making textures for 2ndLife???

hello all!

I am a big fan of making textures for poser, but where do i start for this game? anyone.. blank texture maps, or what? please help!

thanks

Basic clothing templates are found in the Downloads section. Have fun!

hey i have problems making textures fir clothing. I use GIMP, and all of my clothes come out horrible because I dont know how to make realistic textures. Anybody got any suggestions? I attached a sample shirt i made.

2 things you need to know:

1. Before we get to your question, don't attach bit maps to web pages. Use a format browsers can understand and can access quickly. Jpeg or gif is preferred.

2. Okay, now for your question:

"How do I make realistic textures" is pretty vague. It is a question of artistry that cannot be answered in a few sentences. You might as well ask, "How do I learn to draw".

The answer (once you get past the issue of talent) is the same as it is for developing skills in any artform, and that is practice, practice, pratice. If you are an accomplished artist, and already know how to make realistic images outside of the computer, then the transition is only a question of learning your software. If not, then the problem is a little more complicatied.

If worse comes to worst, you can always do the cheater thing by stealing photographs from fashion catalogs and distorting them to fit the templates. If you want to do it right, then as I said it's a question of whether or not you have artistic ability, and that unfortunately is not something I or anyone else on a web forum can help you with.

There are plenty of good books on the subject. If you are not yet an artist, I recommend "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" as a great place to start. It has nothing to do with clothing directly, but it will teach you how to train your mind's eye to see the world as artists see it so you can learn to draw. From there, tehre are any number of books on fashion design and on digital arts. There are also plenty of classes you could sign up for at your local community college.

If you are an artist though, then as I said it is simply a question of learning your software package and preacticing a lot until you discover what works and what doesn't. Sorry I can't be more specific, but you aksed a hell of an open-ended question. Hope I've helped at leasd a little.

ty u did help me a lot. that using of the premade textures of shirts from magazines made me think. hehe ty