My Secret
Reply #15 Saturday, May 12, 2007 12:43 PM
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Reply #1 Friday, May 11, 2007 1:26 PM