Version 1.3.1
Last updated on June 11th, 2014

Aesthetic aims to combine a minimalist approach of few distractions
with a clean yet colorful and visually appealing design.

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When I started playing osu! a few months ago and decided to look around for some skins, I was both surprised and disappointed that a vast majority of those d as simple or minimalist didn't meet my idea of such a skin at all. Even now, I can count the number of really clean skins I've seen on one hand. When I started working on this, I knew none.

My goal was to create a skin for myself and those who are interested in using it. A tight skin optimized for playing that still manages to look pretty. No shadows, reflections or other effects that make the circles look fancier, just a plain and flat theme.

I've been working on this skin off and on during the last few months, adding on and improving step by step. Right now, it's pretty much complete for osu! standard mode, although there are a few things here and there that may need tweaking. I plan to expand this skin for all modes in the future, but I'd like to take my time to familiarize myself with the gameplay and come up with some ideas first.


If you decide to give this skin a try, thanks! I hope you enjoy it.

All is welcome, I'm happy to find new ways to improve this skin.

cool skin, I like it

I don't usually post on the forums, however the skin caught my eye. It is really well done. Just played a map, and it is really easy to play with. Took me a few seconds to get use to since it was a bit more busy than skins I use. The design of each element matched really well. The only thing I didn't like was the pause screen. The pause in the background was too much of a distraction for me and didn't seem to fit. Since you said that standard is pretty much complete, I would suggest an optional hitcircle with a transparent middle like this. Also suggest a background for ranking graph.

very nice skin, i love the lifebar

Just tested it and already lovin' it, I'm just kinda used to the Default one but this one is really smooth to play with

Hi, I really like this skin especially for the default numbers as it is easy to read. ^^ Hope to see more skins from you in the future. ^^

Very nice and smooth skin, the cursor and numbers are really awesome, and I like those little hints like "press space to skip"

Oh man, this is neat. I really like the cursor and the ranking .

This skin looks neat... gonna It for sure ^^

wow.
I have to say, skin is cleaner than most skins i have ever seen.
Great job! :>

Just awesome.

This skin is /extremely/ beautiful. The only thing is that the hitsounds could be a bit louder, and this would be perfect.

just ♥

This looks really slick, I'll make sure to try it out.

Thanks to everyone for the nice words and !

The first update is here. It may be a small one, but there's some new hitcircles to test, let me know which one you like best!
Some of the issues you addressed aren't fixed yet, which I will hopefully take care of soon.

Uruoki wrote: o5b5i

I don't usually post on the forums, however the skin caught my eye. It is really well done. Just played a map, and it is really easy to play with. Took me a few seconds to get use to since it was a bit more busy than skins I use. The design of each element matched really well. The only thing I didn't like was the pause screen. The pause in the background was too much of a distraction for me and didn't seem to fit. Since you said that standard is pretty much complete, I would suggest an optional hitcircle with a transparent middle like this. Also suggest a background for ranking graph.

Thanks! That means a lot. Seeing that you created a skin in much the same spirit and how well it was received was a good motivation to finish this one.
I tested your hitcircle idea for a while and I ended up liking it a lot. I included it along with a completely transparent hitcircle in this update, so it should appeal to more players with different preferences. I also put finding a possible replacement for the pause screen on my to do list. Can you elaborate on how exactly it feels distracting or unfitting? Thanks a lot for the suggestions!

Pannari wrote: 242i2s

This skin is /extremely/ beautiful. The only thing is that the hitsounds could be a bit louder, and this would be perfect.

You might be right - I put this on my list too, so I'll have a look the hitsounds and see which need a bit of a boost and/or improvement. Thank you again!

Noobsicle wrote: 4d3b18

very nice skin, i love the lifebar

Might be my favourite part, too.

nice skin!

I took some time today to a HD preview video that shows off gameplay with the three different hitcircles and some ingame screens.

It should help viewers get a quick impression of the skin in action. I hope you enjoy!

I haven't tried out this skin but I have to say I really like your mod icons!

wow this skin looks extremely good.

