whatcha folks think of this one?

[Blindchild02]

thanks

ps. i think you should change the BG color to the color of the side images, so it blends better.

i think it would look much better

[Sam FT]

Originally Posted by smacklan

ummm...sorry, but this is original and purchased as a one-off on the open market and owned by me, not copied. Most of the major players (not all, but Extremepixels, Transversestyles, Cinvin and vBcore have) in the skinning business buy some of their designs from someone else and either code them inhouse or outsource the coding. http://www.iamvica.com/services/index.php?p=portfolio is the site where one designer has produced alot of the styles you see on the 4 above mentioned sites and sold exclusive rights to them. There is nothing wrong with this and they are still original works owned by those who bought them with rights to put their name on them, but I just don't think most people are aware that is how alot of designs end up for sale.

And also to add that crysis who owns vBcore is the one I know who you are talking about. Didn't even create his own website he bought it from this guy http://www.thebigchris.com. So I would stay far away from vbcore.

[smacklan]

Originally Posted by Sam FT

And also to add that crysis who owns vBcore is the one I know who you are talking about. Didn't even create his own website he bought it from this guy http://www.thebigchris.com. So I would stay far away from vbcore.

I'm not trying to imply anything sinister here about one person or site. As I have gotten into the business I was surprised to find this is where alot of the really nice styles you see on these sites come from...but it is a good business relationship between sites that sell and designers who design and it gets some creative products out there. I see that vbstyles has bought the rights to vbcore's default style and will soon be selling it on their site...1st time I've seen them do that.

[Blindchild02]

delete me

[b6gm6n]

Nice style...where do you get your ording system from?

-b6

[smacklan]

Originally Posted by b6gm6n

Nice style...where do you get your ording system from?

-b6

Thanks! It is a custom script

[Blindchild02]

sorry smack....

but i have a little problem here.
your skin here (http://vbskinworks.com/forum/index.php?styleid=26)
is cuttin it QUITE close to this one: (http://www.vbstyles.com/forum/index.php?styleid=79)

everything is pretty much the same, but changed slightly...

also, where'd you get this skin: (http://vbskinworks.com/forum/index.php?styleid=56)
because i coded that for a client, not for you...

[smacklan]

Originally Posted by Blindchild02

sorry smack....

but i have a little problem here.
your skin here (http://vbskinworks.com/forum/index.php?styleid=26)
is cuttin it QUITE close to this one: (http://www.vbstyles.com/forum/index.php?styleid=79)

everything is pretty much the same, but changed slightly...

yes...others have said it was a copy, but it's not. There was some inspiration there, but the header was created in swishmax by me and the other items are CSS as you know...

Originally Posted by Blindchild02

also, where'd you get this skin: (http://vbskinworks.com/forum/index.php?styleid=56)
because i coded that for a client, not for you...

this is where: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=296610
does Kevin with RacinNascar sound familiar?

now...my next question is WHY does everyone want to constantly accuse me of ripping????

[Blindchild02]

yes, racinnascar is who i coded it for.

second off, you're only accused of ripping since your designs are SO SIMILAR.
maybe get your own style.... branch out be unique.

[smacklan]

Originally Posted by Blindchild02

maybe get your own style.... branch out be unique.

These two are in the works (being coded). What do you think of them?