#paint.net tutorial

Quick T-Shirt Stencil/Paint Tutorial Thing with Paint.net

DIYing this into a tshirt for the Chrissy Chlapecka concert!!!!

Disclaimer: This is not as detailed as it should be, nor is it universal to every image you may want to stencil. I also am not a graphic designer so there are probably easier ways to go about this.

Part 1) How I made the stencil:

Step 1) Acquire image and make a printer friendly stencil (I use paint.net). This way you don't waste all of your ink

Usually I use the magic wand tool to select and delete the inside to leave the outline.

And this is how I make my stencils usually, clean it up, make it black and white, yadda yadda.

Today I did it a bit differently tho (for funsies)

I went to Adjustments-> Levels adjustment and messed around until I got what I wanted (adjusted the input histogram) (don't ask me what this means I'm not a graphic artist, I just fuck around until I get what I want)

Then, I made it black and white

I changed the contrast to make the lines distinct (after trying to print it the first time because it was hard to see. )

Part 2) Bringing your stencil into the physical realm

Hit Ctrl + P to bring up the print menu (if you are using anything other than Windows, I'm sorry). Instead of

PRINT THE STENCIL. Cardstock will give you a much better stencil because it will be more durable.

Then you can take an Exacto knife/craft knife and cut it out. Any old one will do, just make sure your blade is sharp. I did not document this process because I didn't think about making a tutorial until after I finished

My mom is cool and let me borrow her ergonomic knife that she uses for cardmaking (WHICH IS SO GOOD INCLUDED PICS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHICH ONE)

AFTER THAT YOU BE VERY CAREFUL AND CUT THINGS OUT. I chose this design specifically because it was already ideal for stencilling, but if yours is not, be sure to leave some attachment points

NOW YOU GOT YOUR STENCIL

"Shabby, what about the dot in the 'i'?"

Fret not, fret not! It shall be addressed. I borrowed some low tack tape (again from my mom) (thanks mom) (shout out to moms with craft supplies). I'm going to trace the dot of the eye, cut the tape in the dot shape, and place it over the 'i' when I paint the stencil.

Actual shirt painting later I forgot to wash it 😭

Well first I open Paint.net, which to my knowledge is free but i’ve had it for so long that I can’t really remember. Anyway the paint.net program looks like this

next you want too select the tiny square icon on the little bar. Then you want to make the blue the size and shape of what you want your banner to be.

Next you want to select the icon next to the square on the bar and just click on the grey, After that you copy it (for shortcut use ctrl c) Then you go to file and select new. The width and height will already be set to the size and shape you selected so all you have too do is click ok.

Now the canvas will be the shape and size you want now all you have to do is download some sprites or transparents, choose what color you want it to be, and put what you want to say.

Now for some small tips.

If you want the sentence to be a certain color just select a color on the pallette.

When your in the sentence maker icon there will be an option to pick different kinds of fonts you should find it on the top of the screen.

If you want something to glow just look at the top, select Effects and go to the photos options there you will find a glow button click on it and then mess around until its the way you like it, then just click done/ok.

If you want a gradient color for your banner click on the blue square on the bar. then select a color on the palette.

I suggest you put everything in different layers I do it like this: one layer for the colored banner, one for each sprite or transparent, and one for the sentence. when your ready to merge everything select the top layer and then select the merge layer down button that’s on the layers tool. Then save it as a pdn first and name it what you want to call it and then save it as a png.

PAINT.NET: MAKING PALETTES & USING THE RECOLOUR TOOL -- tutorial by amoebae

I’ve created an imgur album with a tutorial covering the basics of how I recolour items in Paint.NET for The Sims 4, all without actions. You can of course use it to recolour anything for any other reason, it doesn’t have to be for this game.

Click on the title above to view the tutorial.

The tutorial covers:

a link to download Paint.NET (free)

creating a blank/empty palette

creating a palette of your favourite colours using the eye dropper tool

setting up the recolour tool

recolouring a basic texture with your new palette colours

some quirks of the recolour tool that can be both useful and annoying

((Whoosh! I guess another tutorial then? You can find the hair tutorial post here

Step One: Base Colour

Step Two: Add some lines

Make sure to go along where you think it’ll be shaded

Step 3: Blur them out

Step 4: Erase/ Select the ones that aren’t in the skin out

Step 5: Go over missed parts

This includes the nose, the lip segmentation, etc.

Step 6: Add some gradients

This is so the lines on the face won’t seem as harsh 

Step 7: Add some highlight

Go on places like the top of the cheekbone on on the lip

Step 8: Fix the saturation (If it applies)

Step 10: Fix the contrast (if it applies)

      so you wanna make some excellent lookin’ icons without having to download photoshop? well, here i am to help! tutorial located under the read more line.