Learn 3D clothing design for virtual worlds
SL Designers is where people learn to design clothing for virtual worlds and find the tools to do it faster: video courses, Blender addons, a material HUD, a marketplace for premade mesh, and a community of creators.
What you will find here
- Clothing design video courses - from a first garment to rigged, fitted clothing you can sell. Recorded for Second Life. About the courses
- Blender addons - GALA for fitting, rigging and export, and the Fur addon. About the tools
- The Material HUD - a texture changer system for the products you sell, with PBR and Blinn-Phong support.
- A premade marketplace - full-perm mesh made by SL Designers creators, with the files (OBJ, FBX, BLEND, DAE), maps and rigging each listing includes.
- A 3D studio - an island you can walk through in your browser, with a classroom where students watch together. Visit the island
- A community - students and creators on our Discord server, and our store in Second Life.
Guides
- Second Life clothing design coursesVideo courses that take you from a first mesh to rigged, fitted clothing you can sell in Second Life.
- Blender addons and tools for Second Life creatorsGALA, the Fur addon and the Material HUD: the tools we build for clothing creators.
- FiveM clothing in BlenderHow GTA V / FiveM clothing is made, step by step, and what carries over from Second Life.
- Sims 4 CC clothing in BlenderFrom cloning an item in Sims 4 Studio to a finished .package file.
- inZOI clothing mods in BlenderMaking clothes for inZOI with the official ModKit.
- Roblox layered clothing in Blender3D clothing for Roblox avatars: mesh, rig and the two cages.
- VRChat avatar clothing in BlenderClothing made for an avatar base, from Blender to Unity.
- How-to guidesRigging, weight painting, UV unwrapping, baking, PBR, LODs, export, upload and selling - step by step.
- 3D clothing design glossaryRigging, UV maps, baking, PBR, weight painting, fitted mesh: the technical words, explained plainly.
One craft, six worlds
A garment is modelled, fitted, unwrapped, textured and rigged in much the same way wherever it will be worn. What changes from world to world is the last stretch:
| World | Made with | What you deliver | Fitted to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Life | Blender, Second Life viewer | Collada (.dae) | Mesh bodies: Maitreya, Legacy, Reborn, Kupra |
| FiveM (GTA V) | Blender with Sollumz | .ydd and .ytd | The freemode characters |
| The Sims 4 | Blender, Sims 4 Studio | .package | The Sim body |
| inZOI | Blender or Maya, inZOI ModKit | A ModKit mod | The Zoi body |
| Roblox | Blender, Roblox Studio | FBX with two cages | Any R15 avatar |
| VRChat | Blender, Unity with the VRChat SDK | FBX or Unity package | One avatar base |
Questions people ask
What is SL Designers?
SL Designers (the GalvanisT Designer Ecosystem) is a school and toolmaker for people who design clothing for virtual worlds. It offers clothing design video courses recorded for Second Life, the GALA and Fur addons for Blender, a material HUD, a marketplace for premade mesh, and a Discord community.
Who is it for?
For anyone who wants to make and sell 3D clothing: complete beginners, Second Life creators who want to go further, and designers from other worlds who want to learn the craft of building, fitting and rigging a garment.
Which virtual worlds do the courses cover?
The lessons are recorded for Second Life. The guides on this site explain how the same skills are used for FiveM (GTA V), The Sims 4, inZOI, Roblox and VRChat, and what each of those worlds needs on top.
How do I buy?
Everything is sold in Second Life, at the SL Designers store, with L$. After opening your box you link your avatar to the website once, and your courses and tools open when you log in with Discord.
Is Blender free?
Yes. Blender is free and open-source 3D software, and it is the program used for clothing in every world on this page.