T-shirt texture?

xCheeki · Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Posts: 41 Location: USA - LA

I really need help on how to make a normal cotton t-shirt texture or something close to being realistic. If you have any tips or tutorials I may have missed plz post them. I am using photoshop btw.
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Badassiel · Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 2875 Location: USA - NJ

I can't think of any tutorials off the top of my head, but I have one suggestion: DO NOT USE PICTURES FOR THE ENTIRE TEXTURE. It generally turns out pixelated and rather disgusting.
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YourFunnyValentinee · Joined: 01 Mar 2009 Posts: 209 Location: USA - NY

I am currently still having trouble with making wrinkles. I searched youtube but have not found any useful videos yet either.
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Dalamar1013 · Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 3424 Location: USA - OH

Rotten has some great tuts Here. Especially for wrinkles.
If you post a pic of the t-shirt you are working on you may get better responses on what to do to make it better. Just a snap shot of the t-shirt on your avatar would be great.
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Verses · Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 704 Location: USA

If you are using photoshop go to your fill tool, select pattern, then try one of your rock textures, like slate or something. Then set it to overlay or a hard light. Make a new layer over this in a medium gray. set to overlay, and use your dodge and burn tools with medium soft brushes on about 10 to 20 strength to accent your shadows and highlighted areas. That will vary according to if your shirt is for male or female and what mesh you are using. For girls clothing I always like to keep the mcg guide under my wire frames to give me an idea of how I want to highlight.
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MrQ3883 · Joined: 14 Apr 2010 Posts: 8 Location: USA - MI

Wow Verses, great answer. I was just going to say that i simply use a flat color background, with a pattern overlay (I usually use herringbone) to give it some cloth look. Experiment with this until you get the look that you want. Then I will create front and back images separately until the shirt is complete.

MrQ3883 · Joined: 14 Apr 2010 Posts: 8 Location: USA - MI

I should have said this also....I use 2065621 (female scoop tee) and 3502903 (male tee). They both use a single 512x256 texture.