# Stretched skin

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [August 15, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607 "2003-08-15T17:01:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/21 "2003-08-16T04:24:45Z")

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Thanx for the props. Nice to know there is some postitive progression in my work. And thanx for not forgeting wink…wink;) lol

Just finishing the nails.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/22 "2003-08-16T04:34:05Z")

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Nails are in

[http://www.sintax321.com/jody/skinn.jpg](http://www.sintax321.com/jody/skinn.jpg)

Now i have to do the background. I’m thinking of doing wood or something. Want to make a really nice boarder that ties in nice and resizes for 1024x768. Then some shadows. Then some mock content and it is done.

What ya think?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/23 "2003-08-16T04:37:42Z")

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beautiful… sort of… I like it :thumb: great work Sintax! 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/24 "2003-08-16T04:39:30Z")

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I’m no designer but im impressed =)

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/25 "2003-08-16T06:02:13Z")

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Ya it is kind of dirty.

Thanx for all the compliments guys. I realy hope the end result works out.

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/26 "2003-08-16T06:31:49Z")

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Good stuff, as always!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/27 "2003-08-16T07:22:24Z")

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ok i’m open for suggestions on how to boarder and background this layout base. I tried some wood but it didnt fit together right. Any ideas?

I need a bg that will adjsut for 1024x768 and 800x600.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/28 "2003-08-16T07:27:24Z")

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I was gonna say wood… if not, try a wall texture like this one:

[![](http://www.stucco-as-art.com/0-images/Stucco_house_texture_wall.jpg) ](http://www.stucco-as-art.com/0-images/Stucco_house_texture_wall.jpg)

🙂

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/29 "2003-08-16T10:08:28Z")

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Ewww sick 😛

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/30 "2003-08-16T11:30:07Z")

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nice, but add one more pattern, cuz’ i can see the pattern but GREAT WORK anyways…

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/31 "2003-08-16T13:02:31Z")

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those nails look great, did you make em? anyway its all coming together. ok now for a background right? i picture some wood planks, but grunge it up a ton so they look real dirty…

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/32 "2003-08-16T14:56:30Z")

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I would say grungy concrete. I can make you a nice concrete texture and you can grunge it. Let me know if you want me to make ya one.

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/33 "2003-08-16T14:57:17Z")

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My opinion is dirty looking cracked wood, but I think 3d-iva’s idea sounds great too. 🙂

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/34 "2003-08-16T16:01:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by fluid\_0ne \*  
> \*\*nice, but add one more pattern, cuz’ i can see the pattern but GREAT WORK anyways… \*\*

I have no clue what u are talking about?

Ya i took a pic of my patio deck. It has some nice wood that is petty beat up. Still playing wiht it though. I have to keep tweeking it casue it looks like it is floating on top of it. Instead of going all wood behind i think i might boarder it with some metal or concrete.

If i cna’t get the wood looking rightthen concrete is my next try.

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/35 "2003-08-16T16:48:31Z")

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Man, that nasty!! lol Let us know when the site is up eh?

Great job man!!  
\_\_\_\_:bu: jMkM

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/36 "2003-08-16T19:23:03Z")

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Hey man Iwas bored and whipped up a couple of ps7 concrete textures. If youwant you can use them…Or I can tweak them a lil bit to fit what you have

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/37 "2003-08-16T19:24:05Z")

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and one with some pits

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/38 "2003-08-16T19:54:57Z")

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Right now i’m testing some old looking grungy drywall. see what that looks like. I think the wood i was using was a bit too real. The skin it self i feel has a sureal look to it. Kind of like a Norman Rockwell painting.

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/39 "2003-08-16T20:50:33Z")

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ok so here is the first wood bg i’m tinkering with. I’m thinking i’m going to make it a lot darker and grunge it up. What u guys think of it so far. I know it kind of looks like it is flating ontop right now but i’ll be fixing that with some shadows.

so far so good?

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stretched-skin/28607/40 "2003-08-16T20:58:24Z")

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