Why do some people think that because a skin has 6 extra pixels on the eyes it's automatically a bad skin? people put just as much effort into what some people would dub a "teen skin" as they do skins without those 6 extra pixels.
As someone who's been making skins with unusual colors and eye shapes, I too have heard comments like those, my answer's always the same, different styles for different tastes. Personally I either do big 2x2 pixel eyes or odd shapes, for a plethora of reasons, main ones being color options and expressions, but 1x2 eyes, dot eyes, NO eyes, etc... are all fine choices too, they may not always be to my taste but it doesn't make the skin bad either.
I totally agree with you, different skins suite different styles and like you I personally prefer the depth that the bigger eyes have because it lets you experiment with complementary colours!!
i too have come across a lot of eyeball elitists lol
i like bigger eyes on my own skins because they aren't just...one white pixel, one blue pixel, they have more depth imo i think the small eyes work on skins with more mature/darker character concepts & "teen" eyes work really well on portraying youthful/bright characters
there's a place for every skin style, including teen skins. they aren't less than </3