Shoe Tutorial Part 1
- destinysoulthief
- Dec 4, 2017
- 2 min read
Shoes can seem a little bit daunting, but once you know the placement and where the different parts are, the easier it becomes. For the purpose of this tutorial I will be using THIS mesh by Wiing
We'll start with the boot map. I have overlayed some colors to help you see where the different parts are. It would be helpful for you to make your own and use a guide for shoe making
I have also added this as a texture so you can see where they lie on the mesh.
Next it's time to draw your opacity. I am going for an ankle boot. There is a small cured part in the middle as this will be the tongue of the boot. Don't forget to use your colors as a guide. I have lowered the opacity so you can see where on the colored map this falls.
The steps in this tutorial may take you a couple tries until you get it just how you want it, but that's OK, some things need patience and practice. Here is my opacity applied to the mesh.
Now it's time to lay down your colors. Keep your colored guide just visible as you work on your base colors.
You will need to test this in the previewer to see if the colors are where you want them.
Next we'll add some finer details, like stitching, laces, etc. You can created stitches by using the paths tool and changing the line style to dashes. I created the eyelets for the laces by using the brush tool at size 2 then applying an emboss filter. I created the laces by using the paths tool and crisscrossed the lines to the eyelets and stroke path with a size of 1. I then duplicated the layer and added a bevel, set the layer to soft light, adjusted the opacity a little and merged down. I hand drew the bow, and repeated the same process I used for the laces.
Keep updating the previewer with your progress, so you can make any adjustments you need to.
It's time to start adding some shadows and highlights. Click over to the next tutorial for those.
P.S. I have included pictures in good faith to help you on your creating journey. Please do not steal my textures, creating your own is much more satisfying. Stealing my texture will result in a DMCA complaint lodged against you and I would hate for it to come to that.
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