[Poll] Skins

[hoppyfrog28_]

Do you create your own Minecraft skin or use a pre-created one?


If you don't have a skin and want one:

You can get skins that are already created by other people and download them using minecraftskins.com (the Skindex)

If you want to create your own, you can use a website such as minecraftskins.com/skin-editor (the Skindex skin creator) or the app "Crafty Craft" (Available on the App Store and Google Play). You can also create your own skin through Minecraft using the character creator feature, but note that these skins will not show up on servers.

 

[Desiderata]

my current skin is a heavily edited version of this, with the librarian villager outfit slapped on top of it and the face edited a bit

you could see how it looks in my signature lol

figured out I'd do so because I need a character/persona that's basically Fischl from Genshin Impact but at the same time not her and something that represents my writer identity more

some of my older skins however was made pixel by pixel

 

[Xi1m]

When i first got minecraft on the Playstation, there was a 800 Minecoins card included with the minecraft disc i bought, and i redeemed it and proceeded to buy a skin pack which i used a skin from and that skin has stuck with me till today

 

[CrystalLegend01]

I used Minecraft Skin Studio (from the App Store) to make my latest skin; the app costed around 2.99 I think, which means no subscriptions and no advertisements (Honestly a one time fee is a lot better than a subscription in my opinion)
The app was created by 57Digital, which happens to also be a Minecraft Marketplace creator, so that seems pretty authentic

I like the idea of making a skin pixel by pixel; I wanted to make a completely original skin that was me, and I did :)

Before this skin, I used a skin from the Minecraft Marketplace that was from a skin pack created by Mineplex. Mineplex was pretty good at creating skins in my opinion. I was pretty picky about skins I got from the marketplace and it would usually take some looking around to find one that I liked a lot
Speaking of Mineplex, I wonder when it will return as a server; I haven’t heard news about it lately. It was said to be planned to return a while ago, maybe under a different name

 

[Hoshi]

Oo! Interesting topic

Way back in the day I used to use skins I'd find online that I liked. Around 7.5 years ago I uploaded and used a skin all made by myself. This is the skin, for reference. It's still available on NameMC, lol. As you can likely see, it's not too good.

Ever since then, I've been making all my skins by myself, pixel by pixel. I personally think I've come a long way from then and still improve on my skills every time I make a new skin. Here are some of my more recent ones: #1, #2, #3! :D

 

[Casualpoalrbear]

Got it from a premade character pack but added a cape on it. Can't do much to edit a pre made skin on console unfortunately

 

[Dualninja]

This is the skin I use on both Java and Bedrock. It's an edited version of This skin. On Bedrock I use the Founders cape with it, as it's the rarest cape I own on Bedrock. But on Java I just use the Cherry Blossom cape, because I don't have any rare capes on Java :P.

 

[SlinkyGnu05604]

Like most people here, my skin is an edited version of another skin.
Attached are the original skin and the skin I use now:
Original Skin:

Current Skin:

There is a small story attached to the skins, the original skin I found it on a website around 2015. The current skin was made after I learned how to change outfits for skins in 2016/17, the outfit is the Ender Defender armor from Minecraft Story Mode (anyone remember that game?)

 

[hoppyfrog28_]

I like the idea of making a skin pixel by pixel; I wanted to make a completely original skin that was me, and I did :)

Yeah I definitely like creating my own because you can add your own touches to it. While you can still do that with a pre-created skin, it's nice to have a skin that is completely your own.

 

[Desiderata]

seeing "2014 era" skins in this thread is honestly cute and funny (in a good way)

 

[SlinkyGnu05604]

seeing "2014 era" skins in this thread is honestly cute and funny (in a good way)

Well, I prefer old school skins compared to skins that got modernized since 2017
Every time I see those modern skins, I associate them with toxic players most of the time even though it's not 100% true

 

[Desiderata]

Well, I prefer old school skins compared to skins that got modernized since 2017

2014 skins got that certain charm/uniqueness to them, those from 2017-present feels unoriginal imo

which is why I usually take a more ambiguous style that doesn't look similar to those eboy/egirl skins circa 2019-present

 

[Hoshi]

There is a small story attached to the skins, the original skin I found it on a website around 2015. The current skin was made after I learned how to change outfits for skins in 2016/17, the outfit is the Ender Defender armor from Minecraft Story Mode (anyone remember that game?)

Minecraft Story Mode was so great, man. I can’t believe they discontinued it honestly.

 

[AnolTongi]

mario.

That's it, I use mario.
isn't a shocker honestly xD
but yeah mine is premade, the same with SethBling's skin.

 

[Lyriie]

The first skin I ever made for myself was this one in 2017. For a while after that I was only editing other users' skins, but in early 2020 I started making full skins from scratch again. I hope to remake some of those skins sometime this year, but for now here are some of my favourites!

• https://namemc.com/skin/230f012c1e064482 (2021)
• https://namemc.com/skin/95c7d4fb3b442039 (2022)
• https://namemc.com/skin/dcdfc53fbf576e62 (2023)

I'm currently lacking the motivation to make my own skins, so for now I use skins made by other people. My current skin is this one, which inspired the description of my character in the Forumer's Hunger Games.

 

[yDomr]

Wow