The Skindex (offers a seemingly endless library of user-generated skins and layers. It’d take too long to go through all the places you can find them, so we’ll just tell you about the two best sources of Minecraft skins. There are literally millions of Minecraft skins out there, pre-made and ready to download. In their base form, they’re saved as tiny PNG files and look a bit like flat pack paper figures that you fold in certain ways to give them their 3D physical form. Minecraft skins are like digital wraps that completely cover your Minecraft character. Don’t worry though, you don’t have to be normal, if you don’t want to be. They’re pretty basic, offering pixelated representations of a couple of normal-looking people. There are two default skins, “Steve” and “Alex”. When you’re playing Minecraft, you can look at yourself at any moment, simply by pressing the F5 key.
