What are your thoughts on SRP Skins?

[Belak]

i think i like the current style but honestly i've been thinking of getting an adult character in the older shading style because i think it makes them look more rough. the new soft shading i think is cute for younger characters but older characters def benefit off of the old shading style.

I can agree to this. I feel like characters that are older and such should have the old shading style, which, like temulaptop said it makes them look more rough, especially if they have had some lore that would make them look rough.

 

[yazure]

I'm a big believer on going with whatever shading you prefer. At the end of the day your shading(sometimes) or the colors you pick will almost never look the way they do to you as it would to someone else and that's because. . . Monitors.

also yes!! forgot to mention this. common eco W

 

[Neeryu]

To each person their own taste!
I personally agree with the general points made above, that the current SRP shading is desaturated and simplified. While it is not something I personally enjoy, it does not mean others cannot appreciate it. There is a reason why it is the currently most popular style!

I would say that we cannot debate the topic of "is the current trend good or bad" because tastes are not something that come with a "right" answer.

What I would however appreciate is to see Tailoring Servers making it easier to navigate between styles and to develop specific niches of shading to cater to players who simply want something else! I have personally looked up several times on tailoring servers but given up pn commissions because I cannot find anyone fitting the style I enjoy.

It is nor an issue of taste, but more of visibility/accessibility for different styles.

On a side note, I do not mind the slightest that most people around me do not have the same shading style as my characters. After all, I feel like I get to have my characters stand out more!

 

[ErikFinster]

OH! Oh! Finally a fashion argument that I can comment on! Dejavumaxxing!
I know these! I've seen them! Hypixel and other Minecraft servers:

Spoiler: Example Discussion

"Why does the new/every skin looks so similar/weird/xyz?"

"The art in the community has gotten worse."

"the skins are a lot of work and it is a pretty good style!"

"Wait... guys! let me show some colour theory and pixel art terminology!"

"In the end... at fault are the commissions. Right? And conformity in general."

[Insert copying-versus-inspiration-dispute]

"art is subjective"

[OOC]The dominant house style continues (for another year) before it shifts again[/OOC]

The arguments are still great. I love well constructed discussions on this matter.
It's also telling that they happen on every bigger MC community platform.
People have genuinely valid takes (even if they contradict each other at times.)

I'm sadly completely out of touch with skin design myself...
so... this is my meta commentary...

 

[elelmon]

Hair extensions would look much better if SRP skins match the modelling shading style.