Build (Tutorials, Techniques, etc)
Dont I look awful in that? :P
Here are all the entries on making and building stuff: Clothes, Buildings, and Places for Builders; this include all of the tutorials in the blog
Please let me know if there is something you would like me to add or take out. My only criteria is that it is a...um "nice" place :)
Building Technique Tutorials
Camera Controls: Tips on SL camera controls when working with smaller prims
Changing Texture Colors: Using Color Balance in Photoshop to change the colors in a texture
Color Matching: Matching colors between objects (or different software outside SL)
Prim Positioning: Position prims precisely around a center point
Semi-Transparent Clothing Textures: Tutorial on how Alpha Channel works in Photoshop and a step-by-step guide to create a complex Alpha Channel
Transparency/Alpha Channel: Working with Alpha Channel in Photoshop to create transparency, such as silks or hosiery
Clothing Tutorials
Clothing Texture Previewers: 3 useful tools for previewing clothing textures before uploading: SL Upload Previewer, SLCP, and AVPainter
Clothing Texture Templates: A discussion of SL clothing templates (Robin Wood's in particular) and how the flat template files map onto the avatar's body
Creating Clothes Pt 1: Making clothes using the Second Life texture maps
Creating Clothes Pt 2: Making clothes using the Second Life texture maps
Creating Clothes with GIMP: Step-by-step tutorial on using GIMP and Robin Wood's UV templates to create clothes for Second Life
Creating Clothes with Photoshop (New PNG file): Step-by-step tutorial on using Adobe Photoshop and Robin Wood's UV templates to create clothes for Second Life using the newer PNG files
Creating Clothes with Photoshop (Original TGA file): Step-by-step tutorial on using Adobe Photoshop and Robin Wood's UV templates to create clothes for Second Life
Flexi Prims: Everything you want to know about flexi prims, including how to make them, all the settings, and a step-by-step tutorial on create a set of flexi prim ribbons
Flexi Skirts Part 1: Step-by-step tutorial to create flexi prim skirts using Ged Larsen's LoopRez script
Flexi Skirts Part 2: Self-adjusting skirt using AttachmentSet; create a flexi skirt that automatically adjusts its rotation when you sit, stand, walk, or run
Flexi Skirts (Old): Creating flexi prim skirts using the original Necklace Generator script
Fur Trim: Working with fur texture to create fur trims
Satin/Silk Textures: Create satin/silk wrinkle textures using the Gradient Tool in Photoshop
Second Life Wiki Clothing Tutorials (external): The official Second Life Wiki Clothing Tutorials page! With links to many clothing tutorials...including this one :D
Semi-Transparent Clothing Textures: Tutorial on how Alpha Channel works in Photoshop and a step-by-step guide to create a complex Alpha Channel
Shirt Collars and Ties: Tutorial on creating shirt collars and ties for dress shirts, particularly for the guys :)
T-Shirt: Creating T-shirts using a ready-to-go template; just add your design pattern!
