Making tattoos

[casma164]

What programs would be required to create and import tattoos?

 

And if someones already made a tutorial, can you please point me there.

[AirostheTiger]

That depends on what, exactly, you want to accomplish.

 

You can use Gimp or Photoshop, (if you use Gimp, make sure you install the DDS plugin), open up the texture for the skin you wish to add a tattoo to, (i.e. Data\textures\actors\character\male\malebody_1.dds and malehead.dds for males, Data\textures\actors\character\female\femalebody_1.dds and femalehead.dds for females), then copy/paste your tattoo image onto the texture.

 

You should note that every non-beast race female uses the femalebody_1.dds, every non-beast male uses malebody_1.dds, so any change you make to those textures is going to show up on pretty much every character ever.

 

If you're looking to add unique tattoos to a specific NPC, I do have a tutorial written up for that, but it requires the above steps plus using the Creation Kit.

Edited February 14, 2013 by AirostheTiger

[cortlong50]

hey man, im building a tattoo skin for like five or six different female mods if youre interested in trying them out, i can also make you a male one if thats what youre looking for. all of them are a japanese style with mucca back pieces.

to answer your question....photoshop.

but no tribal, its not a rule, but theres a law about it somewhere. its just awful.

[DreivorCreations]

hey man, im building a tattoo skin for like five or six different female mods if youre interested in trying them out, i can also make you a male one if thats what youre looking for. all of them are a japanese style with mucca back pieces.

to answer your question....photoshop.

but no tribal, its not a rule, but theres a law about it somewhere. its just awful.

I wanna to test your tattos and i am wondering if you can make something for race menu mod by expired maybe