Use only one of the next suggestions at a time. Do not do all of this in one single skin, otherwise it will not work.

1) Make a gold weapon skin.
2) Use hexagons everywhere.
3) Red and black for everything.
4) Don't make a gold weapon skin
5) Copy a gun skin from another game and don't even try to hide it.
6) CAMO ON EVERYTHING, don't waste your time actually giving the mods their own gradients and patterns.
7) Make a gold weapon skin.
8) Use the default white color (From when you create a new skin) somewhere.
9) Lines EVERYWHERE <- Worked for me, 86% positive rating!!!
10) Grab a black weapon and make it blacker and more boring.
11) Le futuristic skin designs.
12) Don't bother taking pictures of your weapon skin with all the mods, just slap one pic with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ angle with no way to see how your weapon looks like under different conditions and lighting and rack some upvotes.
13) Use in-game assets like the Skulldozer's faceplate texture.

Originally posted by Rednavi:

Use only one of the next suggestions at a time. Do not do all of this in one single skin, otherwise it will not work.

1) Make a gold weapon skin.
2) Use hexagons everywhere.
3) Red and black for everything.
4) Don't make a gold weapon skin
5) Copy a gun skin from another game and don't even try to hide it.
6) CAMO ON EVERYTHING, don't waste your time actually giving the mods their own gradients and patterns.
7) Make a gold weapon skin.
8) Use the default white color (From when you create a new skin) somewhere.
9) Lines EVERYWHERE <- Worked for me, 86% positive rating!!!
10) Grab a black weapon and make it blacker and more boring.
11) Le futuristic skin designs.
12) Don't bother taking pictures of your weapon skin with all the mods, just slap one pic with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ angle with no way to see how your weapon looks like under different conditions and lighting and rack some upvotes.
13) Use in-game assets like the Skulldozer's faceplate texture.

10/10 Best tips ever

Damn, I forgot to add an extra tip: "Rip off CSGO asimov skins".How could I forget such important point?

Originally posted by Rednavi:

Damn, I forgot to add an extra tip: "Rip off CSGO asimov skins".How could I forget such important point?

You also forgot to add the Crimson Web :D

Originally posted by Rednavi:

Use only one of the next suggestions at a time. Do not do all of this in one single skin, otherwise it will not work.

1) Make a gold weapon skin.
2) Use hexagons everywhere.
3) Red and black for everything.
4) Don't make a gold weapon skin
5) Copy a gun skin from another game and don't even try to hide it.
6) CAMO ON EVERYTHING, don't waste your time actually giving the mods their own gradients and patterns.
7) Make a gold weapon skin.
8) Use the default white color (From when you create a new skin) somewhere.
9) Lines EVERYWHERE <- Worked for me, 86% positive rating!!!
10) Grab a black weapon and make it blacker and more boring.
11) Le futuristic skin designs.
12) Don't bother taking pictures of your weapon skin with all the mods, just slap one pic with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ angle with no way to see how your weapon looks like under different conditions and lighting and rack some upvotes.
13) Use in-game assets like the Skulldozer's faceplate texture.

I kinda feel bad now... :,c

Originally posted by DerSushy.exe:

Originally posted by Rednavi:

Use only one of the next suggestions at a time. Do not do all of this in one single skin, otherwise it will not work.

1) Make a gold weapon skin.
2) Use hexagons everywhere.
3) Red and black for everything.
4) Don't make a gold weapon skin
5) Copy a gun skin from another game and don't even try to hide it.
6) CAMO ON EVERYTHING, don't waste your time actually giving the mods their own gradients and patterns.
7) Make a gold weapon skin.
8) Use the default white color (From when you create a new skin) somewhere.
9) Lines EVERYWHERE <- Worked for me, 86% positive rating!!!
10) Grab a black weapon and make it blacker and more boring.
11) Le futuristic skin designs.
12) Don't bother taking pictures of your weapon skin with all the mods, just slap one pic with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ angle with no way to see how your weapon looks like under different conditions and lighting and rack some upvotes.
13) Use in-game assets like the Skulldozer's faceplate texture.

I kinda feel bad now... :,c

Hey, he did ask for tips to get upvotes, right? What's better than keeping the current top trends in mind?

At least you weren't the first one to use the skulldozer texture so no one can blame you for starting that trend

Originally posted by Rednavi:

Originally posted by DerSushy.exe:

I kinda feel bad now... :,c

Hey, he did ask for tips to get upvotes, right? What's better than keeping the current top trends in mind? :glitch:

At least you weren't the first one to use the skulldozer texture so no one can blame you for starting that trend

I think i'm done with the workshop,because the result it's always been the same.

Originally posted by NN$Burns:

I think i'm done with the workshop,because the result it's always been the same.

Sorry if anyone takes this as a Necro (its not) but from the looks of it the best way to get voted up skins is to be original, people dont like gold skins because there are so many? Make something not so shiny and a different color!
for example to completly avoid the gold trend I made a skin that looks like dirt (good dirt tho)
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=733136108

Also I dont suggest memes because those can become outdated very fast and no one will like them.

[NN$]Burns, I found the solution to your problem: Do not care about the upvotes, they ultimately do nothing. Just keep making skins, you'll eventually get better at it and get something into a safe, who knows.

Originally posted by Rednavi:

[NN$]Burns, I found the solution to your problem: Do not care about the upvotes, they ultimately do nothing. Just keep making skins, you'll eventually get better at it and get something into a safe, who knows.

Hmmm Okay then i will keep trying
But One Thing it's still bother me is that the creation that using a copyrighted material it's getting more vote's than the one that doesn't using copyrighted material and also OVK supposed to delete those creation that using a copyrighted material because it clearly violating one of the payday 2 workshop rules
Sorry For the bad english

Originally posted by Rex:

Originally posted by NN$Burns:

I think i'm done with the workshop,because the result it's always been the same.

Sorry if anyone takes this as a Necro (its not) but from the looks of it the best way to get voted up skins is to be original, people dont like gold skins because there are so many? Make something not so shiny and a different color!
for example to completly avoid the gold trend I made a skin that looks like dirt (good dirt tho)
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=733136108

Also I dont suggest memes because those can become outdated very fast and no one will like them.

Hmmm Okay But One thing that i don't understand is that how a amcar throwback has more value than the luck of the irish

Originally posted by NN$Burns:

But One Thing it's still bother me is that the creation that using a copyrighted material it's getting more vote's than the one that doesn't using copyrighted material and also OVK supposed to delete those creation that using a copyrighted material because it clearly violating one of the payday 2 workshop rules

What skin are you talking about exactly? Just post the link here.

Originally posted by Rednavi:

Originally posted by NN$Burns:

But One Thing it's still bother me is that the creation that using a copyrighted material it's getting more vote's than the one that doesn't using copyrighted material and also OVK supposed to delete those creation that using a copyrighted material because it clearly violating one of the payday 2 workshop rules

What skin are you talking about exactly? Just post the link here.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=728943159&searchtext=Killing+floor
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=728742693&searchtext=Asiimov
In my opinion the asiimov one it's a little bit rip off from the original because the creator doesn't make a new name for his creation

Just make good looking skins, use common sense, make attractive thumbnails, make your skin stand out from the rest, don't rush or half ass your work. Knowing stuff like design theory and composition will help too.

Eh, to be fair they're just inspired by certain concepts. I mean, the first gun doesn't really look like the actual gun but is just taking cues from it and the second gun is obviously inspired by the Asiimov skins but lacks the details an "finesse" a real Asiimov would, which kinda actually hurts that weapon skin in the long run.