When Will I be Published!!!

[Chapino]

I've made well over 50 winamp skins within the last 3 months, and I'm submited at least 25 of them, and only 3 are published, argh, it's been two months and they havn't been reviewed, I know they have lot of work, but two months, and I see all these other skins being reviewed... argh, and yes, I'm the guy who made the Hector Merced skin aka Hector Merced!

[Mr Jones]

50 skins in 3 months, geeeeeeeze, do you surface for air from time to time?

If it's any consolation I've got one, yeah one a month is about all i can muster lol, sitting there since 25th of October, and that was only an update.

Patience grasshopper all good things come to he who waits.

back to the day job

[Chapino]

Well, sorry for posteing sorry so angrily, but when i submitted my first batch of skins they were all reviewed within days of submission, and due to my being a new guy, they were pretty much crap, but now I've made many new completly skined ones that are easily 3 or 4 stars I hope, but till they are reviewed, you can download my 10 favorites at my site ybull.net!!!

[Zeruel]

Haha...I know how that goes, Mr. Jones!
That last skin I posted on my page was like...hmmm...well, I believe it was about a month ago.

My new motto is:
"let the people wait"

Haha...which basically means I've found other things to occupy my time with. Haha...

[Chapino]

Well due to my software, I was able to make each one within 15-30 minutes each so I was able to make 2-3 a day during the stuff I obbsessed over mkaing skins and conquering the world... oops said too much, I guess it's another day at High School!

[Zeruel]

Software?

Ugh...

Let's not get started with that!

[Mr Jones]

15-30 mins, holy smoke batman, do you have a link to some of these skin, I'm sure I speak for everyone who frequents skin love forums when I say we would love to see a skin that has been made in 15 mins, man what have we been doing wrong all this time, slaving away in psp for hours on end when all it takes is 15 mins.
I gotta see
I gotta see
I GOTTA see
I GOTTA SEE


Back to the day job

[Mr Jones]

Chapino,
Ok i downloaded the 4.2 mb file that u had containing your 10 best skins, strang how there was only 8 in the archive, but never mind

Hmmmmm, well, hmmmm, interesting, u say you've made 50 of these in the last few months?, they all similar in design?.

It's an interesting concept you have going there, I particulary like the Lava Lamp Amp, or LLA to give its name, tell me what is the name of this groovy software that you are using?

You want some advice, well here's my view point.
Aheeem, deep breath.......
1) try pack your skins in smaller files, people hate downloading massive archives, even the individual WSZ files are totaly HUUUUGE 599kb for a skin?, without cursors?, some skin sites won't accept stuff over 200kb, reduce the colour pallete a touch, reduce those bitmaps

2)Try to make at least some of the buttons, openers, closers on your skin visable for a start, always good to be able to tell what you are pressing, I know a lot of people on here say they can find there way around a winamp GUI with there eyes closed, me included, but think of the newbies as well.

3) vis window, always rember to change that, the original winamp vis is top class, but if it don't match your "design", well, hmmmmmm

4)Legibility, your numbers left a lot to be desired on most of your skins, always pleasent to see how long u been listening to those mp3's

5) On the skins where the buttons and sliders were visable,these seemed to be warped/distorted versions of the original winamp GUI. Nice as the orig is, try be a bit more creative.

However If I could give u just one peice of advice above all else, then it would be this. Instead of spending 15 mins per skin, producing 50 skins, try spending some time, effot, love on making just one skin that will make people go WOW, instead of WHOOOOOA.

Other than that I have little to say, I'm fairly speechless at this point. I do suggest some of the other guys and gals in here check out this archive of skins, see what they think.

Back to the day job

[Duk]

You all crack me up.

[Mr Jones]

Duk,
Have u downloaded it?, really you should, I'm serious here

How'd you think I'd do as a reviewer LOL, getting in practice for the new site

Back to the day job

[chiquita chad]

am i the only one who doesnt see a link to download these skin a ma jigs??

i think so...but im stupid

[Mr Jones]

Visit his web site, and look under the downloads section there, u can't miss the file, 4.x mb


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[Duk]

Maybeee Chapino deleted the post with the linx? Hmm ... ya got my curiosity now Mr Jones. Woops just caught yer post above. Gracias ... I *think*.

[Mr Jones]

NAH NAH NAH , come on folks, feel the power of your new forum software, click the little red house under his post!!

I'm loathe to do this in case anyone thinks this is my site LOL, but if you still can't find it, i'll post it.

Camo is my fave by the way, use it and feel the abstractness of it ....

Back to the day job

[Duk]

Oh my my my!!! Now that there's some wild & wacky stuff Chapino. I think my desktop will never be the same. Even deleted the skins somehow live on??? Damn! I'm ... I'm speechless. My desktop will never forgive me. I feel somehow unclean ... I'm gonna go shower off.

I'm not gonna forget this one, Mr Jones! I'll get you back someday for this! Grrr!

