Clothing Tutorials

The following help for making clothing was originally posted on Torley's blog. Recognizing that info wants to be free and the list would be more useful it was updated regularly, the contents have been migrated here. Please add your fave tuts, remove obviated bits, and improve the usefulness of this resource!

General

• Linden Lab Official Templates - A solid general base to work from.

• Clothing & Skin Templates - By Chip Midnight. You’ll need to be signed into your account on the SL Forums to read this, and more down the page. These templates are even higher-rez than the official ones. Chip Midnight is an original master of fine fashions in SL. Once you get really serious about detail, you’ll want to get these and have a deep look.

• Second Life tutorials - By Robin Sojourner AKA Robin Wood. He has a really elegant, organized approach. Check out his fantasy art as proof! He’s mentioned he’ll be adding more to this site, so keep watching, and check out his posts on the forums too, like his fab T-Shirt Template — learn how to make wrinkles without photosourcing!

• Tutorials - By Nicola Escher. The presentation of these tuts is aesthetically pleasing. These have been newly updated for ‘07, and are also available in German, Dutch (Nederlands), Chinese, and Norwegian translations. Nicola says: "I’ve got Spanish and Italian on the way." Very easy to follow, effectively illustrated. These elegant episodes include:
  • Introduction to Creating Clothing
  • Creating Your First Shirt
  • Alpha Channel Primer
  • Creating A Tattoo
  • Creating A Mannequin

• T-Shirt Tutorial - By Nephilaine Protagonist, head of PixelDolls, quality in quantity for the avatar. Here she shows how to make a shirt. It’s a bit hard to read, but follow the directions and keep at it. Note: the tutorial is currently missing, but Nephi left a note that she's planning to rewrite it.

• Chosen Few's SL forum posts - This sci-fi expert is a texturing databank. Watching him answer questions is like a cross between classical opera and a current events talk show, without the boring parts. The often-messy structure of the SL Forums has ironically lent itself well to his clarity. Just read his posts!

• SLUniverse Knowledge Base - By Cristiano Midnight. More than just clothing tutorials, this is a whole potpourri of SLinfo you’ll want to plunge into.

• Tattoo Creation - By Amber Stonecutter. Tattoos may be likened to clothes that are harder to take off, at least offline. The magic unfolds in this thread. Amber had never made a tutorial before, and in response to Flugel inquiring, she spontaneously cooked one up — pictures and all! She even got props from Chosen and Robin.

• Natalia's SL Diary - By Natalia Zelmanov. A listing of over 30 tutorials from her blog, including clothing, hair, jewelry, particle, shoes, and techniques. Here are some highlights:
  • Creating Clothes with GIMP
  • Creating Clothes with Photoshop
  • Creating Flexi Skirts
  • Creating Jewelry
  • Creating Particle Effects
  • Creating Prim Hair
  • Creating Prim Shoes (Heels)

• The SL Seamstress by Jennifer McLuhan - Have you admired the clothing designers in Second Life and wished you could make clothing like them? Or, maybe you just want to make something better than the "change the tint and shorten the sleeves" Appearance sliders approach? If so, maybe this site can help you? So, don’t be shy, dive it and be come a SL seamstress or, for you guys, a tailor.