Damn it's so nice.

finally people are realizing playability is better then cute and kawaii shit

Outstanding.

Redon wrote: 6g5w6i

Can you elaborate on how exactly it feels distracting or unfitting? Thanks a lot for the suggestions!

If you are playing and you pause in the middle of the song, you may have 4 things overlap.

Hitcircles, the "PAUSE" in the background, the "| |" also in the background and the "Continue", "Retry" and "Back to Menu" options.

To me, four things overlapping is too busy for me.

Hope that clear things up.

Also, if you did make the transparent hitcircles, make sure you made the reverse arrow to match it.

Keep up the good job.

HandHeldPillow wrote: 3v1vk

finally people are realizing playability is better then cute and kawaii shit

totally agree! This is the best skin I've ever seen!
Goooood job~

Hi there. Thanks for such a wonderful skin. I was searching for one for ages and so I came upon this.
I feel as if osu just got so much easier. Thanks! c:

A very nicely done simple and clean skin. Wonderful job.

Also, this just my opinion,the sounds don't quite have the sort of power to it hit sound, if you get what I mean.

&how about adding a baby blue color? To kinda add to the pastel coloring.

Nice skin ! Approaching perfection :°

Just to let you know, the OSK file packs a folder inside a folder. So you have to drag the folder out and replace it. http://a.pomf.se/fixwxu.png

Thank you for the compliments and ! Here's another little update. It includes reworked hitsounds, which I hope are more audible and provide better while playing.

There is a new large cursor alternative, as requested by Piku201. I tried to make it feel a bit like the default cursor, I hope it worked out. If you have any suggestions, let me know.

As a third thing, I added an animated followpoint based on Uruoki's concept in Luminance. It's essentially the same line followpoint, but animated to fade out quickly, which gives it a nice visual effect of moving from circle to circle, and reduces the amount of lines that clutter the playfield. Personally, I found that followpoint amazing from the first moment - it helped me with jumps, and I now find the lines a lot less distracting than they were before.

I hope that everything works fine, if you find any issues or have some suggestions, let me know.

Uruoki wrote: o5b5i

If you are playing and you pause in the middle of the song, you may have 4 things overlap.
Hitcircles, the "PAUSE" in the background, the "| |" also in the background and the "Continue", "Retry" and "Back to Menu" options.
To me, four things overlapping is too busy for me.
Hope that clear things up.

Also, if you did make the transparent hitcircles, make sure you made the reverse arrow to match it.

Keep up the good job.

I suppose I can see where you're coming from, though I don't consider it as much of a problem as long as the menu options stand out. I'm afraid I can't come up with a satisfying alternative at the moment so I'll keep the current screens until that changes. I did think of the reverse arrow, thank you for the tip.

Uruoki wrote: o5b5i

Just to let you know, the OSK file packs a folder inside a folder. So you have to drag the folder out and replace it. http://a.pomf.se/fixwxu.png

Ah, that's inconvenient... I wonder where exactly the problem lies. At first, I thought it might be because I renamed .osk file, though I when I did the same thing again it worked fine. I got the impression that osu starts acting up like that when you leave an unopened .osk or .zip file in the Skin folder? Anyway, this time I ed the update the same way as the original . It's probably a good idea to remove the old skin beforehand. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

Joe Joe-kun wrote: 85z6s

A very nicely done simple and clean skin. Wonderful job.

Also, this just my opinion,the sounds don't quite have the sort of power to it hit sound, if you get what I mean.

&how about adding a baby blue color? To kinda add to the pastel coloring.

Thanks! I do hope I get what you mean. The main hitsounds were intentionally chosen to be 'clicky' with the idea of providing precise audible . I agree though that they didn't do that as well as they could, so I changed up the hitsounds a little bit for this update - Although they're still roughly the same, there should be more of a punch to the hitnormals in the normal and soft sound set. If everything went well, they should also be a bit louder. Let me know whether it was an improvement!

