MegaRose

I did some tinkering and this is my current draft. The shading I've done will make for a nice template once I'm sure I'm done with it. Would this, if sold as a texture file, be workable by other people onto their mesh body clothes? Or does each one have its own templates that are too far incompatible with the basic?

Thank you! Local textures was exactly what I needed. I had put some very light shading on my texture but I was afraid to go too far, now I'm seeing how the colors get smoothed out by the lighting in game. And I can see where my seams are now, so I know what to fix. As for the clothing market and mesh bodies- I just last night started looking into what 'mesh' means on all the marketplace listings, so I'm starting to get it. I'm definitely going to do a little research on the popular mesh bodies and any templates provided for them. I've noticed you can also sell actual textures, so I'm also wondering if there's a viable market for just providing those, which people could potentially fit onto the mesh-compatible clothing they already have (if it works that way)? Or perhaps I'll also look into whether any 3d artists need a 2d artist to collaborate with. The options are pretty broad, so I'm going to start by tinkering with my tshirt some more. Thanks again!

I'm an artist, and I'm interested in seeing how well I can turn some of my existing artwork into clothing textures for SL. I've never done this before, and have very little experience with 3d stuff at all. I'm hoping, at the very least, that I can competently put pictures I've already drawn onto simple Tshirts to sell for like 1L$. I made a very quick texture to test (file attached) and wanted to preview it in-game. I don't have the 10L$ to upload it for real, and the preview image in the upload box didn't look right (screencap also attached). Is there something else I should be doing with the texture to make the colors come through right? I'm also looking for general advice and guides on clothes making and selling. As I said, I'm currently looking to just use existing artwork as textures. What should I expect from the SL marketplace, customer preferences, etc.? (btw my tester image is a recreation of a shirt I have up on Redbubble)