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@NizarSaidi

9 ай бұрын

Have you got an idea for your next documentary?

@notvixios

9 ай бұрын

@@NizarSaidi Not 100% sure yet

@miosoderberg6602

9 ай бұрын

If thats true it's cracy because the last one was 💯

@DPME820

9 ай бұрын

You should focus on more cooler things. Your content is great!

@X100MC

9 ай бұрын

Ur a Camman18 fan!@@NizarSaidi

I've always used the skin I made when I was younger and just updated it over time, usually just repainting it :')

@enderfox579

8 ай бұрын

Same

@mr.v1442

8 ай бұрын

Same

@nexusknight127

8 ай бұрын

Same

@kopios

8 ай бұрын

Using it since 2015

@MrCheezyBoi

8 ай бұрын

Same

Taking the many comments into consideration, I'd say that a VAST majority of people who actively play minecraft make their own skin. Skin sites would make you believe that most people wear those depressed looking skins but that simply isn't the case, not even close. Go into a server and you will find a very diverse range of skins. I think that the lack of creativity is from people who actively make skins on these sites, not the actual minecraft player base. So no, skins are not ending, not even close. But the video is great, even if I don't agree with it's point.

@riber2233

7 ай бұрын

The thing about that skin is that people usually use this skin when they are not premium cause on server you can set a skin putting the name of other playerr who have a skin

@user-yx3px1uy6z

7 ай бұрын

I appreciate your understanding and politeness in this comment. Not many people nowadays take the time to "agree to disagree" so nicely. I hope you have a fantastic day. 👍

@pemguim_

7 ай бұрын

i do agree, but i would say that most of the time people make their skins based on already premade skins.

@Gorilla-western-monkey

7 ай бұрын

yea i get your point but he was talking about they all look alike but not litterly alike because i can hop on hypixel and find mulitable emo skins but i get what you are saying and could agree a little.

@Endrgamr262

7 ай бұрын

Mines just the same skin I’ve been using since I was like 10 but it’s more detailed now

What I always liked to do is 'remaking' a skin. Basically, I first think of a cool idea for a skin. Then, after realizing I lack both the skill and time to make one, I download a skin from a random website, and basically re-paint the thing, slowly, into the skin that I have thought of. If you ever want to make an original skin both quickly and with high-quality, this is probably the way to go with.

@Squiferz

5 ай бұрын

wouldnt that make the skin inconsistent? are you saying you just repaint skins

@shin_tree

5 ай бұрын

@@SquiferzI'm basically just borrowing the hair arrangement and other stuff that I can't possibly paint for myself. For clothes and other accesories, I just make them for myself

@Lykards

3 ай бұрын

@@shin_tree yeah, I stole some hair I liked off a skin and then just loosely based my clothes off an an outfit from an anime character, honestly made for a good skin too

@DocTime56

2 ай бұрын

I do something similar, I usually download a skin base for… well, the skin tones because I Hate seeing the skin tones as flat.

@blockwearingman

17 күн бұрын

i did the same thing with my scout

I strongly recommend blockbench for custom skins. Even if you don't know how to make skins from scratch, It's a great tool to edit and merge features from various skins to make something unique. My skin is broken down into a set of features on their own texture layer (a face, a scarf, a hat, etc). From there I can mix, match, and edit for the situation I need. If I need to associate with a team or color, I change the scarf hue because it's the most vibrant part of the skin. I'll make variance for each update or a specific setting.

@inv_hana

6 ай бұрын

Is it an app or website

@prettyradhandle

6 ай бұрын

@@inv_hana both

@cgplays9

6 ай бұрын

>merge features from various skins not a good start bud

@TwoFreesia

5 ай бұрын

>even if you dont know how to make skins from scratch @@cgplays9

@mrmateusz5188

5 ай бұрын

couldnt be me, my ass still uses newgrounds Skincraft

there was also an era somewhere around 2019-20 where people would use their namemc skin history to display pixel art, like taking a 72x24 image and dividing it up across the faces of 27 different skins, most notable one being a picture of harambe a bunch of accounts used at one point, loved this style of video thought it reminds me a lot of lemmino and barely sociable

@Sebowsky_

8 ай бұрын

They still do that

@SuperProGamer-dn5vm

7 ай бұрын

TimeDeo making the whole nyan cat

@hypelll1000

2 ай бұрын

HI DRU!! lol didn't think I would find you here

@reck1essandrest1ess50

Ай бұрын

luv me some barely 🫀

I've always enjoyed making my own skins from scratch, and the memories of showing off each new skin have been some of my favorite with the game. If you haven't ever made your own skin before, I can't recommend it enough. Also cool vid! It brought back some great memories, and I liked it a lot.