If what you meant was that they don't resemble a drum-like soundset like the osu default, I hope you understand why that's not the case. I suppose I could consider adding an alternative set of sound samples that's less clicky and resembles the original sounds more.

The color idea is interesting! However, I wasn't too happy with the result when I gave it a try ingame - perhaps it's because a baby blue color is a bigger step from the current range of colors, which are just 50° apart each? I honestly thought that going the other way in the color spectrum fit really well, so I decided to go with an additional hue of purple. I realized afterwards that I had kind of set that one up for me already with the color scheme of the song selection menu buttons!
I think I will experiment with different combo color palettes, and maybe provide some alternatives in a future update. Thanks for the !

This is the most sexiest sleekish skin I have ever seen. Props to you @Redon
P.S. Any. rough draft on how CTB. going to be?

This skin is really awesome . I'm using it right now *-*

Hey! I really love your skin, thanks for making it.

Is there a possibility that you can skin the keys (input-keybackground and input-keyoverlay iirc) if possible? They're missing and they're pretty handy when you're streaming or make videos.

Also, the "UNRANKED" text (I can't recall its exact name, is clipping with the scorebar-ki as in [img=osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/ss/1405879]this image[/img]. My proposed fix is to make a small empty space above the image so the position is lower.

Anyways, I switched to your skin, from one I made myself. Thanks for making it, and I hope to see your newer work, and hopefully I've given useful !

Redon wrote: 6g5w6i

Thanks! I do hope I get what you mean. The main hitsounds were intentionally chosen to be 'clicky' with the idea of providing precise audible . I agree though that they didn't do that as well as they could, so I changed up the hitsounds a little bit for this update - Although they're still roughly the same, there should be more of a punch to the hitnormals in the normal and soft sound set. If everything went well, they should also be a bit louder. Let me know whether it was an improvement!

If what you meant was that they don't resemble a drum-like soundset like the osu default, I hope you understand why that's not the case. I suppose I could consider adding an alternative set of sound samples that's less clicky and resembles the original sounds more.

The color idea is interesting! However, I wasn't too happy with the result when I gave it a try ingame - perhaps it's because a baby blue color is a bigger step from the current range of colors, which are just 50° apart each? I honestly thought that going the other way in the color spectrum fit really well, so I decided to go with an additional hue of purple. I realized afterwards that I had kind of set that one up for me already with the color scheme of the song selection menu buttons!
I think I will experiment with different combo color palettes, and maybe provide some alternatives in a future update. Thanks for the !

Yes, I was talking about your hit sounds, not the default, sorry for not being clear, also I've tried out the 1.1v and Ahhh nice to see a improvement on the sounds.

Still feels a bit quiet, but that's probably just me, anywho nice job!

And now to the coloring, I completely understand, the differentiation between colors may not seem right to you, I appreciate the consideration, and hmmm alternatives with different palettes does seem like a neat idea, would like to see that brought to light. Again really clean and neat skin, keep up the awesome job!

Don wrote: n2g4k

Hey! I really love your skin, thanks for making it.

Is there a possibility that you can skin the keys (input-keybackground and input-keyoverlay iirc) if possible? They're missing and they're pretty handy when you're streaming or make videos.

Also, the "UNRANKED" text (I can't recall its exact name, is clipping with the scorebar-ki as in [img=osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/ss/1405879]this image[/img]. My proposed fix is to make a small empty space above the image so the position is lower.

Anyways, I switched to your skin, from one I made myself. Thanks for making it, and I hope to see your newer work, and hopefully I've given useful !

I had actually skinned these key overlays already, but it seems like I forgot to include them in the folder I ed... my bad. Thanks for pointing it out, I wouldn't have noticed! I snuck them into the just now.

You're also right about the 'Unranked' image, I hadn't even paid attention to that. It could be a bit prettier. I could just shift it down like you suggested, but it would have to get pretty far into the playfield without overlapping with the scrolling text. I have some other ideas for it, I'll have to see if they're possible.

Sulker wrote: 6y534v

This is the most sexiest sleekish skin I have ever seen. Props to you @Redon
P.S. Any. rough draft on how CTB. going to be?

