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Published: 2007-04-23 18:02:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 36715; Favourites: 130; Downloads: 6077
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EDIT (April 23, 2007) : Finally got around to finishing the tutorial, which now includes not only creating the denim texture, but also the seams, wrinkles, and threads! I hope you'll be happy with the results. I'm really pleased with the way it turned out, if I do say so myself! The original tutorial has been deleted.If you need the scanline pattern, you can download it here: www.deviantart.com/deviation/3β¦
This tutorial is in html format. Just download the zip file to a convenient location, like your desktop. Double-click the zip file and move the html file and the "Tutorial Images" folder to your desktop (the files folder and html file must be in the same location for the images to show up.) Double-click the html file and the tutorial will open.
Enjoy!
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is there anyway this can be updated to compliment Gimp 2.8?
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It's been so long since I've done anything with GIMP, I'm not sure if I know how! 
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The filters in 2.8 are a bit different. Some of them don't have the same functionality as the older versions. It takes a bit of tinkering, but it can be done.
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I can;t get the scanline to work out. Idk if the file you provided was bad or what, but is this something I can make myself? and if so how, or where can I find information on it?
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THANK YOU! I've been looking for something like this for a while! ^_^ I'll credit you when I'm done!
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I need some help. I can get it to look right. This is what I get: [link]
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great tutorial. thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.
i made this [link] i hope that you get a chance to take a look.
thanks again
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just wanted to say thank you for sharing this tutorial !! i came across it by accident , it is exellent ! i always wonderd if it was possible to make denim from scratch, now i know ! u rock !!
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This is complete awesomeness. Thank you very much. I'm using it on my cubee of me. You'll have to take a look at it when it's up and let me know what you think. (I just hope the picture is big enough that the jeans show up well.) I'll let you know as soon as I post it.
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My cubee and the 3D version have just been posted. Let me know what you think of the denim. Thanks again for the guide.
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Has it been mentioned you're amazing?
I've actually been looking for how to do Denim textures for a while now (since I don't like it when my jeans look like tight blue pants and nothing more) so..yeah...
(If anyone was wondering why nothing I ever draw includes jeans, now you know. But you probably weren't wondering, cause...admittedly, my gallery still sucks ass.)
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Glad to be of help! Thanks for the kind words!
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I am attempting to use this tutorial with Photoshop CS2 and I cant get the pattern to show up in the selection even though I unzipped it into Adobe>Adobe Photoshop>
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Well, unfortunately, I don't use PS and not sure how it works in that regard. However, creating scanlines is pretty straightforward. Here's a PS link to a scanline tutorial: [link]
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Thank you so much. This helps out tremendously!
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Glad to be of help!
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...those are supposed to be P's
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I design clothing for a virtual community. Is there any way I can scale the scan lines down to maybe 1.5 or so?
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Actually, disregard my previous response. I tried it out and it doesn't look right. I did a quick scale of the pattern to a 3X3 in size (I had to touch up the individual pixels with the pencil tool) and then saved with a new name. It works fine and maybe it will be small enough for you. I don't know how much smaller you can get though.
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You could probably scale it, but I don't know how well it would look. It might look fine, but here's another thing to try:
Open up the scanline pattern in GIMP (File > Open) - go to the patterns folder and find "diagscanline3.pat"
Then, set your foreground color to black
Grab the pencil tool and under the brushes tab, choose the "Circle (01) 3X3" brush
Zoom in really close on the pattern (800% or greater)
With the pencil tool click at points (1,0) (0,1) (4,3) & (3,4).
Save the pattern (or rename it as something else and save it - just in case you still want the other pattern)
Refresh your patterns and see how well that works.
Let me know if this works or if you need clarification.
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great tut. here is what i made. kinda got dirty workin in the shop, thou...
[link]
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Nice! Just don't wear those pants in the house, mister! Thanks for giving it a test drive.
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Awesome tutorial, I will give it a try.
BTW I am new at GIMP.
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Thanks for compliments! Welcome to the world of GIMP! Let me know if you have any questions with it or anything else.
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Thanks mate 
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No problem!
Take care.
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Great tutorial. the tricky part is getting the wrinkle layer realistic enough.
What font did you use to write on your design?
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Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, the wrinkles are definitely the tricky part. The font is called Scriptina....you can download it here: [link]
Let me know if you have any more questions!
Take care.
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I'm having trouble with the scanline pattern. How can I make it bigger?
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Well, it would really be best to create a new one instead of trying to make the existing pattern bigger. How big of one are you needing?
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The example size in your tutorial. It has a link. How could I make one myself?
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Here's a link to a good tutorial that has many examples: [link]
Let me know if you need additional help.
Art
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Thank you, and I will.
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I used this here thank you so much! It's an amazing tutorial.
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Dang! That's great! I believe you're the first person to show me ANY results of this tutorial and it looks like you got a lot of great mileage from it. Glad you were able to put it to use. That's a nice set of drawings you got there. How come there were never any cute looking hybrid vampire/werewolf chicks when I was growing up?
Thanks for sharing.
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XD thank you so much! I got so much from this tutorial you have NO IDEA! And it's very well put together, probably the best tutorial I've ever used! I'll tell all mah friends.
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Not bad at all! Keep it up.
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