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- _ _ _ _ ______HELLO KITTY______ _ _ _ _
-
- by Lawrence Wong
-
- especially for Amy Wong
-
- Version 1.0 - September 09, 1999
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-
- -A WORD ON ORIGINALITY-
-
-
- When I first released a preview version of "Hello
- Killy" two weeks ago, it was because my girl friend
- Amy lives Hello kitty very much and I was incredibly
- frustrated with my progress; I'd spent a long time
- trying to work through some tough spots within the
- design. It's only my second skin, and is much more
- complex than my previous one. I'd hoped that I
- hadn't been kidding myself by continuing work on it.
- I wanted some feedback so I could decide whether
- seeing it through to completion was worthwhile.
-
- For that reason, I posted it at skinz.org.
-
- Within a day or two, it had already been downloaded
- 100 times, and the comments were very positive. I'd
- worked really hard at what I had, and I now felt
- really good about it. Immediately, I started
- plugging away at the remainder of the skin.
-
- I regularly check (read: daily) skinz.org and
- customize.org to see what other folks are
- doing and see what kind of ideas they're working
- with. Everybody brings something unique to the
- table... it's just not always theirs.
-
- Not only had this person taken all of my graphics,
- but the sleaze stole my damned name!
-
- I wrote the administrators of customize.org, but
- never received a reply. Today, they posted it to
- the actual Winamp skins section. Thanks to
- Mr. Burns, on that site people are beginning to find
- out what happened.
-
- I don't really know what to do about it; I worked
- damned hard on this skin, making every detail exactly
- as I wanted it to be. Nonetheless, here was a skin
- bearing my name, and featuring my artwork, though not
- quite, and it completely compromised the skin.. Is
- there anything I can do? Is all my hard work justified
- if, days after a post, some random dope takes it all
- and calls it his? I'm just not sure.
-
- For me, skinning is a hobby. I like doing it. It's also
- a learning thing; I become better with my tools and learn
- what mistakes not to make next time. I don't want
- sharing my work with all of you to be one of those
- mistakes.
-
- -Lawrence Wong
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-
- -CONTACT-
-
- If you have any sort of feedback (and believe me,
- it's all appreciated), drop me a line. You can
- reach me at...
- Ahlimosa@home.com
-
- If you wish, check out my homepage. Dig it at...
- http://underworld.fortunecity.com/defender/165/
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