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Would You Buy A Used Car From This Turtle?
Friends, Skinners, and Countrymen...lend me your ears.
SA is coming back to life, but we need your help and understanding. We need you to sign up as a new member (with your original screen name if possible).
We have lost a good portion of our "downloads". Therefore we're asking that you re-upload your submissions that you would like us to host here.
Some of the older files are recoverable, and we will be adding them back as time permits. This brings up the issue of copyright and permissions. Please let us know if we have your permission to restore your submissions. (there will be a link to the forum for that purpose below)
Forum Link
We're looking forward to a better Skinartistry than ever. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
The Skinartistry Team
Just an added note: please be sure to bookmark the new site and take note that the name has changed. It is Skinartistry2.com now.
Don't be shy, give a shout in the chatbox, we're a friendly bunch here!
| Who Are We??? | | | | Just who and what is Skinartistry 2?
SA2 is a growing community of artists, skinners, coders, programmers and just plain folks who really, really like customizing their desktops! SkinArtistry2 is the reincarnation of Skinartistry, a site devoted to skinning and learning how to skin developed by Bones 2112. Bones may have retired from running the site, but the spirit of community he inspired in all of us remains!
Do you have to be a skinner to be part of the SA2 Community?
Absolutely not! Our members come from all walks of life, and from everywhere around the globe. Some of us skin, others just love to use skins!
For those of us who do skin, our common desire to share ideas, to learn various applications , to make great skins and just have fun while doing it is not only what brought us all here - it is what keeps us here.
What can I find here that I can't at the larger sites?
What sets us apart is that we provide a community that not only provides top quality skins, wallpapers and the like, but also excells in mentoring in a constructive, positive manner. Mentoring at SA2 is not just via the fourms, but also thru our workshop where all skinners, beginners and experienced alike, can upload their work for testing, help and smoothing out the rough spots as well as encouraging learning by doing through participation in Community Projects. | | | | | | ZoneAlarm 2009 Pro Free Today Only | | | |  | Fron Lifehacker : The popular Windows firewall application ZoneAlarm Free has a big brother called ZoneAlarm Pro, which boasts a handful of features not available in the free version—including integrated antivirus. Normally $40, ZoneAlarm Pro will be available Tuesday (11/18) for the low, low price of free. ZoneAlarm Free was voted one of the five best Windows firewalls by Lifehacker readers, so if you like what you've seen from that, a free upgrade to the Pro version sounds like a winner. The promotion link below will likely offer an active link to the deal starting 6AM PST tomorrow morning, but Lifehacker will post the direct link as soon as it's available. (ZA link) | | | | I'm Not Starvin' Here, People! | | | | 
WEEK THREE ENTRY
'SAM SCARRIN'
SUBMITTED BY 'PICTORATUS'
(boo!)
| SKIN THIS: WEEK THREE RESULTS! Tis a sad day. A sad day indeed. Last weeks submission was done by none other than 'pictoratus'. No one guessed it. Nadda. You people are killing me! Three weeks of keeping the sardines to myself! I'm gettin' a wee pudgy around the mid-section. If this keeps up, I'm gonna need a bigger shell! What's the deal? You would think that no one here 'liked' sardines and all their salty, fishy goodness. Sigh. Look, I'll even throw in some mustard! Huh? Will that work? Some fancy french mustard?!
 Here is the next entry! You can Email your guesses or post 'em in the thread. Remember, you're trying to figure out which of your fellow skinners created this magnificent work of art. (Please try to ignore the fact that I wouldn't be caught dead dancing with anyone other than Lacey.) And keep those masterpieces coming! Email them to me and we'll post 'em here. Now, if you'll excuse me. I need to see if Jenny Craig's offer is still open for me to be the new spokesturtle. click the pic for larger view | | | | | | | Dirty Little Secrets ? | | | | 
Terrapin Station
Turtle Quote of the Month
“All the thoughts of turtle
are turtle”
Ralph Waldo Emerson | You know you have at least one. One dirty little secret. By that I mean, you have at least one thing you collect that you are either overly proud of or pray your latest flame never finds out cause you know they will dump you quicker than The View dumper Rosie.
I came across this little post yesterday. "The 7 Most Impressive (And Depressing) Geek Collections" As interesting as it was, nothing truly impressed or shocked me. I realized that the folks here at SA could do much better in the way of weird and truly off the wall.
 
How many clones is to many? Pokemon, the other white meat.
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SAM's Naval Fluff Collection | For me, it's Naval Fluff. Buddha Fuzz. Tummy Tinsel. Or, as is often referred to, Belly -Button Lint. And not just my own. No sir. I collect random samples from every one I can. Sometimes I even get their consent. Well, sort of get their consent. It sounds like a 'yeah' but it's hard to tell when someone's sleeping. Or really, really drunk on Bombay Sapphire. Or drugged. (Sorry, Bandit.)
