Here are two quick attempts to draw clothing on in post render. Hair is Grey's Hair, Character is the WWG modified by Vethril (thanks, Veth, she looks great!) The "clothes" were done 100% in Paint Shop Pro 6 on a totally naked model. I was just playing around, and these images took a total of 10 minutes for BOTH. I'm thinking there can be SO much more done with more time! The clothes were painted on in layers with varying opacities and a few touches like drop shadows and smudging were used to smooth out some places and give depth. Not bad, I think, for about 10 minute work on both. :) What do you think?

Not bad , not bad at all. I do all of my clothes post work and I use PSP 6 as well . I actually find it alot more fun to do it this way. If you have time check out the zygote victoria contest gallery , my image "Tempest" was largely done in PSP . Oh! check out earthcurves tutorials on painting clothes and hair at http://earthcurves.com he gives some great tips.

Marvelous work on Tempest, Mark. How did you do the rain, if you don't mind my asking. Noise with motion blur or something similar? It looks great!

Great job! I almost always find myself back in PhotoShop for a little (or a lot!) of work on the clothes -- usually due to "stretching" of the texture, so I have no problems with doing some, or all of it, in post-render. Jim

Hey tbsro , glad you liked it. That was my first attempt at hand drawn clothes and it took me about 5 or 6 days to get it right but I learned alot . the rain is a plugin included with corel photo paint 9 called weather effects. You might be able to do it with noise and motion blur , I might have to try that later . I want to try really retouching the figure in future images to get a more painterly effect . Anyway , keep at it , it looks like your off to a good start.

:) My Paintshop Pro just arrived today!! And I was thinking of doing the very same thing as you have done! I'll have to check out the tutorials above also! Nice work!

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Whoa! I have PSP 7.0. And I can't get close to doing anything like this. What's the secret sis? *BTW, welcome. I'm getting a lot of positive messages about the VethWWGP4 figure. She seems to work for a lot of folks* =P

It's easy, really. I made a layer and used the lasso tool to select the basic shape of the item of clothing. Then I filled with with a solid color and changed the opacity of the layer in Layer Properties. For a see-thru fabric I used an opacity of about 75% and for the red stuff I used about 90%. Using an opacity like that lets the shape of the figure come through, like the breasts. Then if nipples show through and you don't want them to, you can just smudge them down (or out completely) Next I made another layer, added the details (like the collar and sleeve cuffs and the dark seams on the panties) again using the lasso to select the shape and filling with a solid color, and made that opactity a little higher so the color would be a bit darker and thicker, since fabric in those areas would be overlapping the fabric underneath. Then I selected certain areas like the areas where the clothing meets the skin, and the collar over the shirt, with the lasso tool, and added a drop shadow to each individual area to give the illusion of them being on the body rather than looking painted on. I would say it takes alot of practice, and it might for some, but these were the VERY first attempts I made at doing this, ever. No undos, no trial and error, I posted them just as I did them. :) Learning about layers and playing around with layer features has VASTLY improved my skills. Try playing around by opening a picture of a background like a forest, then opening a picture of someone's face that is approximately the same size and paste the face onto the forest on a new layer. Then go to Layers:Properties and type modes like Softlight, Hardlight, Dissolve... try them all so you can see what they do. And very the opacity up and down. You'll be SOOO amazed at what spectacular effects you can accomplish JUST by using two images and changing layer properties! Plus, it's really fun to see the results :) Okay, my fingers hurt so I'm taking a break. If this is confusing or anyone has any questions, just ask. And post your results in the forums, I'd love to see what other people are doing with this technique :)