Full doll tutorial
This tutorial was made using Paint Shop Pro 7.04. You'll be able to use most
of the techniques with Photo Shop as well, but please don't ask me how cuz I'm
not a Photo Shop user myself ;)
1. A little bit about doll nettiquette...
2. Preparing the base
3. Getting her dressed
4. Shading the clothes
5. Shading the hair
6. Finishing
A little bit about doll nettiquette...
<- This is a great place to get the do's and dont's on dolling, please
take your time to read it. I'll just give you a short version here:
- Always give credit and link back when you use other people's bases. Put
the link close to the finished doll, not on a seperate page. Put credit links
in your forum signature for avatars and signature dolls.
- ONLY use bases, do not use other people's finished dolls, not even small
parts of it. Big no-no.
- Check out the site terms before you grab a base from a site.
- Inspiration is good, copying is bad. Be original ;)
I frequently go out base hunting and there are SO many sites that offer great
bases. So how are you suppossed to remember where you got a particular base
from?
Well, here's a tip: I always add sites that I get bases from to my favorite
sites in my browser, I have a special doll base folder for them. When they're
bookmarked I can easily find them again.
When I save the base I ALWAYS add the site name or part of the site name in
beginning of the file name. That way I can tell which site I got it from,
just by looking at the filename.
So for example if I get the base katbase05.gif from Precious
Pixels I'll save it as preciouspixkatbase05.gif. (You can also just make
a folder with the site name, but I think that makes it difficult to browse
through the bases.)
When I use the base for a doll I rename the base layer to (in this case) 'base,
precious pixels'.
That way I'll never forget who to credit ;)
>>> next page, Preparing
the base >>>