Making a Plaid (Gingham) Pattern
I was asked by a friend of mine how I
made my Plaid pattern so I decided to make this tutorial showing how. I'm
sure there are similar tutorials on the internet, but this is how I do
it.
Step 1: Open a new image 40
x 40 as shown.
Step 2: Flood fill the image
with the background color of your choice. I used white here as shown.
Step 3: Choose the other 2
colors you wish to use. One color should be darker than the other. Here
I have chosen 2 shades of green.
Step 4: DOUBLE-CLICK on the
selection tool  in the
tool bar. and a Select Area box will open. Set the settings as shown.
Click ok.
Step 5: Flood fill the selected
area with the darker color as shown.
Step 6: DOUBLE-CLICK on the
selection tool in the tool bar again, and set the settings as shown. 
Click ok.
Step 7: Flood fill the selected
area with the lighter color as shown.
Step 8: Step 6: DOUBLE-CLICK
on the selection tool in the tool bar again, and set the settings as shown.
Click ok
Step 9: Flood fill the selected
area with the lighter color as shown.
Step 10: Deselect the image
(Image>Select None).
At this time, you can save it as
a psp, gif, or jpg file. You may resize the image to make the pattern smaller
if you wish. Now all you do is use this pattern to flood fill larger images.
Try using a variety of colors for different effects. You can add lines
etc. as I have done in the samples below.
If you have any questions about the
instructions, Please let me know and I will try to answer them.
Art
Back
to Tutorial Page
|