Texture Resources: Links to texture resources, including filters, utilities, tutorials, and ready-to-use textures
Hair Tutorials
Prim Hair Part 1: Step-by-step tutorial to create the SL Hair Bald Base and hair textures
Prim Hair Part 2: Step-by-step tutorial to generating prim hair using the LoopRez script and styling the prim hair
Prim Hair Part 3: Guide to add some curls, style the bangs, and prepare the sides and back for flexi
Prim Hair Part 4: Creating flexi hair texture, and adding flexi cylinders and new bangs to our prim hair
Jewelry and Other Attachment Tutorials
Animation Override Tutorial: Detailed of Animation Override (AO) gadgets in SL, including WetIkon, ZHAO, and Franimation Overrider script; also building and setting up an AO bracelet
AO in Attachments: Tutorial on putting Animation Override (AO) into an object, like Sexy Walk into a shoe, using a low lag script
Flexi Wings (New): Detailed information on wings in SL and step-by-step tutorial on how to flexify them
Flexi Wings (Old): Tips on flexifying your wings so they move when you do
HUD Attachment Tutorial: Information on creating HUD attachments, and a step-by-step tutorial to create a HUD-based Event Invitation
Jewelry Part 1: Step-by-step tutorial on creating a pearl necklace using the LoopRez script and fitting it on your avatar
Jewelry Part 2: Tutorial on creating a ruby bracelet (with multi-prim gemstone pieces)
Jewelry Part 3: Discussing different types of micro-prims (or tiny prims) and a tutorial on making an earring with micro-prims
Jewelry Part 4: Step-by-step tutorial on making a chainlink necklace using the LoopRez script and fitting it on your avatar
Single Prim Attachment: Creating and fitting simple single prim attachment accessories
Particle Tutorials
Particles Part 1: Tutorial on creating a candle and lightstick with particle effects, along with explanation of how particles work
Particles Part 2: Tutorial on creating a cold shower and smokey feet attachments, along with explanation of how they work
Particles Part 3: Tutorial on how to make particle effects that use textures, including how to make an underwater bubble blower and a butterfly emitter (that creates butterflies around you)
Poses and Animation Tutorials
Poses Part 1: Overview of Second Life animation and poses, downloading and installing QAvimator, and creating a basic standing pose
Poses Part 2: Tutorial on creating a pose for part of the avatar's body and putting the pose into an object; the pose will automatically play when the avatar Wears the object
Poses Part 3: Discussion of animation priority and how multiple animations work together, including facial emotions
Sculpted Prims (Sculpties) Tutorials
Sculpted Prims Pt 1: Overview of sculpted prims (sculpties), creating sculpted prims, and creating a quick sculpt map in Wings 3D
Sculpted Prims Pt 2: Details on Wings 3D tools and techniques for creating sculpted prims, and creating a retro hat with these techniques
Sculpted Prims Pt 3: Use ROKURO to create a sculptie candle holder and a candle; convert the candle sculpt map; and import the candle into Wings 3D for Tweaking
Sculpted Prims Pt 4: Use UV Mapper to add a texture map to our sculptie, then use Wings 3D to preview changes while we edit the texture in Photoshop
NOMI Sculpted Prim Relief Maker: A commercial program from the creator of ROKURO that creates 3D sculptie reliefs (like carvings on a wall); can add some 3D effects to a picture
SculptyPaint: The SculptyPaint program and overview of using it with Wings 3D
Shoe Tutorials
Prim Shoes Pt 1: Step-by-step tutorial to create a pair of flat sandals
Prim Shoes Pt 2: Step-by-step tutorial to create a pair of women's prim heeled pumps
Prim Shoes Pt 3: Guide to adding texture and sexy walk (animation override/AO) to the prim heeled pumps
Prim Shoes Pt 4: Guide to adding ankle straps and bling to the prim heeled pumps
Prim Shoes Pt 5: Step-by-step tutorial to create a pair of women's high heel boots
Skin Tutorials
Goth Avatar Skin Pt 1: Overview of Avatar Skins, setup an avatar to create skin, and create a set of base Goth skin textures
Goth Avatar Skin Pt 2: Adding the facial features and finishing the Goth skin textures
Buildings
Poseball Tutorial: Creating and position your own poseballs, and a discussion on settings in the poseball script
Sirena Store: About building the Sirena Fashions store and "water" in Second Life
Gadgets
Babbler: About the Babbler and De-babbler language translators that translates what you say or hear in chat in SL
Clothing Texture Previewers: 3 useful tools for previewing clothing textures before uploading: SL Upload Previewer, SLCP, and AVPainter
Gift Box Tutorial: Tutorial for making a gift box, complete with bow and Notecard giver
LinkRez: A tool that lets you create custom necklaces that bend around your neck, and the ability to program links and twists to create super complex jewelry creations!
LoopRez Deluxe: Advanced versions of the free LoopRez Generator script that lets you adjustment and tweak any setting AFTER linking...a real time saver!
NOMI Sculpted Prim Relief Maker: A commercial program from the creator of ROKURO that creates 3D sculptie reliefs (like carvings on a wall); can add some 3D effects to a picture
Particle Wizard: A menu-driven gadget for creating particle effects; will create particle scripts for you (with you as the Creator!)
