It was just a steve skin with a shading template over it.

If you grind your gears, you won't stay on track long, as when you grind them too much, you'll wear off the teeth, and then you can't move anywhere, so good idea.

This

My skins are bad imo, but because I didn't take skinning too seriously, and because I did it for a while, I eventually got a small fanbase, that enjoy my content.

lol look at me saying I have a fanbase.

I don't know about this though. This doesn't work very well on Youtube. Have you ever seen somebody advertising their channel in the comments of a video there? It's a frickin' cataclysm.

I get what your saying but also what's the point of making skins if your not enjoying it? Everthing you do here in planetminecraft is pretty much for fun. Your not going to make a living off making skins, or anything in planetminecraft in general. There's nothing wrong with wanting diamonds but that's not the point. When I first found out about planetminecraft I thought of it as a place to share the skins, mods, builds, ect. that you do. And also don't expect so many diamonds in one skin. Almost no one is going to get like 50 diamonds on one skin. 5 diamonds per skin really isn't bad. Anyways my point is planetminecraft is mainly for fun not just the diamonds. So enjoy

Well played, my friend.

I'll keep this in mind in case my gears begin to grind again.

I totally agree with this guy. If your going for diamonds try to do something else. Skins probably won't really get you much diamonds.

What am I supposed to be in it for?

Resource packs take far, far longer to create, and are unlikely to get that much attention unless they're really well made or make use of keywords really well. (in which case views will probably exceed diamonds to an excessive degree) At this point, creating a full resource pack would most likely take weeks or months. Site rules require them to convert at least 50% of all game content now, as well, and making the bare minimum 50% while retaining quality still takes quite a bit of time.

@ the OP, In order to get attention on skins, there's really not much more to say than be active on the site, advertising in chat, (following the rules, of course.) and otherwise making a name for yourself. People will grow to recognize you based off of your activity, uniqueness, or other positive qualities.

It's no secret that "teen" skins get a lot of attention, but many of the skinners already have a developed fanbase and/or friends, and the skins themselves have some pretty widespread appeal as the community is comprised primarily of kids and teenagers and most average kids and teenagers want skins like that. Developing the style still takes a degree of effort, and, really, it's not a good way to start out on the site unless you like a lot of petulant individuals complaining incessantly about you and using so many dead jokes you'd think they were some kind of literary necromancer.

Really, though, I cannot recommend enough that you just get involved in the community if you would like to receive more attention. Advertising in chat is one of the best ways to develop a following. It can be slow, but here and there you get dedicated subscribers genuinely interested in your work which help future content get more attention.

Beyond simply advertising, having a personality and talking with others is another great way of getting your content noticed. When I see new people that are fairly active in the community, whether on the forums, chat, or anywhere else, I often take interest and check out their content. Since that's done purely out of genuine interest, it can lead to some dedicated fans.

Developing a "persona" is pretty common and helps differentiate yourself from the rest. It can be as simple as a character you use to represent yourself, (I have a deer kemonomimi with the pink sweater) or as complex as your prime focus on the site. Some people, for example, make a name for themselves doing something truly unique which becomes synonymous with their persona and who they are. This, of course, gets them regular attention.

Ultimately, it's really only something you should do if you actually enjoy doing it. PMC is a community and being a part of that community is one of the best ways to get your content noticed (unless you have absolutely mind-blowingly incredible work which takes years of practice or a team to create, or have already made a name for yourself. disco_ is the prime example of this, but there are plenty of others who aren't active in the community but remain extremely successful.)

you will.

This dude is one edgy guy