@redfoxlightning

7 ай бұрын

I also make mc skins, and I agree it's fun more people should do it imo

@SuperJSM

7 ай бұрын

I can't agree more, and don't think this means you can't use reference images to help you out! But try to lay every pixel down yourself.

@smudgethecat8315

7 ай бұрын

I agree, I made a skin based off my new pfp (it's a simple blob skin but with a transparent outer layer and a few other details)

@RandomGamer-

7 ай бұрын

I tried making my own skin once, I honestly hated every second of it. Nothing looked right, it was boring and I got a headache. if you never made a skin before, I don't recommend it.

@BinknotLink

7 ай бұрын

@@RandomGamer- just get better fr

Not to be disrespectful but this video really feels like "old good new bad" a lot of the arguments you use to say new skins are unoriginal can also be applied to the older skins. Mob skins: Just mobs Block skins: Just blocks Gamer boy: Copy paste with a little edits KZreadr skin: Copy paste (sometimes with a little edits) For pixel art you even show a skin that you later also show as an example of just a png. The same skin is both good and bad? I agree that there is a decrease in color but even that is not as bad as you say it is, you can still find plenty of colorful skins on the namemc trending section.

@radarcore2125

2 ай бұрын

THANK YOU my thoughts exactly

@knatred1489

2 ай бұрын

Okay glad to know my expectations from the thumbnail can be applied to video so I don't have to watch it 👍

@Neoniq41

Ай бұрын

At least the old gamer boy skins were full of color, which made them look very good. Unlike the boring gray eboy and egirl skins of today.

@tomato-chan9647

Ай бұрын

@@Neoniq41 i said i agree that theres a decrease in color but its not as bad as the video says because theres still plenty of colorful skins on namemc

@oliviawsome

26 күн бұрын

@@Neoniq41idk if that’s just ur nostalgia talking bc I remember thinking the gamer boy ones were just cringe tbh

Personally, I've always opted to create my own skins instead of taking another from some skin website. It gives that grain of knowledge that I *know* I'll stand out because I DID the creation process in-person.

I think the "gamery" and other common skins are mostly seen on minigame or quick play servers, since most of the playerbase are teenagers looking for cheap thrills so it's understandable that they just take a quick skin from namemc and slap it on. If you look at places like roleplaying/ worldbuilding servers you'll see players there are really creative with their skins.

@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa334

5 ай бұрын

You havent seen skins of command youtubers, like 90% of them are gamer boy/girls...

@kygigni

3 ай бұрын

Partially. I played on a bunch of servers. The people there usually have a skin that isn't seen that often and really fits to them, but they still haven't made it by themselves. We are like 20 people on that server and only three there have a costum skin. I think that many people are scared of people making fun of them if they make a skin and proudly use them, but I can only guess. Maybe these servers were just exceptions and most people really are creative on worldbuilding servers.

10:23 this is really true. I don’t dislike these skins that people wear but every time I press tab and I see a whole row of like the same skin just slightly different shade of grey is really sad. I hope people will be more creative in the future

@limon5kcubing

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I wish they didn't exist in the first place. I will always say that the skins created in 2011-2015 will be the best, to this day I make my own skins that try to resemble these Also all the people with the new gamer skins that I see on bedwars are toxic and sweaty

@Gregs_sis

7 ай бұрын

honestly you could make the same point about old mc skins like alot of them were just a variation of hoodie with different colored eyes. even the examples he showed were alot of that I agree that the muted colors are boring but it's just the general 'aesthetic' the internet is leaning towards lately. At least I think that anyways but I get what ur saying

@Fez7i

4 ай бұрын

​@@limon5kcubing nah they aren't sweaty they think they're good but they're trash and im always destroying them

@neoJakeblayze

Ай бұрын

Honestly I wear these skins without the depression part, I kinda just make those types from scratch.