Puppeteer: A cool set of scripts for animating a linked set of prims; turn your sculpture into a moving display, or make your wings flap!
Temp Rezzer: Want to put that 100 prim fireplace in your house but cant afford the prims? Try a Temp Rezzer
Workspace Buster: Need some privacy? Heres a free tool that give you a private workspace/skypad whereever you can build stuff (like a Sandbox)
Places for Builders
Dreams/ShockProof: A builder community sim dedicated to promoting building things in SL; features regular events and competitions
Idea City: Design Center with advanced texturing and building techniques, plus lectures and other builder-related activities
Ivory Tower Library of Primitives: Explore the great mysteries of the prims and all the shapes they can take on, displays on all the ways you can torture a prim to get the shapes you need
Particle Laboratory: Displays and information on particles effects in SL, and all the ways you can bling, poof, explode, or fog things up
Robin (Sojourner) Wood's Texture Tutorials: Robin's in-world site with exhibits explaining how textures map onto prims and explanation of her wonderful clothing templates
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112 comments:
Hi I was wondering is there any laces that explain how to make jewelry?
Bianca, about making jewelry, it depends on the type. Johanna Hyacinth's blog has great info on jewelry making!
Manual Trackback:
http://elenorab.blogspot.com/2007/02/jobs.html
Thanks Natalia for all your cool posts... will recomemnd you to everybody...
Elenora
Elenora, thank you for stopping by :)
Love your blog! Thanks for having all the info.
Dear Anonymous, thank you for stopping by :)
H Natalia
I love reading your post. I've just started in SL about a month ago. your tutorials are one of the best. Thank You for taking the time to do this.
One suggestion for a future tutorial...how to modify the face using the template provided by Linden Labs.
Dear Anonymous, I am planning to do a series on skins, that will include editing the face. Unfortunately, that means making a skin... :)
Hi Natalia,
thanks for this wonderful blog.
And I just visited your shop and could not resist to buy the Chicago-outfit. I am looking sooo sweet in it. Is there a possibility to pass you a snapshot?
Freda
Freda, I would love you see you in the outfit! Just look me up (Natalia Zelmanov)! Thank you so much for getting the outfit :)
Don't forget the texture tutorial in Benten :-)
Marianne, thanks for the tip! I will go check it out :)
Yes...a tutorial on how to create skin or make-up would be GREAT!!!
Elj9181, I have wanted to do a tutorial on skin, just because I wanted to try it :) Lol I know where to put the texture and everything, but drawing the skin is a whole other thing :P
Meanwhile, check out Ariane Brodie's site: http://arianeb.com/secondlife.htm She has some skin textures and good info..
hey Nat, great tutorials
I was wondering if you could make one showing how to make capes?
I'll keep an eye on the site to see if ya make one :)
Dear Anonymous, capes are not very hard to make, but there is no "easy" way to make it either. They are basically a number of manually-placed long skirt panels (hollow flexi cylinders).
The best starting point is actually a freebie cape at Yadni's Junkyard. Yadni gives you Mod permission, so you can resize the cape as needed (and add/remove pieces). Thats how I made my first cloaks/capes. Give that a try!
Outstanding guide collection! Truly, an epiphany awaits the reader here. Logical and eloquest. Thank you, Natalia. *Gestures to the blog author* Ok, everyone, ready? Repeat after me: all hail Natalia---all hail Natalia!
Clancy, thank you so much :) Lol that must be a funny gesture :P
Absolutely Awsom tutorials. The LoopRez thing is absolutely genious.
Grizwald, thank you :) Ged Larsen really did a great job on the LoopRez script (and its a super useful tool!)
Hey Natalia..
Kudos for these awsome tutorials..
These are really really helpful.
I am just wondering is there any good tutorial on how yo make avy Skins??
Why dont you give us a tutorial on making skins. :)
Renie, I dont know of any tutorials on making skin. There are some tutorials on drawing skin textures on Deviantart.com. I kinda know what needs to be done, but have never actually done it (it would be like a couple week project at least :P). I do plan to write one one of these days though :)
Okay..
