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Overview

Skin files are 32-bit RGBA formatted in a 2:1 ratio. Each side of the image must be divisible by 4 pixels.

Create a skin

To create a skin, you'll need the appropriate software before you begin. It's advised to use a vector graphics image editor, as they produce clean exports and are easy to edit. Some popular choices are:

Inkscape (free, open-source, and the choice of this tutorial)
Adobe Illustrator
Affinity Designer

Next, it's time to start making your skin. It's easiest to start from a pre-existing skin, or a template file. This GitHub repo contains many .svg remakes of popular skins. Let's take a look at the default skin .svg:

As we can see, each body part has a corresponding black shadow version.

The black shadow of each body part is the outline used in the tee as a whole.

Make sure these share the same shape as each body part, but with a larger stroke size.

Body Parts Rendering order

TODO: verify this is correct

Hand outline
Hand
Back feet outline
Body outline
Front feet outline
Back feet
Body
Left eye
Right eye
Front Feet

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 '''''Skin''''' files are 32-bit RGBA formatted in a 2:1 ratio. Each side of the image must be divisible by 4 pixels.
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 To create a skin, you'll need the appropriate software before you begin. It's advised to use a vector graphics image editor, as they produce clean exports and are easy to edit. Some popular choices are:
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 * [https://inkscape.org/ Inkscape] (free, open-source, and the choice of this tutorial)
 * [https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html Adobe Illustrator]
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 Next, it's time to start making your skin. It's easiest to start from a pre-existing skin, or a template file. [https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet-data-svg/tree/main/skins This GitHub repo] contains many .svg remakes of popular skins. Let's take a look at the default skin .svg:
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 As we can see, each body part has a corresponding black shadow version.
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 The black shadow of each body part is the outline used in the tee as a whole.
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 Make sure these share the same shape as each body part, but with a larger stroke size.
+==Body Parts Rendering order== <!--T:11-->
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+# Hand outline
+# Hand
+# Back feet outline
+# Body outline
+# Front feet outline
+# Back feet
+# Body
+# Left eye
+# Right eye
+# Front Feet
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