jasonc624
Comment #2 Friday, February 17, 2006 7:59 PM
Comment #2 Friday, February 17, 2006 7:59 PM
thank you micheal im just startedlike a week ago, this is harder than it ooks, but isee so many people comming out with these great skins saying that its there first skin , i just dont know what im doing wrong 
Cavan1
Comment #3 Friday, February 17, 2006 9:00 PM
Comment #3 Friday, February 17, 2006 9:00 PM
The biggest issue is font colors, can't read anything in Explorer windows, menus are very difficult to read.
It is also very incomplete. As Adam Michael has suggested take a look at some other skin, open them in SkinStudio and check out everything.
Keep at it, you will get better as you learn more.
It is also very incomplete. As Adam Michael has suggested take a look at some other skin, open them in SkinStudio and check out everything.
Keep at it, you will get better as you learn more.
dj_cityboy
Comment #4 Friday, February 17, 2006 9:11 PM
Comment #4 Friday, February 17, 2006 9:11 PM
hey jason..
i can understand where you come from...i've been lookin at this site for years and have seen many peoples first skins and um like WTF????
how did they do that.....i have used Skinstudio before and photoshop and have been an artist for like 20 years and still cant figure out to even change a premade skin (lol)
i know color very well and knows what colors go together through doin graffiti and painting canvasses and making custom color Pantone Tria markers....but still cant figure out how to make a skin and skin everything...
i have read some of the tutorials on skining and it looks freekin crazy....maybe its one of those things that "once you got it, you got it" and can just make a skin in like 10 mins from nuthin (if you know the process) i could make a custom color with my eyes closed...but only from doin it so much??
i really admire people like Kol_ and others for there ability to make these things look so freekin awesome...the determination must be crazy to get it perfect and on point...
i do agree with Adam Michael....look at the color combinations used on the Ferrari....heck go to www.ferrariworld.com and flip through the cars for an hour or so! (check out the F430 Spider while yer there......nutso car!)
anyway awesome skin.....i think you mostly know what needs to be done but just dont know how to do it thats all.....in that case were in the same boat! except your willing to take the plunge and im not (LOL)
good luck
peas
cityboy
i can understand where you come from...i've been lookin at this site for years and have seen many peoples first skins and um like WTF????
how did they do that.....i have used Skinstudio before and photoshop and have been an artist for like 20 years and still cant figure out to even change a premade skin (lol)
i know color very well and knows what colors go together through doin graffiti and painting canvasses and making custom color Pantone Tria markers....but still cant figure out how to make a skin and skin everything...
i have read some of the tutorials on skining and it looks freekin crazy....maybe its one of those things that "once you got it, you got it" and can just make a skin in like 10 mins from nuthin (if you know the process) i could make a custom color with my eyes closed...but only from doin it so much??
i really admire people like Kol_ and others for there ability to make these things look so freekin awesome...the determination must be crazy to get it perfect and on point...
i do agree with Adam Michael....look at the color combinations used on the Ferrari....heck go to www.ferrariworld.com and flip through the cars for an hour or so! (check out the F430 Spider while yer there......nutso car!)
anyway awesome skin.....i think you mostly know what needs to be done but just dont know how to do it thats all.....in that case were in the same boat! except your willing to take the plunge and im not (LOL)
good luck
peas
cityboy
jasonc624
Comment #6 Friday, February 17, 2006 10:28 PM
Comment #6 Friday, February 17, 2006 10:28 PM
thanks guys i have updated this skin, so now the start menu looks a litttle carbon fiberish, and the tim space looks ferrari red, i rele dont have photo shop or the full version of skin studio, but i will continue trying, im using paint to do the shading. exept the start menu 
Adam Michael
Comment #7 Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:23 AM
Comment #7 Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:23 AM
Hey Jason, save yer penny's dime's and Nickels, buy an editor program like paintshop pro 8. It's a great program and it's cheaper than Photoshop but it still gives you a great playground for your imagination, I use paintshop pro 7 once in awhile. It took me four years to share my first skin, you took a week and threw caution to the wind. Do you know people like you irk me sometimes? 
You're not doing anything wrong. Just don't stay up until three am trying to make decision on start buttons. Take care be safe.
You're not doing anything wrong. Just don't stay up until three am trying to make decision on start buttons. Take care be safe.
-scion-
Comment #8 Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:31 AM
Comment #8 Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:31 AM
i used microsoft paint to create my first 4 or 5 skins. same problem, couldn't afford photoshop...problem with using paint is that you REALLY need to know what you're doing. if buying photoshop or paint shop pro is a problem, there is a free graphics editor out there called "Ultimate Paint" http://www.ultimatepaint.com/
i started dabbling with that before jumping into photoshop. and for a free program it really does some nice things. check it out my friend...you have potential, now you just need the tools.
i started dabbling with that before jumping into photoshop. and for a free program it really does some nice things. check it out my friend...you have potential, now you just need the tools.
SteveGosselin
Comment #9 Saturday, February 18, 2006 6:17 PM
download and install --> The Gimp (free clone of Photoshop)
Comment #9 Saturday, February 18, 2006 6:17 PM
| im using paint to do the shading. exept the start menu |
download and install --> The Gimp (free clone of Photoshop)
jasonc624
Comment #10 Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:28 PM
Comment #10 Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:28 PM
wow guys , your comments are very encouraging , i will try all these suggestions emmediatly 
snowhawk77c
Comment #11 Sunday, February 19, 2006 7:29 AM
Comment #11 Sunday, February 19, 2006 7:29 AM
...very..well unusual skin.....but a good start nontheless
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Comment #1 Friday, February 17, 2006 7:26 PM