How Ancient?

Q: When did I start on the scene?
A: 18

Q: How old am I now?
A: 22

Q: Any big projects come and gone?
A: Was a bit of a Flash Jock and Web Dev. at a local community college for a while, that's about it.

Q: Do I still look at the community in the same way?
A: Nope, I was an optimist, became a very pessimistic person when I saw the lamers invade custo on a regular basis, and now I'm a realist I guess, hoping that the new custo dosen't suffer the same fate as before.

(Arthur)Look you silly sod you've got no arms left!
(Black Night)Yes I have!

1: was 16

2: 19 in a month

3: I've always been just bumming around. i've always had projects, but not to many 'round these parts. Though i guess i am part of the whole custo thing. : P

4: All communities change, what it was today was not what it was yesterday, nor what it will be tomorrow. Is it different? Yes. Is that bad? No.

1. was 18

2. 22 now

3. not many projects to speak of. Im pretty lazy, did make my own website (http://mantra.quadrent.net)

4. Of course I dont look at the community in the same way. Who would? I dont look at those little plastic things on the ends of shoelaces the same way from when i was 18.

1.How old were you when you appeared on the scene?

15

2.How old are you now?

19

3. Have you had any big projects come and go over the years/months/weks/days?

DeskMod, Kulao, Lots Of Skins

4. Do you still look at the community the same way you used to?

hell no ... now that i am 'on the inside,' i find that there is a lot more incolved in with this community that what meets the eye. a lot more processes, a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, and a lot of rewards in the end. it is much more than just a hobby to me now.

1. 17

2. 19 (20 in less than one month)

3. EndEffect

4. i think i appreciate it a lot more and i am a lot more active this time around. before i would just submit, never really reviewed or participated in the boards. but now im all over the place. also like what imike said, i now realize what kind of effort and heart goes into sites like this so i appreciate it so much more now.

1. 15 1/2
2. 19 (as of october 17th)
3. Half-Life Mapping. I did some work on cs_siege after the original maker, n0th1ng, passed. I also did some work on Mapcore.com witch is now dead. I am now Working with Kulao.
4. No, there are way to many people now to look at it the same way. Back in the day only the good artists posted their 'good' art. Almost nobody posted 'bad' art. It was much easier to respect someone’s talent back then. Now you get allot of bad looking 'first trys'. Yeah I do understand that its there first try but that doesn't need you need to post it. I don’t know… What ever.

Another question you should have asked is, what is your orginal ID number?

Mine would happen to be #28 ;)

-SOOPRcow

1. Was 25 when I started back in '94
2. 32 years young now!
3. Check my signature!! Started that back in '95!
4. The Community just hasen't been the same since Skinz.org was dragged through the mudd, but other wise The Community still is the same to me; Alot of fun!

--== The Snowman ==--
Keeper of the largest private online collection in the world!
21200+ skins and counting
http://skinventory.cjb.net = The Skinventory
ICQ #55613603

sheesh!

thats some crazy stuff!

28

31

Not really, ex-skinz.org admin/moderator for a few fleeting seconds, various fingers in various pie's, but none too deep.

No, I now have Dual-Display :)

1. How old were you when you appeared on the scene?

That was in '98 I think, so I was... *thinks* twenty or twentyone back then. Probably twentyone.


2. How old are you now?

Ancient, twentyfour.


3. Have you had any big projects come and go over the years/months/weks/days?

No, though I've been drafted by Tek.


4. Do you still look at the community the same way you used to?

Still the same old realistic view. One thing that changed though is that I always used to look down on people that were posting on boards. Being an archetypal loner, I always thought it was filled with sad people with no social life and such. Look at me now...

1) Old enough
2) Old enough + 4 years (started back in '97)
3) the axis project and ls.org
4) no. it was much more fresh in the old days, with more eccentric characters walk these halls.

1) 14
2) 17
3) Xhrc [http://xhrc.dfected.net]
-) Grungeisdead [http://grungeisdead.razorart.com]
-) Deskmod [temp. Admin]
4) the community gets bigger and more chaotic. i've lostmajor hope in its people over the past few years.

1.How old were you when you appeared on the scene?

31

2.How old are you now?

34

3. Have you had any big projects come and go over the years/months/weks/days?

I was fortunate enough to work with some great people on DeskMod, and am looking forward to the launch of Kulao.

