Skinning Primer 2006 released

Clicking http://www.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=92719 leads you to the 2006 version of Brad Wardell´s popular Skinprimer released this week. Addressing everyone from interested newbies up to experienced artists, admins, whatever, it shows history and techniques up to this very day. Sorted almost like an alphetic dictionary, it explains how skinning started out, what it is, software (not just by Stardock), and different sites for this are also explained rather extensively but in an easy to grasp manner with a description of each site and its purpose and history plus current developments.

In opposite to many lengthy tutorials on just 1 topic this can be bookmarked and used for a fast look up including active links and good illustrations. What I especially go for is the fact that people are learning to start at the beginning again, history and basic techniques are getting fashionable again, not just current trends. This way everyone can make up their own mind, understand, and decide which way to make use of what or what seems less interesting. Of course, the different strokes for diff. folks effect will always come in here a bit, and that is what makes skinning such an individual and rewarding thing.

Yet the skinning world does have common parts - ideally starting at comparative beginning basics - this is where we are all synched a bit, aware of it or not, or could be.... Enjoy!