Description from original post (created 2013-07-28 02:45):
So... I've been trying to get a skin done for my author avatar for some time now. It's one that needs a bit of 'detail' done to it, so I've been looking for shops that don't just do flat colors on their skins, right? Well, I found a few, posted, and the promptly died. That's 3 for 3, dead by my post.
Well, that's not good.
So that I don't brutally slaughter any more shops with my mere presence, I'm gonna try making a request thread. Hopefully things work out for the best. ^-^;
Here's a couple reference pics to use when making the skin:
Image Example 1
Image Example 2
The Staff, Book, and Hat really don't need to be a part of the skin. The second pic is more recent, so use that more for colors and detail and such. "Hair" should cover the back of the outfit, so you don't have to worry about designing it. I know there's no robe physics in minecraft, but just pretending the legs are robes should be good enough. Would prefer to have as few "flat" colors as possible (ex: Not using a single color for the hair, but rather using a rough gradient to give the illusion of detail), so as to give the illusion of detail and shading and what not.
If you have any more questions or want some more details or something, feel free to ask. I'll need to be able to actually view how it looks before I use it, so don't just link to the file I'll be uploading to minecraft.net. I care not if you use skindex, imgur, photobucket or whatever, I just need to be able to see it from the front, back, and side.