Using Minecraft SkinEdit to boost your art skills

For those of you who play Minecraft, you might recognize the outside tool known as SkinEdit. For those of you who don't recognize it, or just don't play the game, let me take a moment to explain. SkinEdit is a downloadable program that allows you to create custom looks, or 'skins' for your Minecraft character, in other words...it lets you customize your looks, and once applied in the game launcher, allows you to look like that in-game.

So why am I talking about that, when the title of the post says you can use it to 'boost your art skills' well, because you can! Here's a screen shot of an in progress skin, as well as the character I'm basing it off of.

 

So; by using this tool you can raise your ability to notice smaller details, as well as gain better hand/mouse or hand/stylus control!

Even if you don't play Minecraft, you should still download SkinEdit, and start practicing using it.  Try making your favorite character from your favorite cartoon!

What sort of skins have you made? Do you have any pictures you could share?