(REQ) Tutorial on making glowing face tattooes : III

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:13 pm

So i'm making my race mod and I want to be able to have glowing face tatt's like alot of the prettier face mods have. Where they look like they were actually meant to be there, and look good!

This was my attempt.
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n620/slaaneshthecorruptor/Untitled-3.jpg

So does anyone know of a tutorial which explains how to do it?

» Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:12 am

http://korana.elricm.com/Tutorials_Glow_Mapping.htm

» Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:51 am

Ahh thank you very much! I appreciate it

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:05 pm

This actually is a very nice texture!

http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae224/mwscreen/Zwischenablage02-2.png
http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae224/mwscreen/Zwischenablage01.png

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:27 pm

How did they make that? :sadvaultboy:

» Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:06 am

I have to admit, I make those in Irfan and Paint. Just simple WinXP or Win7 Paint.

Spoiler

First I open the BB skin for the race the face shall have (most of the times it's orc for me

) to have a direct comparison while adjusting the skin tone in irfan. then i load this newborn facetex into paint. after i got this i open the original texture also in paint, cut out the eyes and the teeth to get back the white. if i wish, i adjust the iris and the lips in a way i want (to have two coloured eyes and darker lips - to do this i often alter existing textures of lips and eyes from ren and westly, just cutting them out and pasting them in - of course none of these texes will ever be published). save. have a look at it in nifskope. if required i adjust the tex so it fits an orcmesh and save again.

still in paint i cut out everything except the iris again and make the whole background black. this is my glow then. i adust the colour of the iris to my liking in irfan. have a look at it in nifskope. be sure not to overwrite your first file by just hitting the save-button.

» Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:42 am

Hmm that's pretty much what I do in CS5, except your's looks alot better :sadvaultboy:

Maybe it's just cause I am trying to add swirly tatt's on the face and it looks retarted. Well, thank you for explaining, i've learned a few things from it :hubbahubba:

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:06 pm

I made these once. One is Ren's, one is Westly's.

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc288/SisterV/licht28.jpg
http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae224/mwscreen/licht14.jpg?t=1311207006
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc288/SisterV/assa3.png
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc288/SisterV/assa4.png

Your head looks like the glow tex is not black.

» Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:25 am

I made these once. One is Ren's, one is Westly's.

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc288/SisterV/licht28.jpg
http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae224/mwscreen/licht14.jpg?t=1311207006
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc288/SisterV/assa3.png
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc288/SisterV/assa4.png

Your head looks like the glow tex is not black.

The background was black, it was just the tattoo wasn't bright.
here was my latest attempt: http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n620/slaaneshthecorruptor/Untitled-1-1.jpg
As you can tell, it doesn't look as great as yours. What method did you use to apply the tattoo's? Just applying them is my problem, I can make them glow and stuff now.

» Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:39 pm

Did you cut out the part of the tattoo in the original face or is it applied to the normal face tex too? So it does not overlay the "normal" skin but stands for itself?

I also would make two things different: Adjust the eyes, lips and teeth so they don't have that blueish touch. Add a glow for the eyes to the glow of the tattoo (same tex). Then you will have a much better contrast.