Visiting the Skinning Community
Thursday, June 21, 2012 by Philly0381 | Discussion: Community
I did a thread a while back (2009) about visiting the many skinning sites in the WinCustomize Community. Back then I was able to find a list of sites by going to the WinCustomize Help page, clicking on Community and clicking on Community Site Index. Unfortunately that list is no longer available. I'm sure it was dropped because some or most of those sites changing their location or just closing.
Well that just won't cut it folks, we need a list of available sites that are either home base for the skinners in the community or where they upload their skins besides WinCustomize. So if you know of sites, are owners, admins or mods of sites how about replying and providing links. We know you are out there vStyler, LightStar, andi18 and..........
EDIT: Oops looks like I should have checked the WinCustomize Wiki, now here is a list that needs to be updated.
http://wiki.wincustomize.com/wiki/Skinning:community
Okay, we have a start to the list:
1. MAXSTYLES..... the home of vStyler... http://www.maxstyles.com/news.php
3. http://www.skinnalicious.net/
4. http://www.skinning.net/nexus/news.php
6. LightStar Technologies... the home of guess who? http://www.lightstar1.com/
10. Art Uproar
11. i-Umami
12. http://www.aston2menu.com/
13. http://www.lighttek.com/talisman.htm
14. http://graphicstyles.org/index.php#.T-XDnfU7W4I
15. http://www.iconfinder.com/about
17. http://www.thepaperwall.com
19. http://www.interfacelift.com (icons and walls).
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Reply #43 Saturday, July 7, 2012 7:52 AM
@Philly:
Jesh's site certainly should be included on the list as well.
http://desktop-art.info/forum/
Reply #45 Thursday, July 26, 2012 1:54 AM
reply 29
Quoting Phoon, reply 28I find it a complete insult to this list to have VC being a part of it.
Exactly...rip off artists!
As if DeviantArt isn't?
Come on guys, not everyone on either of those sites is bad. Are you gonna condemn Xiandi for doing a winstep for a guy on VC. Jeez....
Jim...when your make statements like that after a quote make damn sure your clear on who actually made that statement or condemned Cindi. I never said that and I know damn well Cindi would never knowingly do that. No one here has cornered the Winstep skinning gallery and Cindi is free to skin for whoever she chooses. And I may be wrong but I don't think anyone else here even mentioned Cindi other than you.
Reply #46 Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:42 AM
Ah....like it or not, the world of skinning has 'bad eggs'. I've seen "one or two" over the years....shown 'our' door to most of them, too, but the reality is....they're there, all the same.
Some actively ignore issues of property rights....but mostly those we may find disfavor with are simply ignorant and/or naive.
Such is life....and we can only each do 'what we can' to promote better attitudes/respect towards others' property rights.
Reply #48 Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:01 PM
Quoting RedneckDude, reply 31Quoting WebGizmos,
reply 29
Quoting Phoon, reply 28I find it a complete insult to this list to have VC being a part of it.
Exactly...rip off artists!
As if DeviantArt isn't?
Come on guys, not everyone on either of those sites is bad. Are you gonna condemn Xiandi for doing a winstep for a guy on VC. Jeez....
Jim...when your make statements like that after a quote make damn sure your clear on who actually made that statement or condemned Cindi. I never said that and I know damn well Cindi would never knowingly do that. No one here has cornered the Winstep skinning gallery and Cindi is free to skin for whoever she chooses. And I may be wrong but I don't think anyone else here even mentioned Cindi other than you.
Giz, I'm sorry the quote system here isn't the greatest. We know you said nothing bad about Cyn. Neither did I.
I am the only one to mention Cyn. I was pointing out, again, that one bad apple don't make the whole site bad. Of course, I was later enlightened to the fact that MrGrim owns the site...my bad.
We might just let this die? Old news, etc..... 
Reply #50 Saturday, July 28, 2012 12:39 AM
I second that. Philly, please add us to the list. 
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Reply #41 Tuesday, July 3, 2012 5:59 PM
Just to be clear here... I did the Winsteps for someone who uploads to VC, but that does not make him a ripper just because he frequents there. I actually got a request to do those from someone on the Winstep forums anyway. Someone who was not the author wanted them. I had to go through that person to get the files and permission from the original author.
I do not consider anyone a ripper until they prove themselves to be one. Just because the head guy is an asshat, does not mean everyone there is.