Now, you'll need the clothing texture templates from Second Life for this next part. I'm not going to explain how to do that, cause I'm assuming you know how to save stuff, or can figure it out for yourself. So now you should see something like the image to the left. If you're trying to make a checkerboard tattoo, this would probably make things confusing :) This pattern is how the Gimp represents transparency.
All the white parts should be replaced by a checkerboard pattern. A window will pop up showing a preview of what's about to happen to the image. Go the the Filters menu, chose the Colors submenu, and click on "Color to Alpha". If the image is grayscale (mine was), this is easy. What we need to do is replace all the white parts with transparency. If you just upload this image into Second Life as it is and try to make a tattoo out of it, it'll look like a big white patch on your back with the image on the white patch instead of your skin. Don't use a picture of an actual tattoo on an actual person, unless your some sort of super Gimp Goddess and can figure out how to separate the tat from the body and flatten it out. Try to find an image that's flat on a white background. I don't know how copyright laws apply to this sort of thing, but I'm not planning on selling the tattoo in Second Life, so I think it's ok. cause it's free!Īnyway, here's how I made the tat. but there are a lot of other things I'd rather spend my money on. Photoshop is great, if you can afford it.
To do this, you'll need some sort of graphics editing software that has Alpha channels. Tats, on the other hand, are super easy to make. You can play around with shapes pretty easily, but skins, clothes, and hair take some talent. There are a lot of ways to customize your avatar in Second Life. Edit () - I will leave this post here for awhile, but it will be moving to my new site
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