Crash's Skins Shop -- A range of resources and tutorials on meshmaking and skinning from one of the best in the business, and a helpful forum.

The Wage of Sim -- All kinds of useful resources, including Sim file formats, changing default outfits, making skin sets, renaming files for Macintosh, and a guide to Maxis meshes.

Sims Toolbox -- Includes an explanation of the anatomy of a Sim, utility downloads, and animation information.

How to Make Your Own Skins -- Illustrated with a barwench shirt, skirt, and corset. Uses Photoshop. From the Cloth Menagerie.

Skin Tutorial -- Illustrated with a tube top and skirt outfit. Applicable to any graphics editor. From Groovy Sims.

Hanna Makes a Skin -- Illustrated with flared trousers and a halter top, showing an easy method to make versions for all three skin tones. Uses Photoshop. From SimSisters.

Skin Tutorial -- Illustrated with skirt, top, cardigan, necklace, and boots. Uses Photoshop. From Threnody.

Sims Skinning Tutorial -- Illustrated with Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four. Applicable to any graphics program. From DarkJared at the Skindex.

Skins Tutorial 1 -- Includes explanation of how to use SimShow, and how to change faces and hands. Uses Photoshop. From the Sims Resource.

Simple Skinning 101 -- A quick method for making skins for personal use. Uses PaintShop Pro. From Blue Nuku.

Hanna Makes a Head -- Illustrated with a girl's head, showing how to adapt for all three skin tones. Uses Photoshop. From SimSisters.

Face Tutorial -- Shows how to convert a photograph to a Sims head skin, using Voyager's Tom Paris as a model. Applicable to any graphics program. From DarkJared at the Skindex.

Face Tutorial ñ Making Faces from Scratch -- Uses Corel PhotoPaint, FaceLift, and SimShow. By Erynn-Elisabeth McGuigan of SimGoddesses.

FaceLift and FaceLift Gold -- Maxis programs for making new heads. Results sometimes look very odd but can be tweaked with BodyWarp.

TheSims Skins Tutorial -- Focuses on creating meshes for accessories and attachments, using a set of wings to illustrate. Includes hints for Milkshape 3D users. From Kelahn.

Tutorial -- Covers naming conventions, Skn->Obj, BodyWarp, making and attaching accessories, and taking screenshots. From Matt and Jenny's Sim Stuff.

Photoshop -- The professional's choice, if you can afford it. A tryout version is available for download, but you cannot save files created with it (I think).

PaintShop Pro -- Many think it is just as good, or better than, Photoshop, and it is much cheaper. You can also buy it over the web.

The Gimp -- Pretty impressive for a free program.

SimShow -- Maxis's program for previewing and importing skins.

Character Makeover Studio -- Another Maxis program for managing skins, discontinued by Maxis (presumably because they didn't want to fix the bugs), but still available from The Sims Resource.

SimPose -- A great tool for screenshots, since you can pose your Sims in all kinds of odd ways.

Bodywarp -- A 3D skin previewing and warping application. From Spanki's Skin Shack.

Kelahn's Utilities -- Includes Skn->Obj, Far Extractor, support files, and details of new projects in the works.

FAR Edit -- Use this to extract Maxis meshes from FAR files.

Milkshape 3D -- A widely used 3D modeling program.

Anim8or -- Freeware 3D modeling program.

Ultimate 3D Links -- Many more resources for 3D modelers, including reviews, discussion forums, articles, tutorials, and links.

How to Customize Pajamas, Swimsuits and More -- By Eric Hammer, for the Sims Resource.

Renaming Pajamas and Swimwear -- From SimShop Online.

Nude Skin Bases -- From Threnody.

Base Skin Set -- Includes all sizes and skin tones. From the Sims Resource.