Thanks for the reply.. I am trying to make a skin..
I'll wait for your tutorial to come up..
Renie, good luck :) Skin is a clothing item that goes on the tattoo layer. I just dont know how to create a decent looking texture yet... :P
Hi Natalia..
I made my first Skin.. Thanks for the tip on Robin's Templates. Its really a pain to work with Linden's body templates.
Please take a look
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8088400@N03/
I think it is just satisfactory as there is a big room for improvement.
The top in those photo is also made by me :). Its really fun to work on Clothings and skins..
Thanks for all information you provide here :)
Renie, congratulations on your first skin! Thats quite an accomplishment (definitely not an wasy thing to do!)
For skins, you might also want to check out Chip Midnight's templates. I heard that Chip's templates have more details for nails and toes (havent actually tried it).
Good luck with your new project! :)
Yes Natalia,
I downloaded Chip's Templates too.
Both Robin's and Chip's templates have some unique fetures so I just Combined them into one template. and using it for making Skins and Clothings.
I have made another skin using the new detailed template, which is certainly better than the previous one.
Renie, great job! I have to try making a skin too one of these days :)
Hey Natalia, just wanted to let ya know that I added a link to here from the new Clothing Tutorials page on the wiki; if you feel so inclined, please add new links there too. :D Thanx again for compiling this!
» http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Clothing_Tutorials
Torley, thank you so much for adding me to the SL Wiki :) Thats a great idea to make a Clothing page!
I added the link back to the SL Wiki :)
BTW, all of these tutorials are from this blog (this is just an index, not a compilaion). That is, with the exception of the link to the SL Wiki :P
Hey,
I was wondering, could you possible make a skin tutorial? I cant find any ANYWHERE!
Ta
Siobhann S
Siobhann, I cant find a skin tutorial anywhere either :P Lol I will try in a couple weeks...but its def not something Im good at. Should be interesting though :)
Hey there,
I've stumbled across a little problem that is driving me insane... While making tops (lasso, make selection, clear etc), the last cleared area does not go transparant, but white... :S
What the heck am i doing wrong? I've consorted to making a small triangle using the pen tool somewhere outside the top field so i don't get a little white spot in my black top... Any ideas about what i'm doing wrong?
Thanx in advance!
ViciousR, Im not a Photoshop expert...there are a gazillion options! So there *might* be some setting somewhere that makes it so when you do Edit/Clear, it brings in the background color instead of transparent...
But make sure you dont have a layer called "Background" in the Layers palette. If you do, just double-click on it to convert it to a normal layer.
When you create a new drawing, be sure you select "Transparent" for "Background Contents".
Hope this helps :)
These are all magnificiant!
I was wondering if there were anyone tutorials out there for making realistic skins and using photos of real clothes to make them in SL.
I had a theory that the really good skins are made with hi res pictures of a persons body taken at certain angles. If thats the case, thats out of the question for me, lol.
MY friend said to use nude pictures, but I explained that wouldn't work becuase you'd need the person's complete front and complete back (and maybe the sides?
and then theres the matching each partto the templates x_x. If all of this is the case then no wonderr people charge so much for skins.
I like you tutorials, I just wish I could come up with ideas so that i can apply what i learn
Cory, I think you are looking for tutorials on photo-sourcing clothes (and skin). I *think* I saw one somewhere for clothes a while back, but I cant seem to find it. You might want to search around using Google (it might not have been SL specific).
For skin, they are definitely made using photos from various angles. It depends on how much detail you want to include in your skin (and how much you want to draw in yourself).
Also, I think they use programs like UVMapper to help with joining seams. Unlike clothes, you cant exactly have seams in your skin :P So Im really not the expert on this topic!
i am really enjoying your series on creating things for my avatar. i built almost an entire avatar with your help.I would like to request a skin and body tutorial as someone did above. thanks so much
Christopher, thanks :) I will do my best on the skin tutorial...cant seem to find a way to do it with simple software... :P
Do you think you could make a tutorial on how to build a furry av?