@americaonline3835

23 күн бұрын

​@@limon5kcubinghotline miami 2 bros stay winning

I started playing Minecraft during the "Dark Age" of 2016-2019, and I must say that skin originality was nearly at its peak during that time. Since there were so few players, and the ones who only started playing because the game was popular left, the community was filled with great people (actually interested in the game) who were capable of creating and choosing interesting player skins. But then again, my experience might be different from that of other people: I mostly played creative mode plot worlds and role-play servers at that time, which I know were never very popular.

They were never original in the first place, they have always looked the same

@Ethan-ml5kw

2 ай бұрын

True

@BaldTorment

2 ай бұрын

Agreed, it's especially funny to me that the "original" looking skin on the thumbnail is the most generic "gamer" skin in the whole game, lobbies used to be full of those copy paste skins

1:23 of course someone almost immediatly made a block themed skin lol. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

i'm not even going to lie, this legitimately gave me chills. this is one of the greatest minecraft documentary i've ever seen, it's so well done. phenomenal job Vix!

@axiom9840

8 ай бұрын

hello person

@murps43

8 ай бұрын

@@axiom9840 個喔喔公期待工業化

@IAmOnTablet

8 ай бұрын

​​@@murps43نوح اه

@Revont

7 ай бұрын

documentaries*

@pontuskarlbrink1336

5 ай бұрын

Yeah it feels a lot like other high quality documentaries like stuff made by Lemmino

My current skin matches my profile picture (same character). When I was 6 years old, I made my first Minecraft skin. Over the years, I continuously edited the skin and added and removed things until I eventually got to the skin and character I use now, one which I am 100% happy with. Minecraft skins were really the first chance I got to play with how I saw myself and is eventually how I found out who I am. They're more than just a pixelated character in a game, they embrace the user and give insight into the person behind the screen.

I have realised that I made 900+ skins, but I don't have any official player skin.

It's here! This video looks awesome from especially from looking at the channel member previews

You think the ones in 2012 are original????? what. The dumbass "Hoodie character" thing isn't original at all. Everyone did it. Also, the skins that people upload online do not represent the "Creativity" that people have, because lots of those uploaded skins seem to follow the same rules and such. Log onto servers and whatever else, and you'll see that the lack of originality only applies to these Minecraft skin websites :/ Literally.

I’ve always made my own Minecraft skins, mainly for roleplaying purposes. One of my favorites was a character with a bright, multicolored jacket. It was so fun to make and use

This made me realize how big of an impact skins had on the history of Minecraft.

One thing that wasn't mentioned is that the old and flashy skins went out of fashion because the became stereotypical. Most of the time when someone had an OG 'gamer' skin, they would be looked down upon and harassed for their 'trash taste in skins', so in more modern times, they became more mundane.

Part of what I love about my skin is that I made it pretty much from scratch shortly after I got my account. It's a few iterations in but it's still similar to the base skin I made in the first few hours of owning a mc account. I've worn a few other skins, whether as a joke or because I liked that skin, but I've always come back to my first skin and it's newer versions. If you want to see it, my mc name is the same as my username here.

Mf you are also using a blob skin lol

@Arqade521

2 ай бұрын

Exactly. He doesn't like it prolly but made it bcuz it's his channel branding.

What a sick video vixios glad to see someone from the Minecraft niche adapting the so popular storytelling that I often see on other videos aimed at larger audience bases. one thing tho, the calebissalty edit felt very out of place, just the whole sequence was a mess, the music didn't fit the narrative, the scenery was sometimes clunky and not fitting too, but the rest was fire 🔥 W vix

ngl the examples in the thumbnail are like. the worst examples. How is "that one fire and ice skin every white boy used" more original than "completely custom design that is actually unique to the owner?" This is not a defense of Dream in any capacity, but by definition, his skin is more original than the majority of old skins. I just don't see how the argument computes with the given examples. Also skins of licensed characters is about as far as you can get from "original" lmao

Fire video! Love the edit, different narrators and the message! Stay creative

Not gonna lie, this video just felt like "new bad, old good"

@the-digital-idiot

8 күн бұрын

I mean, he straight up talked about "PNGskins" earlier in the video when covering the "golden age", just with a different name. It's a whole lot of nothing.

i strive to have the editing skills like you one day. When this showed up on my recomended, all i did was check the thumbnail and not the views, and throughout the video, I was expecting something like 100k-1m views. insane.

