How to make an anime car

[cowboy]

i posted the step by step in case the site becomes down after it exceeds the max (http://www.geocities.com/imadriftaholic/anime/anime.htm)

this is pretty cool :thumb_up:

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Part 1: Outline

1. Get a pic from somewhere. I got this one from Bomex. I like to make them 1200 pixels wide so they look good when I resize them back down.

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2. Make it lighter so you can see what you're doing

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3. On a new layer, make an outline by using the pen tool and stroking it with the airbrush. Do small pieces at a time. Since it's on a different layer, you can see it without the original pic

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Part 2: Shade

1. On a new layer, make a body base

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2. On a new layer, make body shadows. Use the pen tool and fill the path.

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3. On a new layer, make body highlights

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4. You should have something like this. Notice I decided to make the panel between the taillights match the paint like the RPS13.

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5. Do similarly for glass, tires, wheels, muffler, lights, all on new layers

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6. On a new layer, blacken everything that will always be black

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Part 3: Color

1. Copy the 'body base' layer and put it under the 'body highlight' layer but above 'body shadows.' Color the copy of 'body base' the color that you want the car to be. By having the color on a separate layer, you can change it later and it won't affect the shading at all.

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2. Play with the opacity of 'body highlight,' 'body color,' and 'body shadows' until you get a look you like

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Part 4: Details

1. On a new layer under the 'glass base' layer, make some black interior silhouettes and reduce the opacity on 'glass base' so you can see the silhouettes through the glass

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2. Put something on the license plate and in this case I needed to highlight the muffler tip too

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That's it!

By driftaholic

[Dice]

Ray W: you have waaayyy too much free time..

[DOHC-LSR]

:thumb_up: yeah, I saw someone else's how to using a Civic or CRX. Very similiar to your instr. Either way... I never got around to it.. I wanted to make it for my signature or something... But I was missing one thing... a picture of my car... so I got stuck.. :bash:

[copymaster003]

That's pretty cool. bowdown: It looks like you can basically do that to anything you have a picture of. We should assign Helluvafst homework and have everyone anime their own car and themselves. Then put it into a collage. I think that would be tight.


But I'm just wondering how did you post all that without getting caught! That must of took you some time. Is your monitor facing the wall again?:rofl:

[cowboy]

Originally posted by copymaster003
That's pretty cool. bowdown: It looks like you can basically do that to anything you have a picture of. We should assign Helluvafst homework and have everyone anime their own car and themselves. Then put it into a collage. I think that would be tight.


But I'm just wondering how did you post all that without getting caught! That must of took you some time. Is your monitor facing the wall again?:rofl:

yup....if you look at the time stamp on the left side...it took about half an hour to do :big_grin: and if you compare this site with the link..i missed a picture, but i don't think it was that important

-ray, the guy that might do that to his car if he had learned some photoshop

[andyl8u]

That's pretty cool. Might try that sometime. :thumb_up:

[Daidae]

Cowboy,
that good work!

Which Photoshop version you used?
I cannot find my version, can anyone send me theirs?
Or make me a back up copy?

[cowboy]

Originally posted by Daidae
Cowboy,
that good work!

Which Photoshop version you used?
I cannot find my version, can anyone send me theirs?
Or make me a back up copy?

i didn't do it...i just copied and pasted the info to the helluvafast board...just incase that particular site or geocities takes a dump

but thanks anyways :thumb_up:

-ray, the one that made sure the site would forever stay posted

[DOHC-LSR]

I just took a look at the site cowboy posted and I noticed it didn't mention 1 little detail. or maybe I just didn't see it but its common sense. you have to start off with a good picture in the daylight capturing all the BODY LINES or else this will not work. That was one thing the CRX/CIVIC anime how to I saw mentioned...

[cowboy]

Originally posted by DOHC-LS-Ray
I just took a look at the site cowboy posted and I noticed it didn't mention 1 little detail. or maybe I just didn't see it but its common sense. you have to start off with a good picture in the daylight capturing all the BODY LINES or else this will not work. That was one thing the CRX/CIVIC anime how to I saw mentioned...

i think the site was created to show you that's it possible to draw a anime picture from a photo. and that was it. and it didn't go into details because he assumed people were familiar with photoshop.

otherwise he would have named his site "tutorial to draw and anime car"

-ray, the one that can't find the tutorial

[DOHC-LSR]

Originally posted by cowboy


i think the site was created to show you that's it possible to draw a anime picture from a photo. and that was it. and it didn't go into details because he assumed people were familiar with photoshop.

otherwise he would have named his site "tutorial to draw and anime car"

-ray, the one that can't find the tutorial

I look for the tutorial on the CRX/Civic than... its written for those who don't know photoshop.