I wanted vertical stripes down one leg of a pair of medieval tights and ended up drawing them by hand, in Zbrush, using my wacom's "precision mode" and a square alpha. It still required some corrections in PhotoShop due to irregular edges. Is there a better way to do this sort of thing? I was hoping Zbrush had spline-driven paint paths, but I wasn't able to find anything like this. Can Poser do this with procedurals and bake out a texture map?

If you hit L so that you activate the Lazy Mouse feature in ZBrush you can get a nice clean line. Just make sure you extend the Lazy Mouse Radius (found in the Stroke menu). I usually use the Standard brush with a setting of 45 on the lazy mouse Radius and with Alpha 48 on when doing detail stripes like what you're speaking of but the radius and alpha should be chosen on a case by case basis. Still, lazy mouse is probably what you're looking for.

Thanks Teyon. That works really well.

Another option would be to map the object according to the polygons. Provided, of course, that the polygons flows in a "stripey" way in the first place. But that's how I cwould do it :) Then again, I don't have Zbrush :) - but I've made stripes on more than one occasion using Poser's Grouping Tool and some different Material Zones :)

I've made stripes on more than one occasion using Poser's Grouping Tool and some different Material Zones :)

*That takes skill, I would think. Myy topology isn't suited for that approach.

This will be a freebie for the Renithra figure, if circumstances permit.

It takes patience more than skill L The Grouping Tool is rather primitive in its approach to things. But it's better than nothing if you don't have a modeling app :)

This example here is made in Hexagon and modeled to be textured like this, but the base idea is the same. this is pure material zones (rendered" in Hexagon)

But it does highlight the overall importance of topology, too :)

Try to make your clothes in Marvelous designer. UV's are perfectly flat and surface deforms as real cloth would deform. Consequently you can use a procedural shader like from the 'loom' of BB's mathmatic.

My Calf Pants for Antonia use a more simple procedural shader with a striped effect.

and I'm going to be even more annoying :)

Chances are that style of hose is either knit or a bias cut fabric (this is how you get non knits to stretch at all, and its mentioned in various tailoring books of the period).  If its knit, then you will get the same distortion you always get when a knit fabric is stretched over a human. So a certain amount of wobblyness is realstic and expected.

If the fabrics is bias cut .. then your stripes are either woven and will end up going diagonally with the bias cut grain, or it has been printed onto the fabric after cutting.

In general when trying to draw straight lines on mesh I follow the mesh topo lines in pshop and then jump back and forth to the model to check how it lays.

Even in real costuming its fairly difficult to get straight lines onto a human without eitehr distortions or weird edges at a seam

Lyrra

and I'm going to be even more annoying :)

*Not at all. You gave me some important historical information, and the bottom line is that I don't need to redo the texture. What could be less annoying? lol

You need Stitch Witch by Kamilche.

You need Stitch Witch by Kamilche.

*I'll put that on the list along with Marvelous Designer.

Paloth,

I am speaking against my own interest but are you sure you want to give away your marvelous outfit?
You can make a 1000 dollar with it...

Paloth,

I am speaking against my own interest but are you sure you want to give away your marvelous outfit?
You can make a 1000 dollar with it...

vintorix, you're very kind. Thank you!

I'm literally about to push the upload button right now. It feels good to finish something.