Just a LITTLE?
I spend between 40-100 hours working on my wmp skins, I do it for a lot of reasons, mainly to improve my own skill set, but also to see IF I can do something. If you add Skinner just because you upload something then I think that will deminish its worth.
I dont like to slam on others, but there are so many skins i see that look like someone took about 20 seconds and put things together, and then they upload them, and they end up with scores of 6's etc, when the skins just look like crap.
I know my skins are not along par with TSF's skins, but I am also not an artist, so I dont know how they do some of the amazing things they create. I just think that a skinner is someone that puts some time and effort into making something of value, not just something that looks like their favorites bands logo, or some speaker, or even worse a pictre with controls placed on it at haphazard intervals.
I try to make work I can take some pride in, and I REALLY look forward to seeing the comments I get on them. It means a LOT to me to see someone who IS a skinner or higher give me some praise over my work, it is VERY great. The Skinners, etc need to know that their comments can cut or help a great deal.
Is that sucking up enough? or even at all? its been a dang long week, and im not even sure what this thread was all about..