To be completely honest, there isn't, and I have no clue. I'm about as inexperienced as it gets when it comes to Catch the Beat - I can operate arrowkeys, and I recently discovered what the Shift key does. And unlike Taiko and mania, I can't seem to really understand the appeal of the mode, either.

Even so, I'm interested in creating a CTB part for this skin, but it's very difficult to tell what makes a CTB skin good without any experience with the mode. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions!

Joe Joe-kun wrote: 85z6s

Yes, I was talking about your hit sounds, not the default, sorry for not being clear, also I've tried out the 1.1v and Ahhh nice to see a improvement on the sounds.

Still feels a bit quiet, but that's probably just me, anywho nice job!

Is it any particular sounds that should be louder or quieter compared to others, or just the sounds in general? If it's the latter, you could try lowering your music volume in the settings a little.

XinCrin wrote: 252i24

This skin is really awesome . I'm using it right now *-*

I'm glad to hear you like it!

I can't it for no reason. Any mirror link?

I can feel that it's tasty

Saturnalize wrote: v4b1m

I can't it for no reason. Any mirror link?

I can feel that it's tasty

The links seem to work for me - can you try this one instead?

http://puu.sh/7svt9.osk

This skin is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for making it, Redon!

Awesome skin Redon, have been looking for a skin like this for a while!

It's extremely detailed and everything is customly made. I truly love it.
You're good at what you do and I give you props for it. Thank you for sharing this skin.

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I've been searching for this type of skin. Now I'm loving it~ Keep up the good work~

Love the skin! Great job

Have you thought about adding menu snow? Just curious.

Fantastic job sir, I'm using this from now on

Seriously, when I fail the beatmap this voice will come out "YOU SUCK!" You should really change that

I'm waiting for taiko skin .

Love it, thanks for making this!

Love this skin to pieces! Really clean and simple but still looks awesome!

This is perhaps one of the most cohesive skins I've come across, I can't find anything out of place about it. Thank you for this.

Tuxdude143 wrote: 4s5z5b

Love this skin to pieces! Really clean and simple but still looks awesome!

Same response. At skin creator, do you have any plans skinning the other modes?

I love the skin you made, one of the best skins I've seen so far.
Also about the newest update, the files you posted doesn't seem to work on mine. Could you recheck the files again? (I've tried both the .osk and .zip twice. Still won't work.) Though this problem may just be happening on mine for some reason. I'll try again though.

Another little update on existing stuff. I first ed these changes a few days ago, but I've had to fix some transparency mistakes on the new score numbers since.

One of my goals is to make sure this skin blends in well with the hard coded visual elements, so this update is mainly meant to adapt to the new osu! font. And then there's some visual tweaks on top of that.

All elements that contain some text have had their font changed, namely the mod icons, the selection menu and back button, the pause/fail menus, the ranking and the skip button.

Along with that, there's some new ranking icons. I've never liked the old icons too much, so it's a welcome change to me - I hope you think the same.

I've tweaked the hitcircles to make them look a little less bright and saturated, both with the default and map specific combo colors. Plus, it turns out I liked Joe Joe-kun's suggestion more than I initially thought - I adjusted the existing hues a little, added a blue color and tried to give the hitcircles a bit of a pastel look. Thanks!

Oh, and I updated the video, too.

As always, let me know if you have any ideas and suggestions!

BoredPotato wrote: a6w3c

I love the skin you made, one of the best skins I've seen so far.
Also about the newest update, the files you posted doesn't seem to work on mine. Could you recheck the files again? (I've tried both the .osk and .zip twice. Still won't work.) Though this problem may just be happening on mine for some reason. I'll try again though.

What are you having trouble with specifically? Are the links not working for you, or is there a problem with installing them?

XinCrin wrote: 252i24

I'm waiting for taiko skin .

Nathanael wrote: 3h6921

At skin creator, do you have any plans skinning the other modes?

Soon™. I'm working on it. Sometimes. No really, it's coming along very slowly.

