T-Shirt Art - Corel Painter 8 Tutorial

Jacquelin Vanderwood  September 15, 2003 1 To create t-shirt art in Painter, let us start with a 500 x 500 pixel white background file. Next add a new layer so we're not working on the Canvas layer. 2 Let's also start with the color black. 3 Choose as your brush the Felt Pen option then right-click with your mouse and select Art Marker. 4 Create a rough sketch of the art on this layer. 5 Work from a clone. 6 Using the color black and the Ink Pen, draw out the shape as shown below. 7 Select a blue and create three shapes. You'll notice there will be 4 layers now. Hold the Shift key down and click on the three layers. Select Control+G to group. Then click on the arrow on the Layers palette up in the right corner and choose collapse to convert all the shapes to one layer. 8 With the Pen tool selected still or again, draw the next section of the artwork. Select all the layers that are the same colors and group then collapse. 9 Create the white section seen below. 10 Group the two layers and collapse. With the Magic Wand select the white then press Control+X to cut the section out. 11 With the Pen tool and the color red selected, create the ribbon. This will be a two-piece ribbon. Once the part of the ribbon that flows to the back is drawn, move that layer below the diamond shaped artwork and adjust. 12 With the color black chosen, let's select a new brush. This time it will be the Liquid Ink Velocity Sketcher. If you need to reduce the size of the brush just tap the [ key. 13 Choose Straight Line Strokes. Outline the artwork. To jump from place to place, temporarily click on the Freehand Stroke on the left and then back to the former. 14 Add the outlines as shown below which will remain on it's own layer. 15 Add text. As you can see, the artwork is very limited in it's colors which makes it more cost effective to print. 16 At this point you would set up the file for print using the Color Management feature in Painter 8.   Copyright 2003, Jacquelin Vanderwood, All Rights Reserved