indigoblur's GoPets Custom Items Tutorials

Anime Eyes (for cat only)

2007-01-01T20:35:00.000-06:00

To create anime eyes (or any other style eyes) I use Round Rimmed Glasses. It's important to cover the entire circular area of the glasses to make sure the cat's eyes are covered completely.

The above example shows placement of the eyes.
a. Round Rimmed Glasses
b. Anime Eyes over Round Rimmed Glasses to show placement
c. Anime Eyes without Round Rimmed Glasses. The area around the eyes must be made transparent.

Here's how the eyes look on the model.

I'm no expert on how to draw anime eyes, but here's a few fantastic resources:
Free Anime Eye Font
Anime Eyes, Nose, and Mouth GIMP Brushes

Dress Shoes (Mary Janes) (cat or dog)

2006-12-13T22:00:00.000-06:00

These templates are made from the red sneaker (I'm sure you could use the green sneaker too.) Note that the cat and dog sneakers are different so you need two templates.
Here's the cat template:

In this template, the black is the sole from the original sneaker (I recolor it when I make shoes), the purple is the design area, and the blue must be made transparent.
Here's the dog template:

Yes, that's the actual size of the dog sneaker template. The dogs have teeny feet! :)

The template wrapped on the model looks like this:

Jacket with collar (cat or dog)

2006-11-29T16:12:00.000-06:00

I used this template to make Holiday/Winter Jackets for Boys.

It's pretty self explanatory; the collar is green, buttons are gray, and the shirt beneath the jacket is blue.
Here's the template wrapped on a model:

Making a Bracelet (cat or dog)

2006-11-23T08:43:00.000-06:00

A custom bracelet is made using the Leather Bracelet.

In this example template I've divided the bracelet into front and back. The pink area is the front of the bracelet; the purple area is the back of the bracelet.

To make a bracelet you place the front of your design on the pink area and the back of the design on the purple area, making sure to line the designs up so they meet at the sides of the bracelet. It often takes a few times to line up the designs. Make the area outside of the design transparent. In this example the transparent area is blue.

And here's that template wrapped onto the model:

Shirt with collar and buttons (cat and dog)

2006-11-18T20:28:00.000-06:00

I had the hardest time with collars so I'm going to post as many as I've figured out. Not all of them today of course!
Here's the first one.
The template:

Everything is pretty self explanatory, especially when you take a look at the template wrapped onto a model:

Spaghetti Strap Top (cat or dog)

2006-11-12T12:07:00.000-06:00

The straps on this template could use some tweaking, but here's the basic template:

The template is pretty self explanatory, with the black needing to be made transparent.

Here's what the template looks like wrapped on a model:

How to make a tunic (dog and cat)

2006-11-08T19:08:00.000-06:00

The template:

Made from a GoPets jumper that costs 800 green shells, the black on the template is the tunic, the blue is the shirt beneath the tunic, the yellow circles are the buttons, and the purple is the neckline for the shirt which should be made transparent.

Here's the template with the transparent neckline wrapped on a model.

Vneck Jumper (cat or dog)

2006-11-05T20:39:00.000-06:00

Here's the template for a Vneck jumper or shirt.

The blue on the template should be made transparent.

Here's the template wrapped on a model with the neckline transparent:

Blouse Sleeves, a little trick...

2006-11-05T18:47:00.000-06:00

Trying to make sleeves that look like a blouse rather than a t-shirt (which is how most of the sleeves turn out when using the jumper template)?

The trick is; use the sleeve from the pirate shirt. Here's the sleeve:

Just place it in the sleeve section of the jumper template and change the sleeve colors as needed.

Here's an example template with the sleeve:

And, here's the example template wrapped on the model.

Open Front Sweaters over a Shirt (cat or dog):

2006-11-05T15:03:00.000-06:00

The blue on the template is the neckline that I make transparent. The red is the shirt front and the black is the sweater with the sleeves located on the right side of the template. I use one of the 800 :green: jumpers. This template works for both cat and dog.

Here's how it looks wrapped on a model:

And the finished product:

Customizing the GoPets collar (cats and dogs):

2006-11-05T15:02:00.000-06:00

Here's the template:

The blue on the templates is the back half of the collar, the red is the front half of the collar, and the yellow is the tag hanging from the front of the collar.

This is how the template looks wrapped on a model:

So, to make a collar without a tag you make the yellow area transparent. To make a collar with a tag, gem, bell, etc etc. You just place that image in the center of the yellow rectangle.

Here's an example:(in this example the white on the template is made transparent)

How to do an image on the chest area of a jumper: (cat or dog)

2006-11-05T15:00:00.000-06:00

The blue boxes are where you'd place an image. The image must be seperated in half with the right side of the image placed in the box with the R and the left side of the image placed in the box with the L. The image can't be any larger than the blue boxes or it'll get covered by the sleeves and begin to stretch. Notice that the R box is slightly angled.
Here's an example of a shirt with an image on the chest:

How to make a shirt short sleeved: (cat or dog)

2006-11-05T14:59:00.001-06:00

The yellow rectangle on this template must be transparent.

How to make a shirt 3/4 length sleeved: (cat or dog)

2006-11-05T14:59:00.000-06:00

The yellow rectangle on this template must be transparent.

How to do a scalloped edge on a ruffled skirt: (cat or dog)

2006-11-05T14:57:00.000-06:00

I use a magic wand tool to choose specific areas. To remove the bow, I choose the bow and make that area transparent. To make scalloped edges on the skirt I choose the black area and make that transparent.
Here's a scallop edged skirt:

How to edit the uniform skirt:

2006-11-05T14:37:00.000-06:00

This works for both dog and cat:

I use this template to remove all the laces and bows from the skirt.

The skirt has lace areas on the sides, front and back, and are blue and green on this template. The skirt also has bows, and a bow knot for each laced area. The bows are purple on this template and the knot of the bows is orange. On this template the waistband is yellow and the hem is red.

To remove the bows from the skirt the purple and orange areas on the template must be made transparent.

To remove the lace areas from the skirt the blue and green areas must be the same color and/or pattern as the black area of this template.