So what's your dirty little secret? What collection have you sacrificed for? Rearranged your priorities over by skipping on the phone bill for a month to get the next piece? Is it proudly on display or do you have a room just for the collection? And if you do, is it locked?
Post your pics here! No pic? Then just spill your guts. Out yourself! You're among friends here. We won't laugh...out loud..where you can hear it...much. Be proud of your geekiness! Own it!
* Yes, there will be a side news item and I will be taking odds on who will post the first Fairy, butterfly, and unicorn collections.
| | | | | | | SKIN THIS WEEK 3 | | | |  | SKIN THIS : WEEK THREE
November's shipment of sardines has arrived. My stock is replenished. SO, it is only fitting that I received another entry for SKIN THIS to share with all of you.
I have to say, I was speechless when I opened the email and feasted my eyes on this work by a fellow skinner. It was as if someone had been spying on my dreams. After a night of salty sardines and imported mustard, topped off with some Pumpkin Cream pie that Poppa Bichur likes to make, I have had visions and nightmares where I looked very similar to what you are about to see.
It's as interesting as it is startling. Before you place your guesses I must remind you...Salvador Dalai is not a member or fellow skinner here, so don't . Just don't.
You can Email your guesses or post 'em in the thread. Remember, you're trying to figure out which of your fellow skinners created this magnificent and somewhat disturbing work of art. And keep those masterpieces coming! Email them to me and we'll post 'em here. | 
click pic for full view | | | | | | | Skin This : Week 2 | | | | | | Nothing Fishy Here | | | | 
WEEK ONE ENTRY
'WARRIOR SAM'
SUBMITTED BY 'BOOPISH'
(I look so hot!) | SKIN THIS: WEEK ONE RESULTS! It is with heavy heart that I must report that I will be keeping the sardines in week one of Skin This!
The guesses were PoSmedley, Phoon, and Puma. (I'm not even going to get into the reply from the person who said they could see 3 faces hidden in the image. I need to get a new email blocker) I have no other choice but to make the ultimate sacrifice and consume the sardines myself. I will also sacrifice myself further and drink the entire bottle of Bombay Sapphire I was going to throw in with it, since it was the first week. Please...don't try to stop me or fret. It's just another thankless task I willingly do as your skinning mascot.
 Here is the next entry! You can Email your guesses or post 'em in the thread. Remember, you're trying to figure out which of your fellow skinners created this magnificent work of art. (I didn't think it was possible for me to look even cooler) And keep those masterpieces coming! Email them to me and we'll post 'em here. Now, if you'll excuse me. I have some eatin' and some drinkin' to do. Sigh. A turtle's work is never done. click the pic for larger view | | | | | | | MirrorEffect.net | | | |  | Free web photo utility MirrorEffect.net does pretty much what you'd guess. Find an image with a clean background, or at least cropped to single out the object, choose where you want the reflection, and tell the app if you want a scaled effect to look like light bending.
Lifehacker had a little post on this today. My only problem was that they referred to it as a tool for Photoshop 'Dummies'. I prefer to call them Photoshop 'Challenged'.
You can also choose to have the reflection be transparent, but there's no sliding scaler for that effect, unfortunately. Upload the image and you'll get the result decently fast. There's not a lot of options, obviously, but for pulling off that clean, Apple-promo-esque look, it's a helpful tool for those not quite handy with an editor. MirrorEffect.net is free to use, doesn't require a sign-up.
And for those keeping tabs, here's a quick link to the latest 'You Suck At Photoshop Tutorial'. If you haven't seen these yet, check them out. I laughed so hard I rolled over on my back and had to call Skinhit to roll me back over. | | | | | | | Skin This ! : Week One | | | | Here is the first entry! If you're a Mike Mignola fan (Hellboy creator) you're gonna dig this. I'm not giving any clues. No hints. No matter how many sardines and bottles of Bombay Sapphire you throw at me. You have one week to figure out which of your fellow artists contrived this dark version of yours truly. First one to guess correctly gets a tin of sardines from my private stock. Email me your answers before Friday October 24, 2008. ONE guess per person , so make it a good one. Remember to keep your own versions of me coming. Email me your version, whether it's a wall, png, icon, scanned sketch, photograph, whatever.. and we'll post it here to see how well everyone knows their fellow skinner's. click pic for full size | | | Skin This! | | | |  | How well do you know your fellow skinner? Can you look at a wallpaper or icon and know who made it before you see the author's name?
Well, let's put it to the test. This isn't about how good you are as much as how observant you are. Skin me! Create a new likeness of me in your own unique style and Email it to me. I will post it here and everyone gets a shot at guessing the author. You can submit wallpapers, png's, scanned drawings, whatever. (You can't upload it to the gallery until after it's been run)
I'll post one a week. The first person to guess the correct artist each week get's a tin of sardines from my private stock!
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