[Jayn]

Hmmm....I think Mr Jones has hit on a good point here....a little extra time and TLC and these could be very nice. And I think I'm missing something...on LLA...where's the lava?

[Mr Jones]

Examine the individual bitmaps Duk, even the blank areas are skinned, thats sooooooooo amazing

How did my review do folks?,

Back to the day job

[Jayn]

I didn't even take the time to look.....the blank areas are even skinned?.....now that's really going that extra mile...

[Duk]

Mwa ha ha ha!

Why not try this skin out? I'm sure you'll find it to yer liking.

http://www.geocities.com/sciduk/stuf...aming_Pink.zip
***NOT FOR UNEXPERIENCED WINAMP USERS***

You've been warned!
Duk ::evilgrin:: There I feel better.

[Mr Jones]

holy mother of god , thats so minimalistic I LOVE IT LOL do me a red version , do me a red on LOL



Back to the day job

[Mr Jones]

Try this one for size duk, skin your winamp with this, close winamp , then start it up again to experience full effect, for experienced users only LOL

Made in 15 seconds !!!!!


http://www.btinternet.com/~harveynj101/skins/BARE.ZIP


Back to the day job

[Duk]

Now that's one SWEET skin!

[Duk]

BTW, how were you able to make a skin that looks just like my desktop?! LOL

[Jayn]

Hehe!....For those times you feel like reading between the lines At least what little bit there is of it is pink!

I can't get Duk's...page must be down for a bit

[Duk]

Unfortunately with Geocities, ya take what ya get. Slow and down seem to be the norm, but what SHOULD I expect for free, eh?

[Jayn]

Very nice site Duk! On your skins....Thank God for those EQ sliders Hehe!

[Duk]

Thank ya, Jayn. ::Blush:: I shoulda warned ya before ya downloaded those skins. I don't get a lot of female visitors. Thanx for visitin' and fer the compliment.

[Mr Jones]

Quote :-"BTW, how were you able to make a skin that looks just like my desktop?! LOL "

Good guess?, ohhhh i got it *ahem* "always give the public what they want" LOL


Back to the day job

[Duk]

And don't forget to thank the *MILLIONS* of people who've downloaded your skin while you are at it!

[Mr Jones]

hehehhehehehe, i was thinking of doing about 50 colour variations of "bare", submit them all and clog up the review channels with them?, whadya think????


Back to the day job

[Chapino]

Thanks for all the help, yeah, Iguess there were only 8 in the archive, didn't want to make it to big, trust me, I gave a lot more to winamp to review, lol, and I used PSP7 and Adobe Photoshop to make my skins, yeah they're definetly not five stars, but I think they are easliy at least 3!!! And for those who havn't gone yet, go to my site!

http://www.ybull.net

[Mr Jones]

Quote :-"Chapino... I've made well over 50 winamp skins within the last 3 months, and I'm submited at least 25 of them, and only 3 are published"

Chapino, do you have links, or even the names, you can post for the skins you have posted on Winamp already?, curiosity is killing me to see what reviews you got for them already...............


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[Duk]

What were you saying about "clog" Mr Jones?

[Mr Jones]

I swear if any of them that we've seen so far raise more than a "star" under any review process then I'm selling my skins into slavery, shaving my head and joining a odd religious cult.

*mumble mumble* 3 stars

MAYBE JEFFERY C WOULD LIKE HIS SITE SKINNED BY CHAPINO

Hey Chapino if your reading this , I got a skinning job for ya.........


Back to the day job

[chiquita chad]

im just guessing that these skins arent that great...i dont feel like wasting time d/loading them

[Mr Jones]

NO NO NO, You must , why should me, Duk and Jayn be the only ones to suffer LOL

Try them I have found them to inspire a sense of open mouthed astonishment coupled with the feeling of creeping forboding, add to that a pinch of retina melting asthetics, and you have a combination of things that simply cannot be overlooked .

With a recomendation like that, how can you refuse

Back to the day job

[Duk]

Oh come on Quita! Play along! Chapino might well be regarded one day as an artist ahead of his time. Perhaps even be granted the *genius* status one day. Would you really wanna deprive yourself of this wonderful opportunity. You could say, "I knew him when ..."

[chiquita chad]

i started to d/load them but i had about 8 programs running and Mr. Computer here froze up quicker than spitting in Antartica in febuary...the site was...different...ybull.net! the empire of the Internet!!

YBullz.net! What does it mean? A DAMN GOOD SITE!!

oh boy!

[Jayn]

chicken

[cappy17]

quote: he even skinned the blank parts

If they're skinned, they're not blank, now are they? (that's along the lines of "the sound of one hand clapping".)

Stop stalling Chiquita. Not only do you have to download them, but the scarey part is actually running them in Winamp (I cheated and looked at the bitmaps seperately, first.)

Heh.

But they did inspire BARE. Now *there's* some work ahead of... something.