First post in Dreamland.

[misstiikeri]

Hi there!

Some might recognize me from GOS where I like to spam the picture threads and post shitloads of T-shirts and most of you probably never heard of me before. But here I am! I mostly got this account to post some of my creations and whore out my pretty little simmies.

I'm completely new to this dreamwidth thing but feel free to drop me a line if you want to.

xoxo MissTiikeri

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[metatwaddle]

Hello! This is Metatwaddle from GoS--hope you don't mind me adding you.

I love your taste in T-shirts, and I'm trying to make some for my secret santee... do you mind if I ask you for tips?

[misstiikeri]

Hi! Of course not, always nice with new friends. ;)

Sure, is it for males or females? I use Aikea-guinea's basic male tee's for the texture. Then I use Bosie's hair recoloring method to change the colors to my liking. As for motifs; some are real T-shirts that I found on different sites and others(Like the Alice ones) are simple black on white pictures found through Google. When transferring them to the the shirt texture I use the background eraser to delete as much of the background color on the motif as possible. Just think about if you choose a picture with colors on a colored background, it's much easier to make the shirt texture as close to the background color as possible.

This is the basic method I use and I'm sure there are other, better ways to do it, but this works well for me. If I didn't make any sense, or if you have a more specific question, run into a problem or anything the like, let me know! I gladly help you out if needed.

[metatwaddle]

I was going to do both male and female, actually. I planned to use Aikea's T-shirt meshes/textures (with Azaya's conversions for AF). Most of the designs I want to use are pretty simple; you can see them here. I chose them because they're geeky and my Santee likes geeky stuff, and also they looked pretty easy to work with.

Thanks for the tip on the background eraser! I'll definitely use that. And Bosie's hair recoloring tutorial is awesome; I'd forgotten about it completely, but it's really helpful. :D I also have plenty of color actions from Aelia and Pooklet, so if all else fails, I can just apply a couple of them to Aikea's texture and blend them until I approximate the background color I want. xD

By the way, I really love the sims you post in the photographs section. I don't know how you make them so pretty, I don't have the patience to fiddle around in Body Shop, but I like them!

[misstiikeri]

Ohh, Azaya did a conversion? Must look into that. ;) And the designs you're planning on using is indeed good for T-shirts. It's always easier when the background is a solid color.

You're welcome! ;D I use that tutorial when adding patterns to clothes as well, works wonderfully. I never tried actions, but I'm sure you could get the desired color that way to, especially with Aelia's new color actions(No idea how she managed to make so many, I would go nuts after making 20 of them!). Oh, I forgot to add, I usually change the opacity on the motif to around 85-90, depending on the contrast. Makes it blend in better with the texture. ;) Do let me know if you run into any problems and I'll try to help out the best I can.

Aww, thank you! It does take some time to do them, especially the ones I already have a clear vision of in my head. But as long as I like the end result, it's so worth it! I really want to learn how to edit faces in milkshape, but I can't seem to find a good tutorial on it. :/ BTW, love your icon! xD