[Lucas_From_Hell]

Originally Posted by JG52Driver

Lucas, maybe if you stopped trying to shove what's wrong in his face, you could get somewhere with helping him improve. And he's 14, not 13.

Driver, will you stop defending him blindly without even thinking? It bugs the hell out of me. You always jump onto anyone not supporting him, and usually with personnal offences.

I've tried to help him countless times with his skins, with constructive criticism, not just bashing as you say everyone does.

Of course I will point out more things in his skin than I usually point out (when I do) with experienced skinners' work. That's only because his skins need more improvement than theirs.

Sometimes I get a bit irritated with him, true. But that's only after a childish comment by him. And even them, I don't just jump without a reason.

Driver, you're a good li... lawyer, sometimes. Defending the costumer to the last moment, that's nice

Just some stuff extracted from my posts at Owl's threads, to show you're just overreacting and defending him blindly:

Well Owl, look and learn. This rivets and lines thing can destroy a great skin. It's not a rule that they HAVE to be toned down, or HAVE to be fully visible. The rule is: it MUST look natural. But the question is: how to make them look natural? Well, as I'm also a bad skinner I wasn't supposed to know this one, but, funny thing, I do know the answer: EXPERIENCE.

Mate, I would first try to reduce the size of the red stars on the top.

Plus, that white edge at them doesn't look very nice. Check at Simmers Paint Shop for some files with markings ready for use.

Quite nice, although a bit too 'grainy' (can't find a better word for it), and panel lines are too strong for my taste.

Finally, the thing that bothers me the most: lack of any sort of signs of wear, in a somewhat dull skin.

Constructive, not just saying it's nice independent of what he does

This thread is a quick example of "a bit stressed" with him, plus RL stuff:

http://mission4today.com/index.php?n...ewtopic&t=7308

Sounds agressive? Hell yeah. But it isn't even close to what you say, and there is advice in there.

So please, let's stop joining "coalitions" when it comes to defending or bashing anyone. Fighting should happen on the frontlines, not on the forums.

About his new skin, I can't really judge because it only has one angle and not a very good one for judging. Looking good, but I would need to see more to say anything. Owl, would you bother to show us some profile angles and the belly of it?

(On the age bit, it doesn't matter. He acts like 10 sometimes, so being 13, 14 or 35 means nothing )