~ New Shading Style! + Another Speech ~

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I've skinned for 1.5 years. My entire goal being to become really skilled at it, while also having fun.

I'd like to explain a little about styles, or at least how I've seen them.

Every style I'VE had, ever since almost the very beginning, has had patterns. Rules I need to follow. These rules and patterns would be forged into my head.

In my opinion, how good a skin is, depends on a couple factors. The colors used, and the style. (and what the skin is. That's sometimes a factor.) But we've all seen styles that seem way above other styles.

The color part is easier. The more practice you get, the more you'll be subconsciously learning how to use good colors.

The style part, at least for me, isn't as easy. My style's rules being forged in my head, make it a bit hard to break free from them, especially the more sophisticated they get.

To make this skin, I forced myself to break almost every rule in my style. With the colored part of the hair, I used to make sure no 2 pixels next to each other had the same color. I broke that rule, and others.

Sometimes, all you need to do is break your own rules, even if it might take a couple tries to make a better style than you had.