Forming design teams - What do you think?
Tuesday, July 31, 2001 by skinner7892 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I was thinking lately how beneficial it could be for the community if some designers could team up and unite their skills. Let me explain. Instead of having only one person doing all the work, which represents countless hours, what would happen if some designers team up and split the workload? Would it decrease production time since all the work process would be splitted? Would it increase the quality of the skins coming out thanks to melting of ideas? Would it favors the emergence of more complete integrated suites (full skin suite, icons, wallpapers, etc.)? To put it simple, my idea is to take the strenghts of each member of the team and split the work correspondingly.
I don't want to start a "riot" here but I was wondering what you guys think about it in a constructive way. And who knows, maybe good ideas could come up from our current brainstorming session
I don't want to start a "riot" here but I was wondering what you guys think about it in a constructive way. And who knows, maybe good ideas could come up from our current brainstorming session
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MobiusCo
Reply #2 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:03 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:03 AM
yes there are some very good aspects to team projects. For example look how many people make a skin or wall and there just seems to be something missing. Also there are some people that have a strength in creating the base for a wall, the concepts, color pallete and etc, but not the patience to do all the detail work or converting it to multiple apps. This is where team work comes in. In a way I thought the Heavy Equip community skin was a lot like that. Many many people working on a joint project. Some worked together while others seemed to work alone. But it all came to a final and total package. I have often thought this would be a good idea and something that a place like wincustomize could do on a every three month basis or so. About 3 months before the release of a CD, put together 2 or 3 ideas for a complete collection of unified skinz and walls, then leave it up to the artists to work together to generate the package. All I think it would take is one person to generate the idea, colors, and foundation and you will get a lot of people to join in.
zkreso
Reply #6 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 10:02 AM
Reply #6 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 10:02 AM
I'm running one... but it's really fresh and there are only like 2 members in it (including me!)
Dork
Reply #7 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 10:43 AM
Reply #7 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 10:43 AM
Dork is waiting for BraDraigidel to drop in here and say "Hay, we just released Convergence for just this sort of thing, why don't you all get in there and check it out!"
'cept his post would be much (much)longer, he he
who loves ya' Brad...
'cept his post would be much (much)longer, he he
who loves ya' Brad...
Xymantix
Reply #10 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:04 PM
Reply #10 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:04 PM
Sounds like a neat idea to me. There are a couple of benefits that strike me right off the bat:
1) More apps would be skinned. Usually a skinner doesn't use all of the skinable apps, so only skins those that (s)he uses on a regular basis. That's what was cool about the Heavy Equipment theme - everything was skinned!
2) If I every worked on a team like this I'd never have to worry about creating wallpapers ever again! (since I hate to do them and have no talent in that area).
1) More apps would be skinned. Usually a skinner doesn't use all of the skinable apps, so only skins those that (s)he uses on a regular basis. That's what was cool about the Heavy Equipment theme - everything was skinned!
2) If I every worked on a team like this I'd never have to worry about creating wallpapers ever again! (since I hate to do them and have no talent in that area).
skinner7892
Reply #11 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:28 PM
Reply #11 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:28 PM
Lol at Dork I know Convergence is made to create theme packs but what will they be made of? A bunch of skins created there and there, that doesn't necessarily match each other? I'm talking about skins integration. Integration means every components fits 100%, like pieces in a puzzle. Convergence will undoubtely be a key product to simplify the management process of each theme pack.
I know Convergence is made to create theme packs but what will they be made of? A bunch of skins created there and there, that doesn't necessarily match each other? I'm talking about skins integration. Integration means every components fits 100%, like pieces in a puzzle. Convergence will undoubtely be a key product to simplify the management process of each theme pack.
HeyYou
Reply #12 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 6:54 PM
Reply #12 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 6:54 PM
well all of you interested in this should join communityskin for the next project.
i am still working on the php for the site, but i can tell you that we hope to start another communityskin project in the near future.
i am still working on the php for the site, but i can tell you that we hope to start another communityskin project in the near future.
AJCrowley
Reply #14 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 7:52 PM
Reply #14 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 7:52 PM
As with everything, it has its ups and downs. I personally have no problem drawing the skins that I want in photoshop/maya, but when it comes to actually making them happen, I find it very tedious and frustrating. I've done a couple that looked good in the comp, but I just couldn't translate it well to a skin package.
rmiles7721
Reply #15 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 8:15 PM
Reply #15 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 8:15 PM
I'm just the opposite. I do ok editing existing skins, and can put a pretty decent theme together. I still pretty much suck at actually coming up with the design and actually producing art.
Maxim
Reply #17 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 8:46 PM
Reply #17 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 8:46 PM
I'm with dethnite... I like making skins (WA mostly, I must be a masochist) but they all have negligible artistic merit...
DaWebMassa
Reply #18 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 10:55 PM
Reply #18 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 10:55 PM
You got a gang Kris? Hmmm... what's the initiation procedure? Do I have to knock off someone's skin or something?
MobiusCo
Reply #19 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 10:57 PM
Reply #19 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 10:57 PM
OK how about expanding the ideas behind this thread, find a wall artist that you like, propose an idea for a wall to that person, then once the wall is in a final or beta stage send out the word to generate matching or uniform skinz for all the apps and shells. This way you get the foundation down.
Jafo
Reply #20 Thursday, August 2, 2001 2:26 AM
Reply #20 Thursday, August 2, 2001 2:26 AM
Expanding the idea even further....find a wall artist you really like and marry him/her.....that way, his work will be 'yours'....hehe....
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Reply #1 Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:40 PM
Here are some examples
The Skindicate
(treetog Dangeruss Dmer)
Communityskin
(can not tell you the names of the persons there was around 50 persons hehehe the leader was CRUMBUT)
PixFriends
(treetog Alexandrie)
if any other group, I don't remember sorry