Chipmunk, hmmm...thats a good idea. Im not sure I can write a tutorial for making an entire furry AV (it would be huge!) But I could talk about some aspects of building a full body AV :)
BTW, if you are interested in creating furry AV's, theres a modifiable Red Fox AV at Yadni's Junkyard. Its a great starting point for creating a furry AV, since you can break it apart and see how its put together!
Unfortunately I'm not on adult grid. I'll see if I can get my brother to take a look.
Thanks,
Ben
Chipmunk, oh dear...I have no idea what the Teen grid looks like! Its too bad it doesnt have a Yadni's Junkyard!
Hey Natalia, I Just wanted to thank you alot for making this blog, I consider myself not noobish, im over a year now in sl. I have searched so long for Tutorials such as you put on your site, never found any site as good as yours, they were all very useful and helpful to me. Thanks for helping me start my own designs.
Forever thanks you,
Jasmine Reddevil(In world)
Jasmine, thank you for reading the blog :) I hope the tutorials are helpful! Making stuff in SL is really part of the fun, so good luck on your projects :)
I just want to say I recently discovered your blog and I wish I had long ago, before I started building or doing anything else, really. You have the best SL tutorials I've seen and I will recommend them to everyone. Thank you for doing this. :)
Lo, thank you so much! Building things is my fav thing to do in SL...so I just like to share :)
Your tutorials are so great. Your work is a big inspiration to all of us. But there is one thing I wonder about.
How many hours do you have in one day? Because I cannot imagine you work within the same 24 hours that we all have :) You somehow manage to get more hours a day????
Tell me how!!!!!
And I will keep the secret mine :)
Aester, lol I really really have a hard time keeping up right now. But at least its fun...so I guess thats what matters :)
Thanks so much for all the tutorials, they're so well organized and I learned a lot! :)
Maybe you could do some tutorial on skins? I've been trying to do it myself but there's some steps that I'm missing and won't work :(
Dear Anonymous, Im planning to do a skin tutorial one of these days! I have several probs with creating a skin tutorial: Im not an expert, and I cant find a good free stock to use for the tutorial. It might be a while, but I do plan on making one :)
I love this site and you have helped me develop my av and also explore. My hubbies now thinks I am addictied lol.
Quick question and probably too easy...but I just can't figure it out....How do I open a box. I have a freebie box of clothes but can't access them. How do I do this as I keep attaching the box to myself etc.
As I said .....an easy question but I am pulling my hair out!
You should include a link about how to build using external softwares like 3dmax. I have just started using Second Life yesterday and am using 3d max for a while. But finding infos about how to build/import custom models is something that is kind of rare in Second Life or is like over 1 year old.
Dear Anonymous, Im sure you figured it out by now, but just in case: First, drag and drop the item from your Inventory to the ground. Then Right-click on the box, and select "Open". Then pick "Copy to Inventory". It will create a folder in your Inventory.
I was just planning to re-write the Getting Started Guide and add some tips in there like this :) So thanks for asking!
Dear Anonymous, regarding 3Dmax, I dont know how to use it (I cant afford the more expensive programs, unfortunately). I heard it can be used to make Sculpted Prims. Heres a link to the SL Wiki with the info: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims:_3d_Software_Guide
These programs are way over my head! :P Perhaps you can try the SL Forums...theres a lot of discussions there on this stuff :)
Did I read right ? Making any uploads to Second Life even if it is for custom clothes to our avatar actualy involves us paying money for it ?
Is it the same thing for uploading any custom objects/textures ?
Dear Anonymous, theres an upload charge of L$10 (a little less than 4 US cents) for uploading textures to SL. That includes textures for clothes, prims, or sculpted prims.
If you create clothes using the built-in SL sliders in the Appearance menu, theres no costs. You can also use all of the free or purchased textures inside SL without paying the upload fee. So you only pay if you want to upload your own textures.
