create a new layer and select the gradient tool.Select the black and white and set it for difference mode and 70% opacity.
Then just sweep the gradient tool from left to right....this will look like this.
Then sweep the other way from right to left.
This gives us the making of our first fold in the material.Repeat this over and over from left to right and from right to left...with some short and some long...filling in where you think is appropriate.
with a little practice you will end up with something like this.
Looks a bit dull as a greyscale image...but once we add some colour...it jumps into life.
There we have our newly created silk..nicely folded and ready to be saved to make a long skirt or cut up to make a shirt etc.
By sweeping the gradient from different directions..(not just side to side).. you can make the material have multiple folds and wrinkles.
To create the multi wrinkled effect...start at above but move the opacity on your gradient up to 100% and sweep from side to side in small motions until you get the effect you are after.
then go to filters/blur/gaussian blur and set it about 6 pixels
then go to filters/stylize/find edges to give you this
looks a little too bright so we'll go to image/adjustments/levels and move the slider along until its dark enough for what you need.
Good luck in creating your own...hope this has helped all the new texture makers out there.
