How to 2.....

Last time we covered the basics of prim hair

This time i would like to cover the basics of making clothing and coloring existing items (those that allow you too)

Firstly lets find a nice secluded spot where you don't mind being naked because thats how you need to start out.

We need to go to edit appearance - there are two ways of doing this either by clicking the button at the top of your screen 'edit' then going down to 'appearance'

or by right clicking on your avatar and selecting appearance.

We wont worry with underwear as it is much the same as pants and shirt and once you have the idea those should come easily.

start by clicking pants, and then create new pants and do the same with shirt, you should then look something like this:

Congratulations you made clothing :)

but i hear you say it just looks like i am wearing a space suit!

well we need to edit a little more

click on shirt and locate the 'fabric square' - click the square and a menu will pop up which you should recognise as your inventory.

go down to the 'library' and locate 'textures' then 'fabric' here you can chose a fabric you would like your shirt to be made from ;

I have chosen blue and white gingham, don't forget to click 'select' once you have chosen.

you can then change the color if you wish by clicking the 'color' square I made mine red just to show you

now play around with the sliders to get the look you want; long sleeves

or no sleeves

long or short, tight or loose just play about until its how you want it, you can always change it again

Click pants again and do exactly the same chose a fabric then a colour - if you don't want to change the color or want to go back to the original color click white.

Once again play with the sliders to get the look you want long trousers or short, tight or loose and there you have your first home made outfit

There are hundreds of textures available in SL both free and bought and this is a good way to start your SL wardrobe without spending too much.

More complex clothing is harder to make and involves tutorials in paintshop which i couldn't possibly begin to cover here but a good place to learn is robin woods tutorials he also has great downloadable plug ins and templates that are much better than any i have found.

So have fun with creating clothes my next tutorial will be on basic building

Dana XxX