User:Fernflight/Texture Tutorial

this is a texture tutorial for GIMP Step One= Click on image to enlarge. Open the desired file in GIMP, like you'd do any other charart. This screenshot shows the different tools we will be using for texture. Step Two= Click on image to enlarge. Using the pencil tool, go to the tool options dialogue and make the size 1px. Step Three= Click on image to enlarge. make the colour you'll be using for the texture quite a bit darker than the pelt. it doesn't have to be black. in fact, never make it black unless you're adding texture to a dark grey or black cat. Step Four= Click on image to enlarge. scribble texture on a layer above the base pelt layer. make sure you're following the direction of the fur! think of how you'd pet that cat. which way does it's fur flow? follow that mental image to draw the texture on. Step Five= Click on image to enlarge. do the rest of the texture. Step Six= [[File:Fernflight.textut6.png|center|300px] Click on image to enlarge. Use the smudge tool at a size 3. in the next step, you'll be smudging the shit out of this cat. it'll be painful, but fun. :) Step Seven= Fernflight.textut7.png Click on image to enlarge. smudge the hell out of it. just do it. attack it. but make sure to follow the fur like you did when drawing it on. Step Eight= Fernflight.textut8.png Click on image to enlarge. Open the desired file in GIMP, like you'd do any other charart. This screenshot shows the different tools we will be using for texture.