@2𝗠𝗢𝗠$ - To be honest I cant advise on this as I used to design stickers 11 years ago using the old workbench tool in which you could have multiple stickers, and it has now changed since cs2. As to image editing software I used photoshop, but I wouldn't use that today as its subscription based. There are free alternatives such as Affinity Photo or even GIMP.

@The Honey Badger

Hey I appreciate you responding,

my question was pretty open ended so i appreciate your feedback on my items and i am taking it into consideration, so thank you very much.

I suppose the flip side of my question was if you had any resources on how to handle things like screenshots and making them look more intentional, if that makes sense. for the life of me i cant find an explanation on getting multiple custom stickers on one skin, or getting in-game screenshots of that sticker without the hud or anything that might be seen as distracting.

if its as simple as getting good in blender or figuring out the commands inside of the workshop editor i suppose i can just start there lol.

Thanks again.

@2𝗠𝗢𝗠$ - Hi, that's a very open question. I just had a look at your latest submission - if its about the halftone headshot sticker, and your question relates only to the presentation of it, then I don't know what to suggest as the sticker itself is very simple and so it doesn't really warrant adding in detailed elements to the presentation slides. All I could comment was to make sure the slides frame your artwork well (closeup) and you demonstrate it in all different contexts, always being truthful to how it appears ingame. I started my workshop making stickers before moving on to weapon finishes so feel free to have a look at my earlier stuff and how I presented my artwork.

@BronzeFirst (The Honey Badger)

Hey! im just hitting you up to ask for some critique or resources on making workshop pages look really good. i added you, feel free to ignore if youre too busy or just dont accept people for that stuff.

Mhhh interesting, cause i need to show you someone who remade your camos on another game and the design is amazing (Gungir) and I don't know how he managed to get the patterns there are lol

@knowkas - for pixel textures photoshop, and for vector graphics illustrator; these are the main apps I use but these days there are much better value alternatives, some are even free

Mhh okay @BronzeFirst, can i ask you this question ? : With what software do you make your textures and design ? Photoshop ?

@knowkas - Hi, thanks for your interest, however I don't hand out source files to due to the issue of rampant copyright infringement.

@BronzeFirst (The Honey Badger), Hey! I was wondering if I could add you on Discord or somewhere else to chat. I’d love to get the pattern/texture from one of your creations if that’s okay with you. Thanks in advance! 🙏

@Arrow - I'm not looking to be interviewed live, but I'm more than happy to answer any written questions you have. If that is workable and you are interested feel free to send them to me and I'll do my best!

Heyo
I’m currently working on a video about how cs skins are made and I’d love to chat about your process. I’d you’d be down for an interview that would be awesome.

@Tokway - looking pretty! gj!

Oh, almost forgot the second one!
https://www.behance.net/gallery/196025247/Desert-Eagle-Kumicho-Dragon-artwork-by-Tokway

Hey The Honey Badger, I hope you'll love my artwork with your skin!
https://www.behance.net/gallery/196025607/CSGO-M4A4-Evil-Daimyo-artwork

@嗷嗷小耗子 - My memory is very hazy due it being a number of years ago that I made it, however I did put together a useful document on the process.
link [docs.google.com]

@The Honey Badger，Hello, I saw the skin design of the The Norse Collection that you were involved in the Operation Shattered, can you tell more about where you got the inspiration and the backstory of this skin,Especially the “Gungnir”.

@friendly - thanks for considering me, I'm not currently taking on any projects at this time, but good luck with it!

@The Honey Badger me and another skin artist are looking for an illustrator and i wanted to ask if you are interested in a collab, if yes pls add me on steam :) best wishes

@The Honey Badger - Gotcha. Thank you for responding! I know you probably have a lot of other things to do so thank you for taking the time to talk

@LuXy - I can't comment on chances I am not privy to the selection process. I can only say that in general I see pattern skins as lower tier as the application process is less bespoke / applied to a variety of weapons. Also in my opinion - lower tier items get less attention but are still required for cases so it would make sense to spend energy creating both instead of the common approach of workshoppers to present only higher tier submissions. One thing I often did was make three options for bespoke skins, one of which would be less salient with lower tiers in mind.

@The Honey Badger - I can see that. So you would say they both have equal "chances" if you could even call it that. What about in terms of tiers? Is it smarter to create things designed to be lower tier skins in cases since there are more slots for those? Thank you for answering btw

@LuXy - both are needed, both have points for and against. I preferred making what you called 'artwork' as pattern is less discerning toward the UV issues. However I did make the Ziggy pattern in which case a lot of time was spent building up an interesting composition, then I applied it across many skins which I felt did not suffer to badly with the UV issues. I then furthered the offering later on with a few colour variants, one of which was successful.