4. Do you still look at the community the same way you used to?

I've always had a great deal of admiration for the talent of those who can consitently create art in this digital medium. But after having seen (and participated in a small way) the work that goes into creating/maintaining a skins or graphics site I have come to appreciate those who do so much behind the scenes that alot of people take for granted.


www.kulao.com

Man!
can't remember.. d'ho.. it was way back in the time..
the old cool days when custo wasn't still invented.. and when layer3.org was leading the way..

Uhm..
let's try..

1) i guess it was 1998 so.. i was 24
2) 27, 3 years later..
3) not about skinning.. now i'm too much concerned in running my own company
4) yah i do, more or less..

1.How old were you when you appeared on the scene?

[B]15[/B]

2.How old are you now?

[B]15 (got in to it 6 months ago)[/B]

3. Have you had any big projects come and go over the years/months/weks/days?

[B]What do you mean big? I make skins... that's it.[/B]

4. Do you still look at the community the same way you used to?

[B]I dunno... I've only been around for a shor time. But I can see that noone is visiting devart anymore and that we are all going to die if it doesn't get fast soon. All of the winamp skinners have also dissapeared.[/B]

Q: When did I start on the scene?
A: 19

Q: How old am I now?
A: 21

Q: Any big projects come and gone?
A: Aside from a few series of wallpapers...not to much.

Q: Do I still look at the community in the same way?
A: No..I think I have a tad bit more respect for those of you who brought Custo. I can't imagine it was easy.

I pretty much mirror Goran, except my projects are all private vs. public.

1. 1998 @ 24 yr old
2. now I am 27.5
3. www.nuitari.com has been my project for most of that time, but again, it is private
4. I've mostly been an admirer of some great talent, precurser and misery come to mind. I remember when customize came around the first time, there was alot of energy around the community, and it was of course alot smaller. Now that devart pretty much dominates the scene, it seems like there is alot of whining around. No one wants any criticism, and they want everything for free without banner ads...and fast as lightning.

1. end of 1998, 22 yrs old
2. Currently 25 and a bit
3. Not anything that even remotely touches the scene.
4. Definately not. I didn't decide to vanish for a while for nothing (not that I was that active). Community expanding like a nuclear mushroom with an overall drop in quality as a result, too many apps appearing to keep track off and a couple of mayor sites dropping dead caused me to loose interest entirely. I just got back out of curiosity.

1) Nov/Dec 1997 (22yrs). Was all about litestep. Found Custo in like mid 1998.

2) 25

3) Workin

4) I used to really love skinning. Was a new thing, kinda un-heard of. Was fun to make your desktop not look like it was supposed to. Don't really care too much about it now. The only skinnable app I use anymore is Winamp and I've been using the same skin for the last year or so. I do like to stick around though cause I'm very much into design these days and a lot of the cats who were into skinning a couple of years ago are as well.

well to answer 1 and 2 together-i'm 38 and have only been around since last august.

3.well,there was devswap-what was supposed to be a community tool for sharing stockphotos,textures,apps and tutorials between peeps in the community.good idea i think that got pushed to the side and given up on by the community(wy in particular)too quickly.i may try it again in a different form someday.

4.i used to love it.now-it's a bit more reserved...alot of changes have taken place in the past year-and most of them unfortunately are not positive ones.there are too many cliques,groups and peeps out only for themselves.the word community has lost it's meaning in many places....

How old were you when you appeared on the scene?
* 15 (1997)

How old are you now?
* 19 (D.O.B: 11/06/1981)

Have you had any big projects come and go over the years/months/weks/days?
* deviantART.com (Staff) ; 545 Studios (Staff) ; TechWonks.com (Columnist & Contributing Editor)

Do you still look at the community the same way you used to?
* No, definately not.. it has changed.. and for the better IMHO. Sure it has its ups and downs, but so does everything else in life.

.:: Attila :: deviantART.com Staff ::.

[I]1.How old were you when you appeared on the scene? [/I]

Lesse, Custo opened about two years ago? I think around 13, maybe 14.

[I]2.How old are you now? [/I]

16. 17 on Sept. 19, so I expect a present.

[I]3. Have you had any big projects come and go over the years/months/weks/days? [/I]

See sig.

[I]4. Do you still look at the community the same way you used to?
[/I]

Pretty much the same, though a little bit more impersonal. Too many people for me to know personally.

Dust, PR Lackey, www.kulao.com

1.How old were you when you appeared on the scene?