With that said, the upload charge is one thing I had to get over mentally. If you design clothes or build, you will upload many textures (sometimes like 10 times just to get things right). You will find it a lot easier to just upload a texture and check inside SL than to spend hours perfecting it outside SL to save a few L$ :P I know, I used to do just that!
Anyway hope that helps :) Good luck with your project!
Natalia,
what a great blog !!!
Excelent tutorials and fun to read.
Just a tip for saving the upload costs. Use the Beta grid, to test everything, you still need to pay for each upload, but it isn't your true sl money.
So when ready, go back to the real thing and only pay once.
Ronn Dagostino
there! i was just wondering if anyone can give me the lowdown on whether it's possible to create an object in a 3d program and upload it into SL, and also tips on working out the right scale for those objects.
i'm interested in transferring my sculpture from real life to second life, where hopefully my virtual shop will fare better than my real shop!
so any advice on creating paintings and sculptures/ornaments would be brilliantly helpful. thanks guys!!
When we apply a scuplted texture in SL, is it always applied to a sphere by default ?
Is there a way to apply it to something else like a box that I have squeezed a bit ?
I do not see controls over what shape to use for the scuplted texture to be applied.
Hi Natalia,
I was inspired by your beautiful designs to create a little shop of my own. Is there a tutorial about how to set up shop?
Ronn, what a cool idea! (Heehee except Ive never been to the Beta grid...Im a computer retard :P) But thats really a great place for testing stuff...thanks for the great tip!
Batty, I dont know of any automatic way of transferring 3D stuff to SL (at least not easily and cheaply). There was an article in New World Notes about someone trying that: http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2007/06/sculpting_data.html But it looks WAY complicated...totally over my head. You might want to post this question on the SL Forums...theres a very lively community there for all things Sculptie :)
Dear Anonymous, there are 2 textures involved in creating a sculptie: the sculpt map and the surface texture. The sculpt map defines the shape of the sculptie (thats why you dont dont see any controls for the shape). You will need a 3D program to create a sculpt map (check the Sculptie tutorials for a listing).
The surface texture is like any SL texture. But because sculpties tend to have weird shapes, you may need to do some extra work to create the surface texture. Part 4 of the Sculptie tutorial goes over that. Good luck :)
Jennifer, Ive seen a few classes inworld on setting up your own business (check Search/Events/Education). I think theres even a book coming out on SL business. I was planning to write some tutorials on selling stuff in a few weeks... Good luck on your business :)
is there any example for a tga skin?
Greez Sally
Greez, Ariane Brodie has some sample skins for the body at her site: http://arianeb.com/secondlife.htm. They are they only skins I know of...
Thanks Natalia for all your beautifull work and tutorials
Thanks Omega :)
thanks for share, I'm sure I'll have more fun now in sl!
Baci, have fun visiting all the cool places in SL :)
hi natalia! I was wondering, could you post up a tutorial or a guide on making robes? Those really long ones like those in harry potter. thanks! and cool blog!
oh and a cape too! It'll be great if you could help me with those 2, a cape and a robe. =)
Willl, a robe is just long flexi gown :) The big difference is that you would position the skirt pleats on a robe higher, like on a sash dress. Check out the Day 97 Prim Skirt tutorial using LoopRez :)
A cape is half a flexi gown. You can either use something like LoopRez to create the skirt pleats, or create and place the pleats by hand. I talked about a cape on Day 70.
Also, check out Yadni's Junkyard...theres a cloak with full permission there. You can use it to create a cape :)
Hope this helps!
hiya, my sl name (on tsl) is jasmine lumet, i was wondering, do u know if n e other places hve a skin tut, i know ur having probs with makin one, unless i missed a post th said u did, but i wanted to know if u or if u know a minor that is on tsl could notify me when there is one, i really really need one, bad, lolz, and btw great site i used ur gimp tut and it roked, i was makin clothes the next day! thx, bye bye.
thank you!!
hi
ur blog has been of gr8 help thnx a lot had just one queastion i am creating a costume of soldier like in older times with golden armor kind on head how do i create it by prim or hair
Jasmine, hey, stop reading this site! Im not sure its PG-approved. Just ignore me when I say bad things, OK? ;P
I dont know any skin tutorials...although Im sorta working on a very basic one (for my Halloween costume).
