Using Shapes to Make Bags (Part 2)

Make simple and unique bags by using shapes!

Posted: September 29th, 2025
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As noted in Part 1, although Studio gives us many design template to make bags, sometimes its easier to make the template invisible and create from scratch using shapes! I’m going to start with the invisible Lower Part that we created in Part 1, but now I’m going to create a flower shape. Start again by adding a circle shape:

This one is a little larger and lower to leave space to pull in points to make petals. Now go into the “+” sign at the top to add points. This will allow you to add more dots that you can use to change the shape of your circle. Add points around the circle to move in and make a petal effect.

Drag every other point you added in towards the center to make the petal shapes:

You can use the orange and pink lines/squares that show up to shape the petals and make them rounder or thinner, whatever you prefer. Now I’m going to add the center of the flower by going back to the tee shirt icon and “Details,” and selecting a new circle:

And now we’ll paint the shadows and glare. Go into “Circle 1” and “Shadows” on the right, and select the pencil icon and “Brush” on the left. (I’ll note that I already erased the existing shadows and glare in Part 1 – if you haven’t done so, first go into the Eraser and clear out the default shadows.)

Now paint on shadows, starting with the darkest just barely touching around the edge, and then painting in progressively lighter shadows.

Since this has two parts, I’m also going to paint a very thin shadow around the center circle, to give it some separation from the other shape.

Then I’ll go into “Glare” under Circle 1, and paint just a bit of highlights where the bag catches the light:

Again you can customize your colors, or add various “items” like zippers or clasps to make it look like a bag. But this gives us the basic shape to start with!


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