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Are Overly-Detailed Skins Overly-Used?

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Prince Oceanus's Avatar Prince Oceanus
Level 52 : Grandmaster Prince
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Oi, everyone! It's me, Ocean, and I'm back at ya with (yet another) blog post. Today's topic is something I've noticed a lot of in the past few months of me playing Multiplayer MC:

Overly-shaded/overly-detailed Skins

Now, some of you guys (and gals) might be wondering, "What do you mean by this, Ocean?" Well, as you all (should probably) know, there are those Skins out there that are very detailed, such as the one above in the cover photo. I know I seem like a bit of a jerk saying this, but I really don't like those kind of Skins. Three reasons why I don't like them are:

1. They just don't seem very Minecraft-esque, if you will. I mean, I know the people who make these kinds of Skins mean well, but in my opinion, it doesn't look good at all unless you're using a texture pack such as
Paper Cut-out.

2. They make the skin hard to look at. I know some of the people reading this are now saying, "Why are you bashing on not being able to see the skin?! It's just a skin!" Well, I see Skins as a players' way of expressing themselves. I also see them as an art form. I mean, would you go to an art museum where all the lights are turned out and you can't see the paintings? No, you wouldn't. So why make a Minecraft Skin like that? It makes it a little bit difficult to tell what the person is trying to express through that Skin. Are they a person who thinks their character is an Atlantean, such as myself? Or are they a new player, with their neon, eye-melting colour scheme on their Skin? Or do they not care at all what their Skin looks like, and just do random colours? I persoanlly think that overly-detailed Skins make it hard to see what kind of personality that player has.

3. There are way too many of these skins. Almost every single Skin post I've seen lately has either a teen Skin (which I'm not too big of a fan of either, to be quite honest), or an overly-detailed Skin. I mean, I know there are people out there that do make those Skins, and others that use those skins, but I think that people should try other Skins as well, such as video game character Skins and other catagories, not just the Teen and Über-detailed aisles. There are other options, everyone.

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11/06/2014 4:10 pm
Level 23 : Expert Enchanter
Alchemist
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but... but... it's always nice to spam burns and change saturations and go hardcore with the shading...
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11/06/2014 4:19 am
Level 12 : Journeyman Fish
KittyMint_
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For me these days i rarely ever even see nicely shade skins (it is so rare for me to see a over detailed skin)
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09/24/2014 12:31 pm
Level 1 : New Explorer
Arek_PL
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i get what you say i do not like these things too i prefer simple things with some details like default "steve"
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07/31/2014 4:04 am
Level 67 : High Grandmaster Senpai
Dguy
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Psh, that uncredited skin you gave as a pic is nothing. Some skins literally have a different shade of color per pixel.
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07/31/2014 8:01 am
Level 52 : Grandmaster Prince
Prince Oceanus
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Yes, I know, but I would rather not scare people with the horrors that are some detailed Skins. :)
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07/30/2014 5:46 pm
Level 40 : Master Wolf
Axiim
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the skin in the pic isnt overly detailed. theres still some basicness to it. but i get what youre saying
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07/30/2014 2:32 pm
Level 7 : Apprentice Engineer
IndigoEffect
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It doesn't matter how it looks in the popular reel. Just matters how it looks in game. Even 'noise' skins don't look that bad if you're focusing on minecraft.
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07/30/2014 12:35 pm
Level 19 : Journeyman Network
irritatedCat
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To be honest, I agree with some of this. Sometimes, the skin can be so over detailed that I can't even tell what it is! I think people need to know how much work is too much work.
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07/30/2014 12:49 pm
Level 52 : Grandmaster Prince
Prince Oceanus
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Yeah, Ikr. It just annoys me that people think that if they super-detail it, it'll be more popular. It's really not like that at all. :/
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07/30/2014 11:29 am
Level 37 : Artisan Explorer
TastyYoghurt
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Your example doesn't look that detailed to me. I am actually more annoyed by the "simple" skins.
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