| Starting with August, every month we'll be
taking a closer look at an up-and-coming skinner who has submitted strong
work that shows a lot of promise. Everyone already knows the names JJ
Ying, Essorant, adni18 etc. But you may not know names like this
month's featured skinner, though I bet you'll recognize his work. To kick
off Skinner of the Month, I'd like to direct your attention to a skinner who
has so far submitted two WindowBlind, won the
9th
Challenge at Skinning.net with
one of them, and has only been at this whole "skinning" thing for a few
short months. His latest WindowBlind was uploaded to WinCustomize just
one month ago and has already received nearly 83,000 unique downloads.
The Skinner of the Month for August 2006 is
.Zer0.
(previously rjsmith2007) and the popular WindowBlind I'm sure just about
everyone has seen by now is
Eminence. .Zer0. has generated a lot of buzz and discussion in the
WC community, and Eminence has received a great deal of praise.
Recently, I discussed the Eminence and .Zer0. with CerebroJD and DoctorNick
on the Under The Skin podcast, and there has been a lot of praise behind the
scenes from both moderators and other users I've spoken to.
His first skin,
XP Format posted back in April, is a polished and slightly glassy take
on the standard XP Blue theme that comes default with the OS. While it
has strong visual ties back to that default theme, it's far from unoriginal
and is highly polished, especially for a first attempt.
Be sure to check out both of .Zer0.'s skins, and keep an eye out next
Monday for an interview I conducted with him earlier in the month.
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