How to draw good seems and lines on a kit
This tutorial is the hardest I have done so far so hopefully people will test it for me and tell me of any problems they encounter with it so I can refrain it in future...
OK lets get started
I make my kits in a way which most Kit makers don't make their own. I have a .PSD for each part of my kit. A picture might explain it...
1. Open the part of the kit you want to edit, I'll use the front I made in earlier tutorial on how to show black on a kit.
2. Select the bottom colour layer (which should be black (#1E1E1E) if you followed the black tutorial) and then choose the
Rectangle Tool
and make sure the top left hand corner looks like this...
3. Now with the foreground colour #1E1E1E drag the square tool over the kit which should look something like this
4. Choose the
Direct Selection Tool
5. With the
Direct Selection Tool click on the outline of the square and you will see dots appear at all of the corners, now all that has to be done is dragging it to the shape which you want.
6. Two tools which you will find really useful when doing this are these two:
Pen Tool - This allows you to add new points to the square meaning you have more control over it and can maneuvre the shape into different positions
Convert Point Tool - This allows you to reset points and by clicking and dragging a point with it you can widen the angle also.
7. Now that you have the desired shape
you need to add line effects to it, just double click on the layer and an effects screen will popup.