[penymeez]

How To Design Pants in Gimp
http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n..._GimpPants.png
Note- I forgot to remove the dotted lines! Please remember to erase them.


How To Design Pants in Paint

Save the Template onto your computer.

Open up Paint. >
Start-> All Programs -> Accessories -> Paint

File-> Open to get the template
You should now see this: Image 1

Pant Color >
Decide on what color you want your pants to be.
To make a custom color go to
Colors -> Edit Colors
Image 3
Click on a Custom Color: square and hit Define Custom Colors >>
This will open up a color pallete, pick the color you want and Add to Custom Colors. Clicking Add to Custom Colors multiple times will fill up more color blocks. Click OK.

Using the Fill With Color tool click on the bulk of the white pants. (this may take a few clicks on different areas.

Ugly right?
Image 4
No worries. We want to make it all a color, but at the same time we want to know where the dashed lines are.
Using the Custom Colors, grab a slightly darker shade of your pants color.

Use the Brush Tool with this darker color and go over the dashes.

Alternatively you can use the Polygon tool with the 3rd, borderless option.

Image 5

Design Time >

Add your primary design using the Paintbrush tool.
This is where you really get creative!
Try out the slanted brushes as well as the cirular ones.
Use all of the sizes for varying thicknesses


Use darker and brighter colors to add more depth to your designs.
Image 6

Saving >
When you are done click File -> Save As.
Name your entry and click Save.

Uploading >
Use whichever uploading site you prefer.
If you use Photobucket it will give you the proper IMG tags that makes it easy to post on the forums.
Post your Designs in the Design Pants thread. Check in the Contest Forum for any ongoing Contests.



Any Questions?

[pinky_pink_meez]

Awesome!
thanks!

[steriod_gurl]

Thx =3

[mizzdiamonds987]

Those pants look great.

I want those pants now. XD

[mssassi]

Oh wow i like this maybe i wont have to worry about using photoshop so much and just paint =]

[x__zombiex]

Nice!

By any chance, would you be making a tutorial on how to make those really nifty pen tool posters?

[penymeez]

x__zombiex wrote: Nice! By any chance, would you be making a tutorial on how to make those really nifty pen tool posters?

I've been meaning to get around to that for ages but still haven't.
I think I got started and then never finished, but it is certainly on my To Do List.

[tokiogurl]

This is awsum!!!
And peny, how did u make ur lil icon thingy of u?----->


i want one!

[penymeez]

tokiogurl wrote: this is awsum!!! And peny, how did u make ur lil icon thingy of u?-----> i want one!

I took the basic shape and size of the other smilies, made it my skin tone and drew in the details with a 1pixel pencil. You have to draw each frame of the animation. Animated it in Image Ready.

[quaint-shirley]

Wow awsome, i didnt know you can make custom meez clothing