August Skinner of the Month - .Zer0.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
| Starting with August, every month we'll be
taking a closer look at an up-and-coming skinner who has submitted strong
work that shows a lot of promise. Everyone already knows the names JJ
Ying, Essorant, adni18 etc. But you may not know names like this
month's featured skinner, though I bet you'll recognize his work. To kick off Skinner of the Month, I'd like to direct your attention to a skinner who has so far submitted two WindowBlind, won the 9th Challenge at Skinning.net with one of them, and has only been at this whole "skinning" thing for a few short months. His latest WindowBlind was uploaded to WinCustomize just one month ago and has already received nearly 83,000 unique downloads. The Skinner of the Month for August 2006 is .Zer0. (previously rjsmith2007) and the popular WindowBlind I'm sure just about everyone has seen by now is Eminence. .Zer0. has generated a lot of buzz and discussion in the WC community, and Eminence has received a great deal of praise. Recently, I discussed the Eminence and .Zer0. with CerebroJD and DoctorNick on the Under The Skin podcast, and there has been a lot of praise behind the scenes from both moderators and other users I've spoken to. His first skin, XP Format posted back in April, is a polished and slightly glassy take on the standard XP Blue theme that comes default with the OS. While it has strong visual ties back to that default theme, it's far from unoriginal and is highly polished, especially for a first attempt. Be sure to check out both of .Zer0.'s skins, and keep an eye out next Monday for an interview I conducted with him earlier in the month.
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Reply #2 Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:21 PM
Reply #6 Wednesday, August 16, 2006 1:28 PM
Reply #9 Wednesday, August 16, 2006 5:23 PM
Reply #10 Wednesday, August 16, 2006 5:23 PM
How old are you?
How long have you used WB? What made you want to build your own skin?
Did your "real" job prepare you for skinning?
How long did each skin take?
What applications did you use for these skins?
Was there any inspiration to these designs?
Were you surprised by the reception of your skins?
What skinners influenced you the most? How?
Was the community as a whole useful to you as you built these skins?
What other skinning ideas are you pursuing?
Reply #11 Wednesday, August 16, 2006 5:44 PM
Reply #13 Wednesday, August 16, 2006 7:26 PM
)Can't wait to see what you do next.......
Reply #17 Friday, August 18, 2006 2:42 PM
Again, Congratulations and well done!
Reply #18 Friday, August 18, 2006 7:10 PM
Zubaz I believe most of those questions will be answered monday, so check back then
For those who are interested I posted an introduction in the forums. You can view that here--> Link
. I am working on an update for Eminence and some concepts of some new skins that I may do. Also, I wrote a tutorial for skinstudio that will be posted shortly.
Again, thanks!
Zero
Reply #19 Friday, August 18, 2006 11:53 PM
Reply #20 Saturday, August 19, 2006 12:14 AM
Keep up the great work, and just be sure it stays FUN!Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:07 PM
Congrats on being the first featured skinner in Zoomba's "skinner of the month" .Zer0 ...a well-deserved accolade!