My skinning site story is funny, really (this is long and unnecessary, so feel free to skip this post). I started in Litestep 9 years ago, and I was a HUGE skinz.org surfer. In fact, I remember Koasati when he was a n00b there. I even started my own wallpaper website for a while, but everyone hated me for it, since it was just a skinz.org rip off (I was only 19 then and very unoriginal). Hell it was even named wallpaperz.org. It doesn't get worse than that. After a while, I lost interest in skinning altogether, only to come back to it thanks to Vista. Ha ha! I had been programming my own Litestep themes for all those years, never on any sites until my girlfriend opened her laptop. I realized how amateur my Litestep looked, so I started hunting for new Litestep themes (which I ended up just programming myself). After I finally got what I wanted, I decided I wanted Windowblinds to complete the package. Bam! Here I am! I was DEEPLY saddened to see how far downhill skinz.org had gone.

But, to answer your question, it's here and customize.org. I go to ls-universe.info, because those are the only people that answer Litestep questions, but I haven't downloaded a Litestep theme in 9 years. Once SKS 6 becomes free, I'll start making my own WB skins, and I won't download anything any more, and nobody will see me for another 9 years. ha ha

Wincustomize because it's the best.

I'll go to Lovely62 and Boss019 on Deviant to see what they are up to. Adni18 has a very nice set up, he is Adni18 after all. Skinartistry and Maxstyles. I like to see what the the Aston shell guys are up to also. Wish that Winstep had more people skinning it. Too many to list really but WC rules.

I agree with you about better art elsewhere. Though for me the better art can be found at Renderosity.com. DeviantArt pales into insignificance alongside the talent and variation found at Renderosity. The site is easier to navigate and quicker to load than DeviantArt. They did a flawless transition in a few hours. No bugs. Any transition of versions DA has ever made is always accompanied by bugs that are still being worked on when they switch to the latest version. Renderosity for efficiency is a breath of fresh air. No need to upload zip files...though you can if you choose. From a member viewpoint or an end user viewpoint Renderosity is a pleasure start to finish. Everything in sections and sub sections that are easy to find. Drop down menus that function and do not take an age to load or do not malfunction.ZBrush,Poser,Lightwave,Bryce,Daz,Photoshop,Photography,Cinema4...etc.....it is ALL there.