Custom Nintendo DS Lite Skin

This i'ble will teach you how to make a cool looking skin for your white nintendo ds lite.

Step 1 Supplies

Cost- Low, if you have everything already
Difficulty- relatively easy

1. a White nintendo DS- $140-200
2. scotch packing tape, regular tape, or magic tape- $1-7
3. markers- $1-10
4. scissors- $5

Comments

[nenrikii]

yea i got my back done heres a pic.But i a have a sugestion why not those big white stickers that you use ups shiping thats what i used on mine it came out great!

[325gogogo]

looks really cool.

[Maxaxle]

I think it would have looked better if you had used stencils; it's kind of obvious you freehanded it (which isn't a bad thing unless it's obvious). Otherwise, it looks great!

[nenrikii]

the reason it was so crude was my exacto wasnt very sharp, but i did free hand it,but my lines were straight

[mason0190]

it's TRON-tastic!

[randomrocks=D]

yours looks great!!!

[Ghost Wolf]

I like yours!!!

[nenrikii]

thanks it took me a while.had to try like 3 times to get it right.used the ups shipping sticker,cut it out on an old plastic tub (with plenty of light of course) took a blue sharpie to it, put it on there.came out great.if you got any q's reply to this comment. and thankyou again.

[Rye2121]

cool thanks for posting this.

[Maxaxle]

Agh! I'm having so much trouble with air bubbles!

[nenrikii]

thats why i didnt use tape...

[sbabcock1]

youi dint evan tell how to do it

[Matrix-technician]

If i'm right almost all of these pics are googled>.> The main image is a sticker you can buy in stores. Just a tip, put more effort into it by doing this yourself. Not by copy and pasting other peoples work. 3*

[carsoncool]

Your right. I knew that looked really good to be tape.

[sharkstun97]

to bad my ds in red and black :(

[nenrikii]

so...? make a different colored skin to fit your ds, its supposes to be something you like, it doesnt have to be just like his, look at mine (at the top)

[nenrikii]

you could make a skin with like black tribal designs on the front and red tribal designs on the in side,or wat ever type you want if had your ds i would do the tribals

[Maxaxle]

Alright, here's mine. Full of air bubbles, and done on a fat/phat DS. I first applied a layer of five pieces of tape (as few as possible), drew on that layer with black Sharpie, taped over that, drew on THAT layer with yellow Sharpie, taped THAT over, and used a bit of extra tape on the front edge to finish the stripe. An X-Acto blade carefully guided through the tiny groove/gap/slot/etc. of the top and bottom shells of the top screen allowed me to not-overuse-the-tape.

[Maxaxle]

More pictures:

[Maxaxle]

Looks awesome, I might try it. One request, though: can you add a note about stenciling as opposed to freehand drawing? It could help people make their lines sharper.

[=3]

Here's a suggestion, when coloring with marker etc. Why not cover the white Nintendo DS with some white tape and color on that. Then to keep the marker from rubbing off when you play, put the CLEAR tape over top of everything. That should work if my theories are correct.

[Lowney]

That main image is a sticker. I have seen it in a shop and you buy it and simply stick it on. http://www.istyles.com/nintendo-nintendo-lite-c-447_504_213.html

[dynno97]

 I think it would be better to cut the tape according to the Red lines, then color the entire DS, and remove the tape later. You will have to put on a plastic covering later on too to prevent it from dissapearing.

[dombeef]

He didnot make it, he googled it all

[wehe-tehe]

does it work with just a ds not lite or i

[EpicZombie]

it should work for both [i have an i] you just have to cut for for the picture lens

[Jei-Chan]

If you don't put something over after applying your sharpie markings, the oil in your skin will eventually rub off all the art.(not to mention your hard work)

This is a pretty incomplete instructable.... could use more detail.

[Hoooyyat]

This instructable is a very detailed concept w/ pics of a real skin.

[Hoooyyat]

What I did was trace around the top screen of my ds on a piece of paper then I put it under wax paper and covered the whole shape with tape and colored it. Then i cut out the area for the screen, peeled off the tape and put it on my ds. Last I took a craft-knife and carved out the speaker holes.

[Macaylastutorials]

it works with the blue(dsi)pink, too

[~INVENTOR~]

does your ds have to be white? i have a black ds.

[Rye2121]

yes either white or close to white. unless u have a white or silver or other bright colored sharpie. I just said white becuse I have white and it is the easiest to do.

[dombeef]

But the picture is a grey ds

[nenrikii]

not technicly... depends on wat skin u want like mine blike and i put blue skin on it it looks great my pics r a few comments up.

[nenrikii]

srry blike is black

[nenrikii]

just pointin that out though

[~INVENTOR~]

thank u!!

[Rye2121]

No Problem.

[BlitZzZ]

I'm going to use

[laurent123]

all those pictures where found of the internet i searched them up and found them all