Nicole Escher has 2 articles that describe the process of making an AV: http://www.nicolaescher.com/journal/article/22/creating-a-complete-avatar-part-1 They are not tutorials, but give good insight on what the pros do :)
Unforunately, I dont know anyone on TSL. But any skin tutorials would be listed on this Build page (you cant miss it :D).
Willl, YW :)
Nehal, things like armor or helmet are definitely prim attachments. They are a bunch of prims that are textured to the style you like, then attached to various parts of the AV (Skull, Shoulders, Arms, Chest, Pelvis, Legs, and Feet). You would use the same process as building a shoe or skirt. To make things look metallic, you can turn on Shininess :)
Check out the free robot AV's at Sector 7 to see what you can do :)
Good luck!
hi! i really like your.. blog its totally cool!!!.. will you put more skin tutorials up please i love that one you put up.. i understand alot more about making skins!!!..:)) and can you also make a another turtial on making hair.. haha.. im trying to make jessica rabbits hair outa prims but its hard can you tell me if there's another way to do it? thankyou nat! :3
Asia, there will be more parts to the skin tutorial series :)
As for hair, you can make it either with prims or just using the Appearance menu (along with a texture). If you want a styled-look, prim is the way to go...
Unfortunately, making hair is easy to do, but really tests your patience. You basically place 1 prim at a time until it looks good :P
Theres no big secret...the basic techniques for creating texture and working with hair prims are in the hair tutorials. The rest just takes a lot of patience :P
thankkkkyoooou nat! :)) YOUR SOOO COOOL! LOL.. and your right i tried making hair!!.. and halfway made it good i just have to be really sloww.. and careful and take my time...lol i did it though... but i deleted it.. cuz i wanna ya know try and make better hair!! :)) ;))) how are you these days?... abd btw can you post a difference clothing turtoial!!.. ya know with like having a an front and back image of clothing from the internet and then just putting it on the template?.. i hope you understand what im saying ...:)) haha im friend does.. it but its kinda hard for me to understand because she explains it to fast!! :)
Asia, what you are asking about is called Photosourcing. Its actually a controversial thing for SL designers (most designers dont like it).
I do play with Photosourcing to make things for my own use, but I dont sell things that are Photosourced. Its kinda up to you to decide whether you want to do it or not. Heres a link to a debate about it on Linden Lifestyles: http://lindenlifestyles.com/?p=572
Heres a tutorial on Photosourcing:
http://www.slellowpages.com/slseamstress/Intermediate%20Tutorial%20on%20Clothes%20making%20in%20SL.pdf
Good luck!
haha! FUNNY THING IS i searched for it!!! and i found the turtial lol.. so i found it before you could help me... funny eh? .. SORRY about that.... AND btw hope im not bothering you!!! so why is photosourcing a bad thing in sl? can you it explain it to me please.. I MEAN we dont have a prob with it on the teengrid.. must of the kids on there make there own clothing or use photo's but not so much...:))... and yeah i think im gunna stop bothering you... i dont want to get to annoying... heh.. yeah..
Asia, photosourcing is not necessarily a bad thing (unless you take someone else's pictures and sell them without their permission). A lot of high-end skin designers use photosourced skin textures. Theres just a debate about it in SL (check out the Linden Lifestyle link about the various viewpoints). I think its more personal preference.
So its really up to you :)
thanks :)!.. hmmm ok then lol... so how long have been playing sl?... i mean its really a great game... alot of people say imvu is waaay better... but im not really gunna agree with em! :))
Asia, Ive been in SL for 373 days :)
lol.. right right!!!..:)) and you've learn so much huh! :)..*smiles*
hi! nat its me again!!! :)) i wanted to ask you something...:)).. can you make females shapes out of prims?..:)) jus wondering if so im gunna be making alot of cute shapes! :).... is it possible to make a boob and butt attachment! lool..*laughs*... jw... i thought about it... heh.. but how in the world would i get the coloring right?.. between my avatar... and object...?