I still remember the first few skins I made as a kid, maybe I’ll remake my first skin if I can find an old screenshot somewhere. Right now I’m making skins for friends based on their characters, it’s really cool to see something you made being used in a game

I love these documentary-type videos, they’re really well-made you should make more!

Completely unrelated, I really appreciate you adding the script into the description, mostly for the music you use because you always seem to find bangers!

This is why i force my buddies and brother to spend some time in the creator menu. His skin is atrocious to look at but his skin is unique to him. Same as mine. Creating your own skin is you.

@ezentsy3329

7 ай бұрын

i mean, by the same logic, should you also make your own clothes in real life?

@dogd4ze

2 ай бұрын

@@ezentsy3329the logic only applies to video games 😂 stop overthinking

very interesting video, keep up the good work dude

This channel can go from perfectly cut Minecraft moments to incredibly made and cinematic Minecraft documentaries. and I’m here for it

Personally I love making my own custom skins, especially when it's time to show them off. I especially like making variations of my base skin (me, but disguised as an Enderman) with some interesting twist (the latest having a Steampunk theme).

I remember faction skins to be a lot older then mentioned in the video, but that might have just been the Dutch community. Between 2012 and 2015 we had the YT series called "The Kingdom" which was roleplay/faction involving the bigger Dutch Minecraft YT channels. Some of those factions had faction skins for plot reasons.

Are you trying to tell me that the gamer skins were original 💀

This is BEAUTIFULLY edited and I’m only a minute in love the credits with the laptop

I don't know why the third act of the video suddenly started turning pessimistic and then leaves of at "Art is contaigous, pass it on" after literally saying that the whole modern scene is so uninspired, lazy and are just "clones". The video was going so good, for me it only lacked that last moments of upward mood shift wherein you could've left the quote in proper manner.

@slidersides

22 күн бұрын

Womp womp

This is why I make my own skins. My skin actually has a recreation of my goth/punk battle jacket that I own and wear regularly irl, as well as a red bandana I often wear too.

@Aekan

7 ай бұрын

what is your username ingame?

@KilluaYT420

6 ай бұрын

@@Aekan Aint no way LMAO

@Aekan

6 ай бұрын

@@KilluaYT420 hmm? i wanted to see the skin they were talking about

8:23 the old Lololowka

I had that reflexion on this for a while, such a good video!

Ive just recently gotten java minecraft and I was able to finally make a design that Ive been dreaming of for years and am so glad. And now when I load into a server I just look around and just see copies of copies it feels like Im just swimming in a ocean of mundain now.

I make my own skins based off original ideas that nobody seems to find despite having great quality so I’m completely original also this video was really well made wow! Thanks for this great documentary

this video's making me feel inspired to get back into making minecraft skins again :) it really is a lot of fun, and i don't know why but it feels really rewarding to finish a skin and finally be able to see it on yourself in-game! personal story: i'm really attached to the shovel knight skin i made, because way back when minecraft was around its peak popularity, i decided my "minecraft youtuber gimmick" would be using a diamond shovel as a weapon instead of a sword. i had never even heard of shovel knight at that point, so when i did finally learn of it, i got really excited because of my idea and felt a connection with it right away. i didn't end up making my skin until just a couple years ago (also never ended up being a minecraft youtuber lmao), but to this day i still have no desire to change it because of how personal it feels, with the way that little idea has come full circle in a way! i mostly just wanted to share that story in a place where it's somewhat relevant lol, but i guess the takeaway could be that you don't need to have an original idea to be able to make a meaningful custom minecraft skin? idk lol, either way it's a really fun art form and i hope it doesn't fall out of practice! and of course there's nothing wrong with using a skin someone else made, or even using really popular skins, but it's kinda sad to see how little variety there seems to be on skin hosting sites like namemc.

I made my skin back in the day with a face based on Taurtis’ skin, a little hair floof, a tshirt and shorts, and a hidden layer of heart undies. The only changes it’s seen is fun new versions to fit whatever theme I’m playing with

this style of editing is amazing! i come across channels with unique editing styles semi-often but i really enjoyed yours, and i think it’s very unique :). subscribed!