I'm unsure at the moment if I want to make a Taiko skin that's loosely based on the authentic skin, or something completely new, because I like the former quite a lot. If you have any wishes, let me know.

CharmCaster wrote: 5gd5c

Seriously, when I fail the beatmap this voice will come out "YOU SUCK!" You should really change that

Stop failing. Look, I even have an alternative for you.

Hineya wrote: a4v1t

Love the skin! Great job

Have you thought about adding menu snow? Just curious.

I'd completely forgotten that element even exists, I had the snow turned off for some reason. I'm using the hp ki for now, if I come up with something better, I'll replace it later. Thanks for reminding me!

Redon wrote: 6g5w6i

BoredPotato wrote: a6w3c

I love the skin you made, one of the best skins I've seen so far.
Also about the newest update, the files you posted doesn't seem to work on mine. Could you recheck the files again? (I've tried both the .osk and .zip twice. Still won't work.) Though this problem may just be happening on mine for some reason. I'll try again though.

What are you having trouble with specifically? Are the links not working for you, or is there a problem with installing them?

When I try to unzip the .zip file, it has an error that says 'unexpected end of archive.' When I try the .osk file, it says that it can't import your skin. I'll try ing it again just to make sure though.

To be honest when I heard that "You suck!" thing for the first time I completely forgot about failing the map and just fell over laughing! Just hilarious!

nice

BoredPotato wrote: a6w3c

When I try to unzip the .zip file, it has an error that says 'unexpected end of archive.' When I try the .osk file, it says that it can't import your skin. I'll try ing it again just to make sure though.

^^Nevermind that. I was able to fix it.

This skin is AMAZING. I combined it with the colors from Uruoki's Luminance and it looks and feels amazing while being easy on the eyes. Thanks so much for this.

Waiting for osu!mania, Taiko doesn't even need to be skinned, default Taiko is okay.

BoredPotato wrote: a6w3c

I love the skin you made, one of the best skins I've seen so far.
Also about the newest update, the files you posted doesn't seem to work on mine. Could you recheck the files again? (I've tried both the .osk and .zip twice. Still won't work.) Though this problem may just be happening on mine for some reason. I'll try again though.

When I try to unzip the .zip file, it has an error that says 'unexpected end of archive.' When I try the .osk file, it says that it can't import your skin. I'll try ing it again just to make sure though.

(too late for an answer, but oh well) Simple, you're experiencing internet connection problems. You're from the PH and I assume your ISP is "PLDT". They're having problems at the moment.

The problem was solved for me by using a Manager.

Love it!

I absolutely love everything about this skin. The hit-sounds are perfect, the cursor is easily track-able, the notes are great for reading, and best of all the skin looks professional. This is, in my opinion, the best skin to come out of the skinning sub-forum.

Perfect skin!

Just the kind of skin I need. Not too much going on, but colorful enough so that I can follow it and keep interest.

Literally the best skin hands down.

<3 nice skin >w<

This skin is awesome
what font was used to score ?

Love that skin ! Thanks for your work !

Been busy trying to increase rank, and I come back to see the skin updated and OMG

I'm honored & thankful that you took my suggestion about the baby blue color to the hitcirlces, it's cool seeing an idea come to life.

Love this skin, and please continue this great work of yours!!

Sick hitsounds, seriously.

SOOOOO GREAT

I REALLY LIKE IT！

Aesthetic is an exceptionally nice skin .

Simple, clean and cool, GJ

Going to post here again because these hitsounds are godmode, I don't know what kind of sacred power they've been infused with but I've never been this accurate ever before.

Azer wrote: 3c3a3d

Going to post here again because these hitsounds are godmode, I don't know what kind of sacred power they've been infused with but I've never been this accurate ever before.

you are the reason why I read this post again XD. I am changing my hitsounds

Edit: Apparently, the hitsounds didn't go well with my skin

This skin is probably the single best skin ever made anywhere.

awesome, thx for share this

This is one of the best skin i've seen

Just the edge I need. Thank you for making this skin, Redon.

Good Skin