I decided to do what I could to make a (possibly innacurate) splinter camo sleeve skin for those of you use like Splinter camo player skins. right now it's finished, I just need to get a new host because Filefront is rejecting me.

http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/9895/preview16od.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4659/preview26cp.jpg

I decided to replace the button with one based on the buttons a repro splinter camo sniper's smock that I used to own had.

anybody know of some good places to host this besides the Files network?

http://www.dods-files.net - they'll accept it

You can't be serious...

It needs ALOT more work before you should even consider showing it to people.

I'd suggest looking up some PS tutorials, if you're even using PS.

thanks dude, file submitted. hopefully it'll be put up soon. :)

this is more of a recolour than anything else really, if you think you can do better, do so. I just did this as a placeholder until better skins come along.

Disciple, at least he's trying. It's more than we can say for a lot of other forum members.

No reason to be an ass in every one of your posts.

Again, look at the word FRIENDLY in your signature.

Originally posted by Dr. Crawford
Disciple, at least he's trying. It's more than we can say for a lot of other forum members.

No reason to be an ass in every one of your posts.

Again, look at the word FRIENDLY in your signature.

It wasn't unfriendly, I'm giving him advice. Don't be so uptight.

It's nice that he tried, but he shouldn't be showcasing his work yet, he should be lookint at tutorials. A two second MSPaint job is hardly a skin.

"Advice" that he wouldn't care to use since it was given in such an ignorant manner.

REAL Advice would be:

"Looks like you're getting the basic idea down but it seems to be a little off. Here are some PS links to help you along ( optional ). I'd really like to see this get touched up some more because it has promise. I appreciate your interest in the helping the MSA community make much more custom content for DoD."

Originally posted by Dr. Crawford
"Looks like you're getting the basic idea down but it seems to be a little off. Here are some PS links to help you along ( optional ). I'd really like to see this get touched up some more because it has promise. I appreciate your interest in the helping the MSA community make much more custom content for DoD."

That's a little ridiculous.

Makabi Gafera: Are you using Photoshop7? If so here's some things you're going to want to consider before releasing stuff that looks like that:

1) Does this look like real fabric?

2) Does this look like a real camo pattern?

3) Does this improve upon/meet up to the standard of the original sleeve?

You'll find yourself answering no to all 3.

To fix this, you're going to put ALOT of hours learning photoshop. If you're using MSpaint or a less functional program than Photoshop, your life will be made more difficult.

Some PS7 tips:

1) Layers. Use them. Layers are the different groups of images that sit on top of one another, this way you can edit your skin on several levels. If you dick up your green camo portions, you don't have to start over, you just delete that one layer and keep the brown portions.

2) Texture: Your skin has none. Real fabric has texture, you can see stiching. See the original skin for more. What you'll want to do is make your own textures on photoshop using patterns, or if you need a quick fix, get a good picture of a similar fabric and use transparencies to put the pattern you want on the fabric you need.

3) Tools: To create realistic looking stuff you'll be using transparencies, burns, dodges, smudges, blurs and sharpens. Stay AWAY from filters as they cause a very generic, easy to Identify look on your skin. If you don't know the tools I'm talking about...

4) READ TUTORIALS. Read every one you possibly can. Follow them step by step to do stupid things in photoshop like removing things from pictures, ect. so that you learn the program. Once you know the program and can use it's tools effectivly Skinning is EASIER.

A tad, but the key point there was that it was kind.

I use photoshop CS. I did use layers, as all this skin really is is translucent colours. and Disciple, you really could have worded your first post better, it definately seemed hostile to me.

P.S. I haven't been able to find any tutorials on making cloth, mind linking me to any that you know of?

http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/184

;)

thanks Optical. :)

Originally posted by Dr. Crawford
"Advice" that he wouldn't care to use since it was given in such an ignorant manner.

REAL Advice would be:

"Looks like you're getting the basic idea down but it seems to be a little off. Here are some PS links to help you along ( optional ). I'd really like to see this get touched up some more because it has promise. I appreciate your interest in the helping the MSA community make much more custom content for DoD."

Oh ok. How about you make all my posts from now on? Seriously, my original post wasn't as "unkind" as you're making it out to be. Read it again.

Like I said, stop being so uptight.

http://www.sourceblog.net/page.php?file=/tuts/skin/Text/celcloth

I made a semi-respectable sleeve using that tutorial, but I don't know how to make effective and good-looking folds and wrinkles in the cloth. Anyone have tuts for wrinkling cloth?

Originally posted by Disciple
Oh ok. How about you make all my posts from now on? Seriously, my original post wasn't as "unkind" as you're making it out to be. Read it again.

Like I said, stop being so uptight.

http://www.sourceblog.net/page.php?file=/tuts/skin/Text/celcloth

I made a semi-respectable sleeve using that tutorial, but I don't know how to make effective and good-looking folds and wrinkles in the cloth. Anyone have tuts for wrinkling cloth?

I have nothing tutorial wise to offer, but here's some tips for you to experiment with

1) Use several layers, here's what I use:

Layer 1) Burn (set to color dodge)

Layer 2) Dodge (set to soft light)

Layer 3) Shadows (set to multiply)

Layer 4) Highlights

What you'll want to do is look at real examples of clothing, watch how and where they fold, then burn and dodge in those areas. On the high side of the fold use soft-quasi transparent brushes to make highlights, on the low side use the same but with dark colors to make shadows.

Surely.

I'm glad you posted a tutorial for him.

LoL Makabi, you go girl ;) :p

Ralfs3r, you know very well that there's only one feminine part of me, and it's too inapropriate to mention here. :p

P.S. thanks for the advice Vandal. :)

are you the same Makabi as on INS forums? If so Hey dude :D

Nice work, I mean honestly i mean it lol its better then I can do? Keep up the good work bro we all gota start somewhere.

aye, I'm the same untidy-desktopped sanchez-wearer as the INS forum's Makabi, thanks for the compliment. :)