A Work in Progress: Racecar



This guide was made for entry:
Racecar
In Contest:
violin


Original image


step 1 of 18

I started off by masking out the part of the source image that I no longer wanted

Creation of Racecar: Step 1

step 2 of 18

I rotated the this part of the violin and cut out a space for the wheels and the under part of the car.

Creation of Racecar: Step 2

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In this step I added the wheels from the image I found at Morguefil.com

Creation of Racecar: Step 3

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Creation of Racecar: Step 4

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In this step I used the burn tool to add some shadows to the car creating a bit of depth.

Creation of Racecar: Step 5

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Here I added some vents to the car. I did this using the pen tool and a black fill.

Creation of Racecar: Step 6

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In this step I added a background using the gradient tool. I also used the burn tool a bit more to add more depth to the car.

Creation of Racecar: Step 7

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I used the elliptical marquee too to create a white circle for the number 8. After the circle was created I selected the body of the car and then selected the inverse and hit delete on the circle layer so the white circle you fit the body of the car. I then added a blue stroke inside the circle using the blending options.

Creation of Racecar: Step 8

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I used the pen tool here to create the flames. I made the flames fit the body using the same technique used for the white circle.

Creation of Racecar: Step 9

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Here I simply set the flame layer and the white circle layer's blending options to overlay.

Creation of Racecar: Step 10

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In this step I used the pen tool and a stroke path to create the doors and the hood of the car.

Creation of Racecar: Step 11

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I created fenders in this step by using the pen too to create a crecent shape to fit around the wheel I fill this shape with white and set it to overlay using the blending options.

Creation of Racecar: Step 12

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I used the dodge tool in this step to creat a highlight on the top of the car to make it pop more.

Creation of Racecar: Step 13

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In this step I used the pen tool to create a headlight and a tail light.

Creation of Racecar: Step 14

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I simply went into the blending options of the taillight and gave it an inner shadow and a pattern overlay which was set to overlay to give the tail light some texture. I also select the headlight and contracted the selection by 1 pixel and filled the selection with a white to nothing gradient. I then gave the gradient layer a pattern overlay set to overlay.

Creation of Racecar: Step 15

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Here I used the pen tool to draw the seat, the steering wheel, the steering column, and the place where the odometer goes. Each piece was its own separate layer.

Creation of Racecar: Step 16

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I then used the dodge tool to create highlight on each one of the layers created in the previous step. I also gave each layer a pattern overlay to give them some texture. I did this to give each layer some depth and make them feel as though they belonged in the image.

Creation of Racecar: Step 17

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In this step I simple added a shadow beneath the car and also a reflection.

Creation of Racecar: Step 18

Final result

Creation of Racecar: Final Result

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