Hey I am curious on whether it makes more sense to create pattern based skins or artwork skins when it comes to valve accepting them. Pattern based skins ofcourse allow you to create a lot more from one pattern since it can be applied on all guns and have different colored versions. However I would like to know what your experience is?

Pls create "AK-47 Evil Daimyo"

swag nation

@X(D_D)ADDY - Everything you need can be found here

bro can you add me on discord
i want to learn how to make skins from you
PLS

H🅾T🅼eSS - I personally am not looking to collab... no harm in asking around.

would anyone like to do a collab

OK, thanks for the answer.

@Швеция | Оцени мен - Photoshop CS6, Illustrator CS6, For 3D stuff I use an old version of Cinema 4D R13. I have Quixel Suite 2 and Substance Painter but I've not really got into those yet.

I'm wondering which software you use to make your skins?

please make AK 47 Evil Daimyo

@ 𝙇𝙪✘𝙮 - yes, various applications allow you to project an image onto a gun then bake it to the UVs. If you go to here there is a page full of FAQs about workshop skins... see the section: 'Is there an easier way to apply art onto a gun?/ What is this projection I've heard of?'

Also as a new workshopper this guide might be helpful: here [overpay.guide]

Personally I use a very old version of Cinema 4D to camera map onto a weapon, but there are much better software solutions for this more catered to skin design.

I am kinda new to this skin designing thing, and i am currently working on a p250 skin. I noticed that when you made the Glock-18 Weasel you had a drawing of it before it was put on the gun. Is there a way of putting a picture on the model itself instead of drawing it onto the UV sheet? Since i have already drawn it to match the size of the p250. Thanks

An AK-47 | SWAG-47 is the skin the community needs 🙏🙏

I love your Rekt and Firestarter stickers

Only debil will not take this SWAG-7

@BaM-✖ cs.money - probably not. I like to tie ideas to weapons where possible: the P90 was specifically chosen because it fires them out haphazardly like a swarm.

is there any chance of A SWARM p250?

♥♥♥♥♥♥, крутые скины

@QuestionablePlayer - very weird!

I love your swag7 design and somehow it got attached to other weapons, take a look: https://five.seafn.eu.org/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1439437470 I tought you may find it interesting.

Fricken amazing skins honey!

Do you make wallpapers? Would be cool to see one based on these dragon skins.

Thx for the reply. Yeah - need to come up with a stellar skin to get noticed - so many fantastic ones published all the time. Helps if you already have an accepted skin too I guess. Pretty much only have a 24 hour window to show up as it appears that the "Popular" and "Most Recent" pages reset every 24 hours at midnight GMT. After this if you only get a few views you are gone - need consistent views over a few days to stay on the front page.
Realised that the chance of getting picked is lottery odds sized - now I just make skins that amuse me and hope others get some enjoyment from them.
GL HF.

@Green Guppy - thanks!
I get low views on submissions too -- I'm not sure how some take off. I'd guess the really high view counts are caused by a combination of the following: a high volume of positive ratings (90%+ ?); appearing in users activity feeds from rating and favouriting; getting to the top of the workshop so that it is seen from the games library front page must help. The workshop voting queue must also play a part but I'm not sure how that works ...I'm totally guessing here. Why one submission takes off and another flounders is a mystery to me. I just post, then watch them sink or swim.
My advice: dont sweat the stats too much, the stats are useful for evaluating an audiences receptiveness to a given product, however your best bet is to just focus on what you have control of -- making each submission as good as it can be.

Hey,

Fairly new to this weapon skinning stuff: your work blows me away. Going back through it, I really like the M4A4 | Modular [MK I] - it's very "clean" and suits the M4A4 which looks a difficult weapon to skin in a lot of detail. How on earth do you get 40-60K views for some of your work? I'm lucky to get 500-600 before my stuff sinks into the abyss - maybe I should change my name to HoneyGuppy
Looking forward to your next creation.
Peace to you and you family.

@Gardwind - much appreciated, thank you!

@The Honey Badger, amazing work my friend, i am a big fan of everthing you have made and just wwanted to voice my support for yu and hope that your skins get accepted in the game. You bring a lot to the skin community of the game, carry on the good work and best of luck!