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Plaid Tutorial
Published: 2009-10-09 02:07:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 101360; 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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Ok, so you draw each line yourself??
Because at first I thought that you somehow merge the photo into your artwork
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Oh, no. I was just showing the example of what plaid looks like with the photo. I draw each line myself because otherwise you wouldn't be able to incorporate the folds naturally.
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that's what I was wondering about^^ would be cool if such a trick exists
nice work on the tutorial
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I instantly love you for this. There's nothing quite like a pattern that actually follows the fabric. You see drawings, and I find especially in graphic novels, you see "cheap" plaids, stuff that's just put slapped onto the whole article of clothing in question. Stuff like this is wonderful though.
I've never managed to pull of anything plaid-like in any sort of past attempt, at least not very well. I think my biggest problem is probably the fact that I'm simply not very good at drawing parallel lines. Any tips on how I might be able to get better at that? Plaid's always quite nice, and I wouldn't at all mind using such patterns a bit here and there when I draw stuff.
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Yeah I totally know what you mean. I think it's much easier to slap it on though xD Too much work to do it on every page. Well with parallel lines I cheat a little. I use the pen tool to basically "draft" it and I'm able to move them really easily if it doesn't look right.
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This is fantastic! Clear, simple, cuts straight to the point ... I like it!!
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Holy crap this is terrific!! I've been wanting to put plaid pants on one of my characters, but I haven't known how to do it. This will be so helpful. Congrats on the DD!!
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I was scared to death of doing plaid before this, and now... I think I'll try it.
8D
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How do you do the gradient in only the skirt?
-total photoshop n00b-
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Use the wand tool on the lineart layer, and expand the pixels why 2 or 3 
(sorry, I'm not the one who did this tutorial, but i just saw your comment and thought to answer XD)
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Such an interesting and well-done tutorial! Erasing the lines in the last step was especially helpful, and I think I'll be able to apply it to other areas of drawing, as well
Thank you!
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Thanks so much 
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Wow! Thanks so much for this! I'll use this sometime and credit you! ^^
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hey, have you ever given this method for achieving "material wrap"a try? I assume you're using Photoshop - I invite you to try it out and let me know what you think!
[link]
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Actually that's a great idea. I think that would be really useful for digital paintings since it adds more realism. I typically use this method since it's cell shading and I think that method would look odd. I had never realized you could shape it like that though. I'll definitely try that.
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Wow. The next time I want to draw plaid, I will definitely use this!
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thanks,really great tut
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This is a really good tutorial. ^^ Thanks so much for making it~
And Congrats! :3
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I have not yet had this problem, but I'm sure this will be a very helpful tutorial when I would get there.
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thank you for the tutorial!! this will definitely help me in the future!
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this is really good! thanks for explaining how to do it to the world!!
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This is one of the coolest tutorials I have seen. Just because something as simple as plaid always seems to confuse people. its nice to see someone take and give a lil assistance. Awesome.
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Thank you so much! I'm happy you think so
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Omg, this is gonna be very helpful to me in the future. O,O
Thank you for creating it! And congrats on the DD! ^^
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i love plaid. don't know why, but especially on skirts or dresses, it just looks so good, and this tut is quite the awesome one. :3
very helpful, and congrats on the DD. 8D
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Oh I completely agree. If I had the money to make everything in my wardrobe plaid I would
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aye, only I'm a guy, and only guys who wear plaid are probably golfers... or do they even wear plaid anymore?
and you are quite welcome. :3
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Sweet!!! Thank you for sharing this. It will be very helpful.
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Wow, this is a beautiful tutorial, and a beautiful picture at the end! I love your color choices. ^^ I just might have to use plaid in my next art piece! Great job, and congrats on the DD!
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