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Skins - What NOT to do!

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Gobul's Avatar Gobul
Level 29 : Expert Ninja
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NOTICE: I am not saying at all that if your skin contains any of these features it is horrible. Well... I am, but I'm not saying you can't wear a certain skin because of this. Wear whatever skin you prefer. We all have our preferences. IN NO WAY DO I MEAN TO OFFEND ANYONE IN THIS BLOG.

I have noticed several horrible (in my opinion) features on skins. I'm gonna keep this list short and sweet, because I don't want to be going on for hours.

HORRIBLE FEATURES IN SKINS:

1. Bad shading. Never make a skin with no shading. It looks terrible and unprofessional. Even if you can't shade skins, you can at least try and lighten/darken the skin you are making in certain areas.

2. Block colour. Block color is the worst; it just screams noob. Use shading! Use texture! Use something! No-one could possibly disagree with the fact that block colour looks horrific.

3. Too much noise. Never use too much noise, because it can actually be quite an eyesore on skins. For goodness sake, keep it quiet! A small amount of noise is absolutely fine, as it adds texture. But please, not too much!

4. Anime/Cutie eyes. Okay. I know. Most people love skins with anime/cutie eyes. BUT. Personally, I think they're really overrated. Instead of using anime eyes, try using more normal eyes! It looks cuter. Anime eyes on minecraft skins just look a bit generic. (I'm talking about the 4 pixel ones, with 4 shades of one colour. Not normal looking 4x eyes.) I like 2 by 2 eyes, but I don't like them when they're meant to look like anime eyes, or like they're 'sparkly'. I just thing it's a bit generic and not very original, and it looks a bit silly, in my opinion. Try something more like this:
O= brown
L = White
LO
LO

5. Being too generic. I know that when you make a skin, you want it to look cool and teenage like. But I think some skins are basically just clones of others. I'm on about neon colours, baseball caps, headphones, and 'floppy' hair over one of the eyes. To everyone who makes those skins, STOP! Be more original.

Okay, thank you for reading this blog. I hope it isn't too biased, I was just on a bit of a rant. Anyways! Hope you enjoyed! Maybe even leave a diamond/favourite. My pet ocelot will be sad without a diamond...
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03/10/2015 10:39 am
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Ki11erRabbit
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To me skins with shading that is too "jagged", like Cloud's hair, to me are not something to look at. I looked at your skins and in ways are my style but with shading.
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03/08/2014 7:17 pm
Level 8 : Apprentice Crafter
Parknight959
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Literally all of your skins have that have " 'floppy' hair over one of the eyes." If you're wondering why none of your skins get diamonds maybe you should just... as you put it, "STOP!"
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03/22/2014 4:03 pm
Level 29 : Expert Ninja
Gobul
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I'm talking about the hair which flops over the eyes which doesn't have an extra layer over the top. Thanks for the feedback. A bit rude, if you ask me.
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03/23/2014 12:36 pm
Level 8 : Apprentice Crafter
Parknight959
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http://www.planetminecraft.com/skin/--wizard-teen--/
http://www.planetminecraft.com/skin/--generic--/

And yeah it was a bit rude I didn't need to add that ending. However, all of your girl skins have the generic "no shoulder tshirt" design. Alright I'm done nice blog about hate it was actually good
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03/23/2014 12:39 pm
Level 29 : Expert Ninja
Gobul
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Meh the skins which look generic are mainly just so I get loads of views and downloads. I wanna level up XD + I'm lazy, so I just have skins without shoulders on the clothes. It looks bad when I do it with shoulders :P
Anyways, thanks for the feedback again! :)
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03/23/2014 12:44 pm
Level 8 : Apprentice Crafter
Parknight959
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:)
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01/17/2014 2:45 am
Level 29 : Expert Ninja
Gobul
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To everyone who read this blog: I have read your comments, and I am going to edit my blog sometime soon.
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01/16/2014 11:20 pm
Level 59 : Grandmaster Senpai
AnimeFanFTW
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I make anime skins. And I don't shade much. Y u do dis? xD
jkjk, good blog. Kinda brave of you, cause this blog would cause alot of hate to you.
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01/17/2014 2:47 am
Level 29 : Expert Ninja
Gobul
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I treat hate like a good thing. If people are hating on you, it means your content is popular.. Hate doesn't really bother me all that much.
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01/16/2014 6:34 pm
Level 78 : Legendary Loremaster
Primordial Team
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Okay, so I make a LOT of skins for my friends, I mean a LOT. I am HORRIBLE at shading a skin, but I do make some really good ones. I just can;t shade well at all, I have no idea how other people do it! Do you think you could make a blog with some tips to make a good skin (I mostly need this for shading)?
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