Asia, yes you can make AV body parts with prims (lol its mostly in the Main Grid though :P).
You can actually apply skin texture to a prim (if you have the actual skin texture file). If not, try the techniques in the "Color Matching" tutorial: Take a snapshot of your avatar in good lighting, then bring the snapshot into a print program and sample the colors.
Just a note: colors on a prim are slightly brighter than colors on clothing/skin. You need to add a little grey to make an exact match...
Hi Natalia, great site.
One thing that has bothered me about SL clothing is that people like me like to wear their shirts/blouses outside of their pants (not tucked in).
How would you recommend correcting this? Flex Prims?
Dear Anonymous, you can use the "Jacket" item: this will enable you to make a clothing item that runs down to your legs :)
The catch is that you will have to match the seams between the Upper and Lower Body templates :(
You can also use flexi prims (or just prims). This works well if the item has a bit of a flair (like a coat).
Good luck!
Dear Miss Zelmanov. You never seize to amaze me. Good job on the animation tutorials too.This blog is an ivaluable source of information. Each time i wonder how something is made i first come to take a look here and most of the times i don't have to go look anywhere else :)
A zillion times thank you for everything you've done so far.
Loxy, thank you so much! I hope you enjoy the Pose tutorials :)
Hi>
I was wondering if you could help me out.
I am new in SL. I was trying to change my clothes and I do not know what happened that I got a skinless head and color grey, I got a clothing on that I did not choose. The thing is that I cannot remove, detach or put on anything, since. Is there any commands to release myself from that agony?
Thank you
Margo
Margo, it sounds like you are wearing a "skin" that has some problems. Just find any other skin in your Inventory, Right-click on it, and select "Wear" (you avatar always has to wear a skin, so you cannot detach a skin). Hope that helps!
hi nattie,
i simply love u r blog... wotever i've learnt in SL is all thanks to u!! :)
i'm zaara frm india, i started making clothes after reading u r blog, (bcos i couldnt afford to buy ne !)
i hav recently been asked to sell some of my clothes in an indian sim, but i am completely clueless on how to go about it.
making clothes is one thing,
sellign and makign a business is another...
where does one get the outfits photographed and how dus this prim thingy work.. and how do i manage the money bit?
maybe u cud tell me how u went bout your shop (i read the article u've posted but it doesnt mention this stuff)
HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!
Zaara
Hi, i really like the stuff that and i can't afford photoshop, so i've downloaded a free basic program that can work with layers and textures, etc.
Will any of this help with my program, or do I need photoshop?
Dear Anonymous, try GIMP :) It has all the features of Photoshop (some even say its better). And its free! Check out the Creating Clothes with GIMP tutorial :)
Hi Natalia!!
first of all i must say you have a gr8 Blog!
I am trying to design clothes but i'm facing problem making those creases on the clothes. I know they are made with paintbrushes in Pshop but i have no clues how those can be make nice n neat. could you please refer me a tutorial where i could learn it with a rough step by step guide?
thanks in advance hun!
swarna
Swarna, there are a few tutorials on drawing wrinkles on Deviantart.com. Also check out issue #4 of Second Style magazine (Starley has a tutorial in it) :)
Was wondering what version of photoshop would be the best to purchase if I want to ;earn to make clothing. I have gimp but ran into some roadblocks trying to use it.
Thanks!
Dawn Rumpler
Dawn, lol Im not an expert on the Photoshop program (not sure how many types they have). I use CS2, which I purchased on a student program about a year ago.
I just know its kinda hard to do the Alpha Channel stuff with Photoshop Elements, so the "full" version of Photoshop would be very helpful.
BTW, from what I understand, GIMP can do just about everything Photoshop can do (prob more). It just has a diff process.
Hi Natalia... i just love your site you have here,, you make it very easy to understand how to make tings.... i was wondering maybe are you gonna make a toturial on how to make tattooes?
Dear Anonymous, actually, its very easy to make tattoos! Just follow one of the making clothing tuto