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when you skin
Topic Started: Jan 24 2006, 09:29 PM (809 Views)
Gangstarr71
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So I was wondering...when you guys first start out a skin, do you look to others for inspiration for the maintitle? Even if it means sending it to a friend over MSN for comments.

I tend to try and mix some fancy maintitle's from some skins I like, but..I never end up liking my maintitles...

What do you guys do? I once got inspired by a bedsheet...it was so weird I felt like a dork there..I didn't end up using it because of the outrageous color scheme (like 5 colors lol...) I may use it eventually though...

So, what do you guys do for inspiration with maintitle's? Do you get it from real life scenarios, or spur of the moment, with friend input?

*Fixed spelling mistake xD
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Astheria
 
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Whatever comes to me really, I putz around and send the latest version to a few friends on MSN, and go from there until I'm generally happy with it. Then I focus on the rest of the skin and come back to it as necessary.
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kjoe
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I get inspired by anything.

Once by a car
Lost of shirts inspire me( mainly hoodies)
Sometimes small electronics
Once a Joes crabshack cup :-P
Website tutorial sites.

Whatever I see potential in I make...
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Gangstarr71
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@Astheria - thats kinda like me..except I don't do the msn to friends part xD.

@kjoe - You really got inspiration from a cup? I never looked at a cup look that..I kinda wanna try now..xD..nah..Most of the time I only get inspiration by looking around the room when I am skinning..
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Drew
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I draw around in social studies and think of anything. lol

Usually they suck when i make them >.<
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Vettore
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I just play around in Photoshop until I make something I like. I never contact people over msn asking for advice, I hate being asked so I prefer not to press the issue on people.
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Zeus00
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Most of the time I actually try to look at others stuff for inspiration, but whenever I do that, the thing looks like crap, and I end up just doing something that comes straight out of my mind. Although, sometimes, looking at someone elses work for inspiration helps me a lot.
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Big.Red
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I usually make a mt, make the rest of the skin, realize that it doesn't work with the skin and rework the mt so it fits the skin.
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Gangstarr71
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Dzugeh
Jan 25 2006, 10:28 PM
I usually make a mt, make the rest of the skin, realize that it doesn't work with the skin and rework the mt so it fits the skin.

Yeah I have remade the maintitle on my skin8 like 8 times..im doing it one more time in hopes for something cool ;).
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mpineda952
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lol haha :lol:
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Lanstrifer
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inspiration just comes to me.
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Gangstarr71
Jan 25 2006, 10:31 PM
Dzugeh
Jan 25 2006, 10:28 PM
I usually make a mt, make the rest of the skin, realize that it doesn't work with the skin and rework the mt so it fits the skin.

Yeah I have remade the maintitle on my skin8 like 8 times..im doing it one more time in hopes for something cool ;).

One time I had to make a maintitle 18 times to get it to my liking O.o

My inspiration is... umm, idk, I don't notice lol
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Evanish
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I started making skins with images from google and quickly learned making your own was much better and looked better all around. So I got a photoshop and went through many free trials for differen't kinds. Then looking at other skins and getting ideas is how I come up with most of my skins.
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MoonRancher
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I get inspiration from magazines, like wired for tech, or catalogs for best buy...or I'll just look at other peoples work for inspiration.
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Peter
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i normally just try to make things up, which isnt the most productive way :P
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