i am trying to find some basic skins to start working with. i think they are called skins, the pictures that look like something from texas chainsaw massacre.

Like a texture for a model? I have no idea what you're asking for here :P

artists corner, thought this is where it should go :P

In gamer circles, a "skin" is generally something you paint onto a model to make it look different. Paint white onto a desert commando, and presto! you have a winter commando. Technically, this paint is a "texture" or a "texture set."

In game development, though, "skinning" generally refers to the process by which a 3D mesh is built and animated (using "skin and bones"). Thus, "skin" is too ambiguous, and is not generally used as a term. When it's used, it might just as well mean the mesh, rather than the textures. (It may also mean what the GUI looks like. Very overloaded term).

So, when you ask for a "skin," it sounds like you're asking for a 3D model. However, that's not enough -- you really need the model, some textures to go with it, and some animations to move it. Plus, of course, the code to make it all work :-) You also mention the Texas Chainsaw Massacre -- does this mean that you'd like to find 3d models, textures and animations to make figures that look like the TCM?

Another option is that you're asking for sprites and tiles. A "sprite" is a 2D texture which is designed to be used in a 2D game. Think Pokemon on the GBA, or Street Fighter II. The things that move there are called "sprites." The backgrounds are generally made by "tiles," so called because they have drawings of bits and pieces (grass, fences, trees, etc) that are put together to make a background, similar to how ceramic tiles may be put together to make a mosaic.

Without a lot more information of what it is you want to do, what you already know and have, and what you don't know or have, we can't help you more. However, I suggest you click the "Education" menu at the top, and read up a bit on the various introductory links there before you come back and ask again; just learning the language will help you describe what it is you really want, and thus it will help us help you.

i looked for a while yesterday for the correct term, and i came up with nothing.

Do you already have a model?  Textures can't be directly interchanged between different models unless their UVW maps are identically applied, and even then this isn't normal practice.  Normally you create a model, apply mapping coordinates, and create a 2D texture set to apply using those coordinates.  There is no universal texture set that works with all models.

after some search i found this:

Arik Rinberg:

this is the kind of thing i am looking for. if anyone can help. i am not looking to make it work with all models, but for some of these type tetures so i can create models to work with them.

You're doing it backwards.  You need to create the models first.  Yes, it'd be possible to model something to fit that texture, but it'd be very difficult to create with an optimal polygon count.

If you insist on trying to model based on an existing texture, you'll probably find a wealth of textures in the Unreal/Quake/HalfLife/etc. mod communities.  Keep in mind, all of those textures were made to fit an existing model, and very little of the texture is wasted, so you won't have a lot of room to do a clean map job.  The only advice I can give, assuming you wish to use an existing texture, is create the model first, unwrap it, and try to fit the pieces to the texture.  Again, it's a backwards way of doing it, but good luck.

ok thanks for this information. :D

Arik Rinberg:

artists corner, thought this is where it should go :P

where should oi put it?

Hehe, I wasn't saying it doesn't belong in this forum, I was saying I didn't understand your question. :P