AO3 In-Universe Work Skins

[sunsalute]

With Fic In A Box signups opening today, I figured that collating a list of work skins now as opposed to five minutes before I try to post might be a good idea.


Social Media

• How to Mimic Social Media in an AO3 Work by aerynevenstar (Twitter, Livejournal, Reddit front page from 2018)
• Plain Text Social Media Formats by anubisisms (Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr from 2022)
• UPDATED Reddit Skin by spookedcroon by jinsake (2025)
• Reddit Work Skin CSS & HTML by knave_of_swords
• Facebook post work skin by BluebeardsWife
• How To Put A Gift Fic Email In Your Fic by rileys_words
• Put an Ao3 Fic in YOUR Fic! by lordvoldemortsskin (lordvoldemortsnipple)
• AO3 Fic-Within-A-Fic Work Skin by cheju
• Youtube Comment Section Worksin by LupaMoe
• Simple Youtube Comments by tohmas
• Twitter Work Skin: Tweets & Profile (newest layout) by starskin (2024)
• Twitter Work Skin Template by etc e tal (pe_pe_peperoncinocandy) (2023)
• How to Mimic LiveJournal Posts and Comments by cursedcuriosities (SetsuntaMew)
• Mimicking Twitch Chat for Fics- Some Twitch Chat Workskins by Ultraviollett
• Discord Work Skin by unpredictableArtist (wovenstarlight)
• simple discord formatting by bluuscreen
• [Work Skin] Yelp Reviews by kiwiana
• [Work skin] Amazon Reviews by kiwiana

Messaging and Conversations

• Gmail Email Skin by sunsetcurbed
  
• How to Make iOS Text Messages on AO3 by CodenameCarrot, La_Temperanza 
• How to Mimic Email Windows by La_Temperanza
• Basic Text Message Work Skin by ProfessorMotz (Motz)
• WhatsApp Skin by Azdaema Codes (Azdaema)
• Text Chats by lordvoldemortsskin (lordvoldemortsnipple)
• Various, including google search and android messaging by gadaursan

Misc Formatting

• AO3 Work Skin for In-Universe Investigative/Mission Report With Redaction by wafflelate
• How to Mimic Letters, Fliers, and Stationery Without Using Images by La_Temperanza
• Sticky Notes on AO3 Without Using Images by La_Temperanza
• How to Make Invisible Text (That Can Be Highlighted) by La_Temperanza
• How to Make Linked Footnotes on AO3 by La_Temperanza
• How to Create Notebook Lined Paper on AO3 by La_Temperanza
• Basic Blog Post by intherainfic
• A simple newspaper format for CSS by anubisisms
• How to make a News Website Article skin on Ao3 by ElectricAlice
• How to Make a "Choose Your Own Adventure" Fic by La_Temperanza
• Wikipedia Article Work Skin by  bodytoflame, styletests (bodytoflame) 
• Fonts, and colors, and work skins, oh my! by Charles_Rockafellor

Comments

[peasina]

Adding this to my memories! So helpful 🙏

[sunsalute]

And I just discovered the memories feature, so I have been helped in turn!

[falkner]

Thank you for this collection of links! It's surprisingly hard to look for skins on AO3, since there appears to be no canonical freeform tag for work or site skins and people tag them wildly differently...

[sunsalute]

Thank you so much!

[factorialrabbits]

A bit late, but would you like more links? You've got most of the not-fandom-specific ones I know, but for a few others for other people looking last minute...

Wikipedia articles - https://archiveofourown.org/works/31635317/chapters/78288383
General fonts, colours, etc - https://archiveofourown.org/works/28934610
Various, including google search and android messaging - https://archiveofourown.org/works/8631214/chapters/53440558

[sunsalute]

Oooh thank you so much, I'll add!