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The best way to learn something is to do it yourself and make all the mistakes that you can. The next best, a little easier, is to follow a tutorial in which someone else has already corrected most of the mistakes they made. BTW, there's rhyme and reason in doing these tuts in order. |
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Tutorial 1 |
Perspective 101.How to build your own beginner house using perspective. Very basic, but a good start. |
Tutorial 2 |
Why do more work than you have to? Here are some tips to creating a house. Then you can deform a finished house. in any perspective you want, front and/or side, complete with windows, doors, and anything else you want -- all in a minimum of steps. |
Tutorial 3 |
The house in Tutorial 2 needs a roof, so here's a quick way to put one on -- in perspective -- even faster than you did in Tutorial 1. |
Building House Parts, Roofs |
Part tutorial and part ideas for creating house parts, so you can mix and match your own creations. Now that you know how to put on a simple roof, learn about house part styles -- and how to create them. |
Building House Parts, Dormers |
Once you know how to build roof styles, you're almost an expert in building dormer windows. Start learning about house styles by being able to spot them through roof and dormer styles. |
Building House Parts, Windows |
What's a house without windows? Learn about
them here. You can use the same ideas for creating a door collection. |
Building House Parts, Shutters |
A short tut showing how you can make your own shutter textures and use them to build house parts quickly. (The same ideas can be used for doors.) |
Building House Parts, Doors |
This isn't really a tutorial, but ideas for doors. |
Now that you've learned about house parts, start putting them together in specific architectural styles -- while simultaneously learning American history. Start with Early American Colonial. |
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Building Arches |
Learn about arches before you build that wall around your new house. |
Building Columns |
If you don't want arches, use columns to hold up your roof. |
Tips |
Little things that make my Paint Shop Pro life easier.
Never reinvent the wheel. |
