I was thinking* about butchering a Xion skin
again.
I thought wouldn't it be neat to have a "watery" skin with a VU meter that had a ripple effect like in the T-Rex scene in Jurassic Park.
Something like this:

If anyone knows of a tutorial to assist, I'd appreciate the help. I'm a cheap bastard** and am using GIMP and Paint.net if that helps. I could probably translate it (poorly) from some other app.
Thanks!
* I'll post back when I fail miserably
** I'm not really a bastard, I just wished I was as a youth. [You'd have to know my father or maybe have *had* a father as a teen.] I am, however, miserly.