Skinning as a career.

Monday, March 3, 2003 by --Gabriel | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

I was wondering... do the owners of sites such as Pixtudio have other occupations or does skinning/graphic design pay all the bills?

If the case is in the former how would one go about entering such a career?
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paxx
Reply #1 Monday, March 3, 2003 6:29 PM
Nope, that's what Johanne and Renato (Pixtudio) do. Nothing else. They used to each have their own job, but as they developped their talents, they became better and better and actually ended up with a solid reputation as amazing artists. So one day, they decided to get together, quit their day job and only do that.
Another example is The Skin Factory.

But note that all of them made hundreds of skins for hobby until they acheived the level they are at now.

paxx
Reply #2 Monday, March 3, 2003 6:35 PM
Oh, and it should also be noted that they make most of their revenues not by selling skins to people, but by designing exclusive skin for companies, such as Nintendo and NVidia (Pixtudio), or Microsoft and Universal Studio (The Skins Factory).

--Gabriel
Reply #3 Monday, March 3, 2003 6:39 PM
Yeah, I saw the Mario Sunshine skins on thier site, its what prompted me to ask. Nice job if you can get it.

DarkMist
Reply #4 Monday, March 3, 2003 6:42 PM
i'd love a job like that

joetheblow
Reply #5 Tuesday, March 4, 2003 12:06 AM
see??? It takes allot of work to get to that level. I think since they are some of the first to venture into a career in making skins (don't forget their are some winamp artist who also achived this level) they might make it easier for others to also do it.

BUT it will take allot of expierience to rech that level. Years of skinning and understanding design principals and graphics is the basis of success.

If someone wants to achieve that level, my opinion is to learn electronic design and and different forms of mutlimedia. Web design, illustration, packaging, art history, interface design, and so on, will help in many ways.

Once you learn the different aspects of art and design, you will have many resources at your disposal for your art.

Jafo
Reply #6 Tuesday, March 4, 2003 1:01 AM
Or just take your time, and practise a lot....cut your teeth on actually DOING it...

joetheblow
Reply #7 Tuesday, March 4, 2003 1:07 AM
hey didn't I just say that?


Jafo
Reply #8 Tuesday, March 4, 2003 1:22 AM
Joe...I did the Readers Digest version...

moshi
Reply #9 Tuesday, March 4, 2003 7:47 AM
and we don´t even know many of the best skinners around. think about the people that do the interfaces for the all the gorgeous looking audio editing software for companies as Propellerheads or Steinberg ...

joetheblow
Reply #10 Tuesday, March 4, 2003 12:31 PM
and Photoshop? actually I wonder who does the interfaces for these programs? is it in house or something more like outsourcing?

moshi
Reply #11 Tuesday, March 4, 2003 12:44 PM
are you joking? Photoshop does not have a skinned interface ...

paxx
Reply #12 Tuesday, March 4, 2003 12:46 PM
I wsa just gonna say that. You're kidding, right?
Photoshop has no graphical interface. It,s just the boring Windows look.

joetheblow
Reply #13 Tuesday, March 4, 2003 12:50 PM
ok, ok... not photoshop, but some programs have interfaces. and even photoshop has those icons. somebody has to think about the placement of this stuff.

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