I’m not really a skin artist but I wanna say I do make pretty good skins for personal use. It still takes practice but imo it’s infinitely better than whatever skins you can find that’s popular. There’s something special about having a skin unique to only you regardless how it looks. It’s been fun seeing my variety of mc skins evolve throughout the years.

Loved this video Vix, i rly like how u get other ppl to do voiceovers and not just urself, thats not a common thing to do i like it keep it up 100K Soon!!

Holy shit. This video is like. A convo i had with a friend a few days ago. I was scrolling through skindex while on call, and we started talking about how all of the skins had a similar colour style (all the colours looked like they had a warm filter over it), and how they were very same face-y. Very cool to see a video elaborating on both that, and the history of mc skins!

Last time i made a personal skin it was some sort of skin that could be used without the outer layer like if you toggle the coat off you can see a white shirt under it. I was having a lot of fun thinking of new fitting things to include in it

The originality got so low that even derpy skins look original now.

I don’t think player’s skins are unoriginal. You’ve just gotten used to all the skins that do exist, and new types of skins are rare.

this was an interesting video, I like the editing style. and this is exactly why whenever i get a new skin, i always draw it from scratch, though i have just made variations of my skin and taken inspiration from other skins and media, its still fun to design and draw my own skin, even wearing one i made is fun as i know that this is my creation. wish more people had that mindset.

everydamn time youtube recommends your video a month later but here I'm watching this one two!! interesting to watch and again awesome subject choice.

8:15 So surreal to see my skin being shown in a random video. I love to remake old skins.

@_Techie_

2 ай бұрын

Oh damn

I'm loving the recent video essays you're doing, they are extremely high quality and fun to watch.

My cousin was a pretty well know skin creator back in 2012-2015, he had a few skins with big popularity that were used by some of the biggest builders. He ended up making me a custom skin that I still use to this day, I've updated it or recolored it for events but i have never changed it, its been almost 10 years on the same skin now and I will never change it.

@candicraveingcloude2822

6 ай бұрын

I can see why, it's made by someone close to you adding a personal touch to it. That can't be replicated by someone else it's both of yours. his and yours

I just realized this is the first video on my phone that takes the entire screen, good job! 👍 and good video too

this is such the Lost History of Minecraft Skins documentary

This was amazing ❤

why is this like a crime scene documentary... I ABSOLUTELY ADORE IT

im glad i gave a chance to the video, it is very educational and perfectly edited

blob skins and emo skins were so tryhard it was unhealthy

Dude, this video is AMAZING! It’s a great balance between funny and sad. This channel deserves more!

I really liked the editing for this video.

The cinemaphotography and documentary vibes to a Minecraft skin history..astounding. 10/10 a masterpiece.

Another AMAZING documentary👏🏻👏🏻 this deserves more views

I hate how every skin nowadays is either an eboy skin, meme skin, or skeppy face skin.

W Vixios for this type of commentary vid! 💪

Nice to see the blue creeper skin in the video, iconic one. Have been using it for almost 9 years.

I remember as a kid using a skin generator, where you'd see a selection of parts and then pick and choose them to create a skin, and somehow it's still original in my opinion to this day. I'm not even into Superman but it has the Superman suit logo on it and "goggles" and then otherwise is just a standard dude. I randomly thought while watching this that maybe I should modify my skin so it has something more "me" then for whatever reason I have Superman on my chest. Not sure if I'll ever do it but I might some day.

So does it mean that my skin is unoriginal?

