We added a PMCSkin3D Lite Edition today for users that only want or need the basic tools while making skins.

As skin creators become more comfortable or seek to push their craft, they can move to the Advanced Edition which is the full featured editor.

We hope this helps introduce even more artists to skin making and our PMCSkin3D editor.

I usually hate wall posts like these, that encourage people to subscribe to someone else somewhat baselessly, but I really enjoy the idea behind them, and I want to do one of my own, mixed in with hopefully some appealing arguments for following said skinner, instead of just asking you to follow them. Here goes:

habearry

Habearry is a skinner, who experiments with colours plenty, sometimes to the extend of going overboard with it. Their shading would be mixture of what I call a classic teen skin style with a more gradient (colour rich approach). This provides for an interesting style, that I cannot wait to see how develops. Curiously perhaps their most interesting stuff is posted in wall posts (and perhaps on their skindex idk) so keep an eye out for that.

niceboat_

Boaty is a skinner of many styles, which gives you a large variety of content to look at. I'd like to point out Boaty's keen eye for designs. For this reason, stay keen on Boaty's work and let them know which styles you like, and what you'd like to see from them, as they can deliver very well on feedback!

kodayne

Reluctantly including kitt-chan here: Reluctantly due to the fact that Kitt is not really that underrated. Kitt chan is another somewhat 'gradient' skinner who provides great quality content in a variety of styles, and I highly recommend checking it out. Kitt-chan is already very profecient with colours and shading.

mirabilia

Eloise I know has a following on skindex, and I do not know the differences between what is posted there and here. I will say, that Eloise has a few tricks up her sleeve. Eloise is a good example of a primarily girl teen skin creator who has shown capability of trying more abstract concepts; and this I think can make for quite an interesting ride if you follow Eloise. As a form of minor critique; it might be beneficial to cut down on contrast and "template"-like shading in some of your skins eloise, as I think that'll speed up your profress significantly. Contrast is good, but it can also get overbearing quickly - sometimes you want some 'negative space' on your skins without heavy contrast (x

WhatToMake

Genuinely, this guy is the entire package: Shading style is a check, colouring is a check and designs are great too, highly recommend checking him out. Doesn't appear to be active lately, but when they are, you're practically guaranteed quality!

Vaedak

Another person who has the entire package, also insanely good mob skins. Do check this one out!

Of course there are many more, and maybe one time I will get around to mentioning them. I am not that good at keeping up with PMC skinners anymore, but here are at least some that are worth giving a look (x Cheers

With the HD skin I've reached 20 skins in 2020; let's look through them and see if any patterns can be noticed.

Early bias towards brown: Half of the first 10 skins all use brown as their primary colour; this can be explained away with the neutral tone providing easy hue shifting. That being said this seems to also be a primarily design driven feature in this case. Curiously, this abundance of brown is seen reduced in the latter half of the 20 skins.

Saturation incresed over time; comparing the final row of 5 to the first one, you will see that the base saturation of the skin change towards a higher saturaiton - this is done on purpose, to add variety to my 2020 skins. Maybe there are other patterns that I don't immediately notice too, let me know. Here is the image (x

HD skins are so much fun and would never make me lose my mind haha. Anyways, here is an HD skin:

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It is time, people!

Just make sure that this event of HD skins being opened to be released doesn't result in every skinner being bombarded with questions to make them, regular skin requests are enough as is. HD skins take long to make, I am a fast skinmaker, and a detailed HD skin takes me up to 4 hours: I know it's exciting to see, but understand that they do take a lot of time, which can be incredibly draining. Don't let the existence of HD skins degrade what regular resolution skins are either: HD skins are cool, this does not mean regular resolution can't be too. Just something to keep in mind.

Since launching PMCSkin3D, our skin editor has supported the creation of HD skins...

Today, you can publish HD PLAYER skins to the PMC skins section!
While they are listed alongside standard definition skins, they are easily identifiable and filtered using the "Format" filter. We support 128x128 resolution because it's officially supported by the Bedrock Edition.

Besides the higher resolution, it's easy to identify HD skins by their isometric preview and label "HD Bedrock Minecraft Skin". HD skins can only be downloaded. We are unable to support remote change or papercraft.

Game Version Support
HD skins are officially supported by the Minecraft Bedrock Edition and unofficially supported in Minecraft Java Edition with the use of Optifine the MorePlayerModels mod.

Note: If you've already published your HD player skins in a blog, you can republish them without taking down your blog. It's up to you.

Contest hosts - We've been adding results to the Calendar! If your deadline is greyed-out and you'd like the results of your contest included, please let us know in the comment section of the calendar and link to the results. Deadlines greater than 2 weeks will be removed to keep things tidy!

Interested in hosting a contest or event of your own? Below the calendar you'll see several tips! You can also refer to this tutorial for an in-depth guide. Banners aren't mandatory but they are encouraged because it not only attracts attention, but it might also end up on the pop reel, which means more visibility and possibly more participants! We also include new contests with banners in the PMC Weekly. Be sure to check out this How to guide by DinowCookie if you're not sure where to start!

Don't see your contest listed? Please provide the title of your contest with a link, type of contest, and deadline in the comment section of the Community Event Calendar.

Another note: we're always accepting PMC Weekly Feature suggestions! Whether you're proud of your own work or someone else's work caught your eye this week, send us a PM with the link to the project, skin, pack, mod or blog!



Have a great rest of the week PMCer's!

drew sailor moon!

I've seen people often think of an original character (OC) as a particular design, and while that will hold true in some communities it is also not an unambiguous interpretation. Delving into what an OC is (or can be interpreted as) might be in order, particularly with events as of recent.

Original character refers to a character that isn't a part of previously licensed material. This explains the originality part of it; so what is a character exactly. Contrary to what seems to be the focal point on pmc, a character is usually defined equally or moreso by their bio, their mind etc. compared to that of how they look. This is because those attributes or traits will remain the same, no matter the visual you put over said character. Of course the visuals play a role too, however, an OC is more than the visuals alone. You can find several definitions of character, that hints towards this.

Of course this doesn't mean that the visual aesthetic of your character should not be accounted for, particularly when others have a spin on your original character: What it does mean is that you can reimagine the visuals of the character in case you keep their unique traits consistent. Reshading a skin is not the only way to remake an OC, adding your own ideas to it should be equally, or more, appreciated, as it might help you find new sides of the character you invented. A question that might be worthwhile asking yourself is: if you only view your character as a visual shell, is it really a full-fletched character?

Don't apologise for taking a break from something that was once fun and has turned into what feels like a chore: in the context of skinmaking on pmc, skins you post on planetminecraft will commonly be something you do as a hobby; people do not have the right to expect you to make a skin to a schedule when this is the case. People shouldn't push that expecation onto anyone, neither should you have to push it onto yourself. I think me, and several others, much prefer to see one or more really really good skins followed by a break, than someone churning out par to subpar skins because of lack of enthusiasm; if you can stay on your A-game while making several skins a day, by any means do so, that's awesome, just make sure you stay fresh and interested.

Taking a break from anything that you spend your freetime doing is to be expected, in fact, I'd encourage anyone to just do it without even having to explain why: Breaks being good for your continued interest and enthusiasm in the subject is all the reason needed. Stay on top lads!