14 years old - and boy was i chubby.

2.How old are you now?

18, and currently sexy as hell.

3. Have you had any big projects come and go over the years/months/weks/days?

not really- my skinning life has been on hold with school and work and everything. i havent really released anything since deskmod first changed their layout to the one that took me ten minutes to load - remember that? ha... i'm kind of rekindling the old photoshop fires, tho. i would love to finally get my website up and running... but it just seems like such a big thing to take on right now. maybe sometime soon i'll be able to devote a few hours a week, but rigth now i just think i'll be putting a few minutes a day into my new winamp skin. look for it in... late fall probly.

4. Do you still look at the community the same way you used to?

no one really does... but its pretty crazy seeing all these people here again after all this time. i remember so many of these names. really, everyone's been hitting the nail on the head- with such a boom in population, the community's kinda become a home for mediocre skins and art. you really have to weed thru the new additions to find something worth downloading - thats why the featured mod at DM was so popular. the quality of work may improve with time... who knows... but at least we have a messageboard we can come to and feel comfortable. this always was the best part of custo.

you know, i just thought of something.

realistically, we're making a huge transition into a new generation of skinners. think of it - four years ago, the guys that you would come to custo to see were guys like Misery, Shoggot, Goran, Fli7e, and Pordey. (remember fuckin' Pordey?) but all these guys, and the others that were really in the mainstream of it all (there were plenty more- about twelve to fifteen really well-known guys), have basically moved on into bigger and better things. once in a while you'll see a new wallpaper on Fli7e's site or a new revision of deaddreamer, but these people arent really as big an impact now (not to say they didnt leave their mark, which they definitely did - i only mean that they're not as active today) as they were back in the early days of skinning (remember, four to six years ago WERE the early days).

now, we're moving on to the people that, four years ago, were relative unknowns. Xcaponius comes to mind, as a few years ago he was known only by a few people, and only as the guy who had an X in all the names of his skins. now, he's established himself as one of the best skinners around, posting high marks everywhere he uploads. other names are popping up, or are becoming more common - names like sphere and monaux (huge apologies if you did consider yourself well known and i am, in fact, in error about one of these names) and quite a few others that at one time were relative unknowns, but now are extremely well - respected skinners. so we're kind of in a transition phase, arent we? especially with all the new styles and new trends. i suppose something like this will happen every few years or so. the so - called 'crash and demise of the skinning community,' then a reconstruction, and then a year or two later will come a rebirth of sorts... hopefully thats where we are now. a renaissance of the skinning world.

or maybe i'm getting a bit ahead of everything.

Door industrieS

1997...42...DOB 25/9/54
47 next month....start saving, guys...;)
Admin at skinz...very fleetingly..[that's why it died, some say...;p ]
Admin-wallpaper kicker at WinCustomize...better be nice to me...;)

In bad old days...comments were flames....not a lot has changed really.
Biggest problem is new PPL thinking things are old-hat because they have failed to realize that the actually ARE old. They are not 'old-hat', they are 'original ideas'...;)

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Damn Door, you hit it right on the spot with all of that. So many new people around making much better skins then what were made back in the day. The art has really evolved allot. I kind of feel sorry for all of the new people that haven't been around long enough to watch the artwork evolve.

I would love to see some of the “old guys” come back and starting making some skins just so we could see how much there talent has evolved. Just by looking at screenshots of your latest skins it blows me away how good you have gotten over the past years. I know you don’t have much time with school or work (even parties :) ) but you really should devote more time to computer graphics...

... what ever, we need to do something… call me.

-SOOPRcow

I stumbled on this site and this thread semirandomly and wow, it brought back memories. Oh man, I haven't seen these names in years. I was never a part of this community, since i was never good enough at PS to do anything cool with it, even though I tried a couple skins and walls.

iMike, precurser, DoorinD, xcaponious, goran, craeonics. And now it's like 3 years after this whole conversation took place. I can't believe life went that fast.

yeah. it's been a long time. empires rise and fall on the internet in super time-lapse. the desktop community is just a shadow of of what it used to be, just a puff of smoke after the explosion.

1: 16
2: 17
3: Nope, seems noone can take a 17 year old seriously, unless you have a patty flipper in one hand or a mc.shit cap on, don't blame them either ;]
4: That same smell you wake up to every morning ... mmm, waffles and coco-pops.