Description from original post (created 2011-11-10 10:24):
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Hey guys, I'm going to submit this for my contest entry. It took my a massive Five hours and forty minutes to do, which is the longest i have ever skinned for so far. There were 22 steps in the making of this, as i usually save each step as a new skin in case i want to go back and change something, which is 8 more than my Natsu skin. I am quite happy with how this turned out but i kept changing my mind a lot :D.
This is also my first original skin, in the sense that its a character i came up with all on my own.
There were some inspirations from various things I've watched like the time machine and the FMA
movie, but i never actually went and got a picture for it which i really like.
I came across this old newspaper clipping from 1970 about Dr Edward Beck
the vents on his boots.
Unfortunately i wasn't able to skin in some steam coming from the vents in his shoes but those are the breaks :P I'm still going to update this at any rate as i have just under 2 weeks left to do so, but now i can get back to my shop. Also any useful advice on how i can improve it is very welcome. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. Also the article seemed to cut off, but i imagine that's what came next :3.