Flipped art

[rosieee]

Hi guys, I have been wanting to make some Flipped art. But it seems no one wants to help or just doesn't know, its a hard thing to try to find out. So I was wondering if anyone could help me? Thank you

[rosieee]

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[tawnypelt3]

What, do you mean you want to know how to make flipped art? That's easy-peasy, I can explain:

The easiest and way to make good quality flipped art is with a transparent background already on the pet or pets you want to use. Some people don't use transparent backgrounds or don't have an image program that can handle transparent images, and their art often looks choppy because they've had to cut around the pet and whatnot.

In order to get a transparent background with your pet, you need to copy the pet's code and paste it into the forum. You don't need to make an actual post, though; I usually open a new thread page and just click preview after pasting the pet's code. It'll show the pet and you can save the transparent image without posting. It is also a good idea to place a random item far below your pet so you can crop the image and still get your pet's feet.

Here is my example, Misha:

I just added an item under her, then copied+pasted her code onto the post, and now I can save it to my computer.

Now the work begins. I don't know what image editing program you use, but I use Gimp. Any program that can use transparent pixels is fine, such as Photoshop, Sai, or firealpaca. So, you need to open your pet's image in your art program, then you can do whatever you want to it; crop out the item and bottom bar, flip it, resize it, put two pets together, etc.


Hope that answers your question. If you need any more help, I'm happy to oblige.

[rosieee]

Testing that out, I am really happy you explained this to me, do you think its possible that you could get the Gimp download for me? That would be awesome thank you so much<3

[tawnypelt3]

Here is the official download page for Gimp. Just below the download is a link to the manual, and there is also a tutorials page here. If you can't find what you need in the manual or tutorials, try Googling "gimp help" or "gimp" and whatever thing you want to know about, as there are tons of help sites and whatnot for the program. Glad to be of service.

[rosieee]

Ah! Thank you so much, I can only find the mirrors which dont have the downloads. I'm such a idiot, sorry for keep asking you questions hah.

[catra]

Marking this for future use, as I was wondering that too.

[tawnypelt3]

It's all good, bro. That's what I'm here for; answering questions.

[rosieee]

Oh my, thank you once more. I really hope this is my last question to you! Haha.
I Would just like to know about the download? I cant find it, only the mirrors

[tawnypelt3]

Did you click "Download GIMP 2.8.10" in the big orange letters? I click on them and it opens an "Opening gimp_setup.exe" dialogue.