14 years ago, I found a person with a really interesting skin philosophy: Start with a basic design, shirt pants and face, and add something with every update. So I did that, added a new, thematically fitting bit for every update: 1.0: A set of goggles with the lenses inheriting the color scheme of eyes of ender 1.1: A belt 1.2: A vial of enchanting and healing to the belt 1.3: A leather coat (stole this one from a different skin ngl) 1.4: Emblazoned a creeper face on the coat 1.5: An amulet with a small redstone charm on it 1.6: New shoes and pants (also nicked from a different skin) 1.7: Replaced creeper face with a stylized Thaumaturge's Seal and updated shirt to look woven 1.8: Updated skin format to layer the coat on top of skin, re-adding shirt and pants 1.9: Scar going over one eye, which is now blinded, frayed bottom of coat 1.10: coat stitched up, added trim and rolled up sleeves. Updated hands to actually resemble fists 1.11: Added golden ring to one hand, updated skin texture to be more saturated 1.12: Redid all the colors. Coat is now warmer, and has a smoother gradient. Shoes are now higher. Pants are baggier. 1.13: Redid necklace chain. Redstone charm is now more narrow. 1.14: Added emerald charm to chain, new soles to the shoes, some armor to the right arm. 1.15: Added a vial of honey to the belt, as well as a rolled-up piece of paper. 1.16: Replaced metal belt buckle with a golden piglin belt buckle. 1.17: Merged emerald charm with an amethyst shard. 1.18: Added a bit of sculk to the non-armored arm. 1.19: Removed Sculk, replaced with an embroidered design on clothes and tattoo on skin 1.20: Updated clothes again. Not sure what I'll do for 1.21, but being able to see history on my skin is honestly pretty wild.

I love these high quality video essays

This video is gonna change our minds completely, I can't wait.

3:38 ayyo celeste music?!

sometimes I forget I've been playing minecraft for over a decade, and watching videos like this one about things I lived, it surprise me how much has happen in minecraft

i rarely comment on a random vid i got recommended to but this stands out good job on this made it look like a movie

AI WAS TRAINED TO MAKE MINECRAFT SKINS I REPEAT AI WAS TRAINED TO MAKE MINECRAFT SKINS

i really liked the previous one better. you should do a poll so that we can choose which video essay was better so that it helps u improve.😊

@notvixios

9 ай бұрын

I appreciate any feedback on either video

@EurekaX

8 ай бұрын

i disagree - this video was 100x better than the previous. imo the editing and writing was almost flawless, the only areas for improvement are topic choice (i felt there wasn’t much there to invest in emotionally), music choice and some poor continuity (some jokes/plugs kinda ruin the immersion). those three are my pieces of feedback but this was incredibly well done! as i said, the editing and writing was so impressive and i’ll share this documentary around :)

Dude this is so underrated, the effort is INSANE.

I remember making matching Skins for my friend group when I was younger, it was a whole thing! I still use the skins I make if I’m motivated to do so, I just feel weird using one that I didn’t make to represent myself

10:38 why is jopig in this lol

anotha common vix w, great vid btw :)

I just started playing Minecraft recently, and I have been using a skin of a traditional Russian costume I downloaded from the Skindex. It's a fairly unique one, I hope, and I did end up actually repainting it recently, making the colors nicer and making him look more like me. i don't know if that's enough to make it count as an original skin, though, considering the basic design is still much the same.

This video brought me nostalgia, I loved it.

My dad made my skin and I've aways used it

@TheDerpyDreamYT

7 ай бұрын

Happy to know that 😃

@Obilaxo

7 ай бұрын

Your dad is a good guy

Sorry i couldn't make it to the premiere but this video was amazing and well written!

So well edited!

I have never used a skin made by someone else, ever. I have taken design elements before, but I consider the skin marketplace far superior as a inspiration than as a end goal. I've also never uploaded my skins, specifically so I either never see them elsewhere or SOMEONE has put a lot of effort into getting it and deserves that recognition. I believe this kind of system would have resulted in a lot more creativity over the years.

That thumbnail is wrong. Although I hate dream, his skin was originally made by him. That skin on the left was something many people could just download off a website

A masterpiece this indeed is…

man you just made me want to change my lists of skins now I realized

literally the best video ive ever watched, its made soo well 😭😭😭

Do you have 13 different thumbnails in ur files that u can change every day again? (joke lol)

@notvixios

9 ай бұрын

Thats not even a joke because I actually have 15 thumbnails and 10 titles LOL

@KiviMC

9 ай бұрын

@@notvixios XD🤣

I really miss the old days of Minecraft, 2013 - 2018. Many things have "distroyed" Minecraft over time... I really miss the days when this game was actually a means of real entertainment. 😔

@Mrbombastic59

5 ай бұрын

Hate to be that guy, but it's "destroyed"

@renanleandro5914

4 ай бұрын

the game is the same, you are just bored of it because you've been playing it for years

The way you ended the video was so amazing, that I am going to subscribe.

This is the best edited video on KZread ever