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1. I prefer to add the stockings near the
end, & start with an almost complete doll, but
the choice is yours. |
2. I have created several colour palettes that you can use, but you are free to use your own colours, or use on of my other palettes. |
3. Create a new layer named Stockings
above your base, but below any other
clothes, by going to Layer/New Raster
Layer... or clicking on the new raster
layer icon on the Layer Palette.
Select the Paint Brush tool & set your Foreground to palette colour 1 (i.e. the darkest colour) using the Dropper. |
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4. Make sure your Paintbrush is 1
pixel in size. Draw in the outline of your
Stockings. Try to match the
outline of the legs of your doll. It's your
choice whether to make the stockings full length or
shorter.
I find it helps to Zoom in on the image & use precise cursors for this. |
5. Use palette colour 2 to draw in band of colour. Try to make them slightly curved to make it look like they are following the curve of the leg. | 6. Select colour 2 from a complementary colour palette & Flood Fill the spaces between the existing stripes. |
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7. To blend the colours together a little
better, use the Smudge
tool with a Size of 1 &
Opacity of 60 to smudge the edges of
the colour into each other. |
8. Select the Lighten/Darken tool. |
9. Set the Size to about 6,
the Opacity to about 20 & put a
tick in the Swap Mouse Button box.
Shade either side of the leg & at the top where any clothing hangs over them. Add a bit more shading to the inside of the legs than outside. |
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10. Still using Lighten/Darken, drop
the Size down to about 3 &
increase the Opacity to about 22. Add
some more detailed shading around the knees, feet
& anywhere clothing hangs over them. |
11. Your doll should be looking like this so
far. |
12. Take the tick out of the Swap Mouse Button box. Change the Opacity to about 25 & the Size to about 2. Add some highlight to make the tights shiny. |
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Your stockings are complete! If you like, you can drop the Opacity of the stockings layer to make them semi-transparent. |
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