This skin is extremely derpy. If I had to sum it up in one phrase, that would certainly be it. But it is derpy in an adorable way. Meet Kumon, a skin by Disnowball, which is technically a fan skin considering that it was made based on the logo of Kumon, a mathematics and reading center for children. Yeah… Still not the weirdest “fan” skin I’ve seen.
You may be wondering what the Kumon logo looks like. Don’t be surprised – this skin’s face is basically a direct representation of it:
I can see why Disnowball decided to make a skin of the logo, it is actually sort of cute by itself. I’m not entirely sure it accurately describes what the company is about, but that’s a discussion for another day.
Let us get some distance from the logo and talk only about the skin. I am always commenting about the dimensionality of skins – I’d like to take a moment to clear up that this does not necessarily mean “realistic”. The shading on this skin’s head shows excellent dimensionality – it certainly looks rounded, despite being a cube.
The shading on the rest of the model is decent as well, but I feel that some parts received too much unnecessary shading. On the back of the model, its shoulders are extremely pronounced – this would only happen to a very skin or large-boned person wearing tight clothing or something made of loose fabric. The great texture on this model makes the coat look like leather, which is not very flexible.
Aside from that minor gripe, I love this skin. It is simple and yet at the same time detailed due to its textured appearance. Kumon (the skin) is awarded nine out of ten reading comprehension exams.
Installing the Skin
For online play, skins can be installed by simply uploading the file to your profile on Minecraft.net. Skins posted on certain websites can be uploaded directly from their page, including this one; click on the button on the right-hand side labeled “change my skin” to be taken directly to the appropriate page.
For offline play only, the process is similar to installing mods:
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Download the skin’s .png file;
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Hold Windows key and press R to bring up the Run… dialog, or go to Start > Run.
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Type %appdata% and press enter, then navigate to roaming/.minecraft/versions.
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Open the folder containing the version you use for offline play and view the .jar file using WinRAR.
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Create a backup of the meta.inf file contained inside the .jar and store it in a separate folder.
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Navigate within the .jar file to assets/minecraft/textures/entity.
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Rename the image file titled “steve” to anything else (such as steve_backup).
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Change the name of your skin’s .png file to steve.png and insert it here.
Remember to keep your meta.inf and original steve texture backed up somewhere just in case.
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