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Plaid Tutorial
Published: 2009-10-09 02:07:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 101359; Favourites: 2613; Downloads: 1150
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A couple people have requested this tutorial and I figured, hey, why not help out. Let me know if you don't understand something. I'm sure it's a bit confusing but it's difficult to explain some things especially if people may not know how to use photoshop well. I did my best
UPDATE: OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG DD THANK YOU SO MUCH I'm so happy I could help so many people ;_;
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Thanks so much for making this! Helped me out a lot.
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Trying to do plaid for the first time, and I found your tutorial the easiest to understand. 
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I had no clue at all how to do plaid textures, but somehow your tutorial made it 95% easier for me do them. Wonderful tutorial.
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Thank you SOSO MUCH for this ahh <333 I've been struggling to do plaid for a long time, and I couldn't figure it out to save my life. This tutorial is so easy to follow I was able to do it pretty well. ;U; Again, thank youuu<33
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Holy crap....something I could never find until now....THANK GOD I'VE FOUND IT! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS!!!
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This tutorial might actually save my life. Thanks so much for posting it!
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Thank you. You have no idea how badly I needed this omg
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Omg plaid is my very favorite thank you so much!!
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Omigosh thank you sho much
I was trying to do plaids on Ferb's shirt, but I thought, it's gonna be hard to do. But then I stumbled upon your tutorial!
Thank you shooo much! To favs!
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Thank you SO much for this! I was struggling so badly with plaid, and then I saw this, realized how easy it was, and facepalmed XD You made it so much simpler to do this: [link] than I had been trying to do XD
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I was wondering how one of my friends was able to draw plaid artwork in her designs. Now I know why! XD
When you draw the plaid lines, do you draw with the brush tool or the pen tool?
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I use the pen tool. I know a lot of people probably say it's a nono, but I can't make very straight lines without it. Never have been able to xD
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Oh this is great!! I love plaid but never knew there was a tutorial for it!! Thank you!!!
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You're welcome! I hope it helps
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Oh it does!
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Very helpfull and super cute! Thankyou <3
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This is so helpful <333
I was going to use a plaid pattern for my OC's plaid, but then I'm like, "Aww, heck no. It would look totally unnatural."
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Good choice! It often is! I've been able to use patterns so it looks natural, but if you're able to, I find it's always best to make your own. I'm glad to help out <3
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Thank you, you've saved my sanity 
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how do you make the pretty rainbow color like this [link] the hair you did some thing how and what do you use?
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OMG that is sooo cute! Now even I can do that! Thank you for this great and helpful tutorial! <333
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I've never been able to draw plaid even though I'm Scottish. Thanks so much! <3
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I'm sure it will be really helpful to me in the future! Thanks!♥
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Wow, that's so handy, thank you!
I'm going to use this if I ever need to do plaids.
Oh, I have a question too! Would you suggest dropping the opacity of the plaid layer, or dropping the opacity of the brush? Or does it matter?
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Opacity of the actual layer has always just been easier for me. That way you can adjust things after the fact
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Ohh, that makes sense.
Thank you!
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A bit nitpicking though, (maybe it's my screen), I find the plaid design standing out too much that it doesn't look that natural. Maybe it's because of some illusion created by the background and well, the choice of cloth color.
But overall, it's a good tutorial but it does need perseverance.
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The background does make it pop out for sure because it's neutral. It could also be MY screen that I work on, actually. I'm always working on my laptop which has caused people with probably better monitors to say my colors look odd. For example, some of my blacks have looked green to them xD But to be honest, I think it's the fabric color I chose in the first place. I tend to color a little too saturated sometimes.
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All I could say is it somehow emulates a glossy plastic finish, like those skirts you get when you buy a barbie doll
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Very helpful!!
Plaids need alot of work but give a nice proffesional touch
Thanks for the help.
and for the DD
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Although it's quite logical, I referenced your tutorial. [link]
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this is really helpfull
thanks for shareing
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totally deserved the DD, one of the best tutorials I've ever seen, very clear concise making something that a lot of people have trouble with simple ^_^
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I love all of your tuts that you just flooded my inbox with cuz of the tutorial club. In fact, I forwarded them to my digital art group forum from school.
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I am a bit confused sorry^^
So what do you actually do to get the lines one the skirt?
Do you take the photo as a reference and then you draw in the lines, or what is the secret here?
Never heard of this plaid-stuff
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Oh no, you do them on a completely different layer. Each line is on a different layer. The horizontal lines are on a different layer than the vertical lines for example. As far as plaid I don't use a photo as a reference because plaid has a generic box pattern so it's not too complicated. Haha, just time consuming xD
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