The Photoshop/Art Showcase thread

With a number of threads requesting photoshop assistance of late, I thought it might be agood idea to have a separate thread for those of us who have a keen interest in photoshop to show off our works, without getting other threads off topic.

So here it is! I want to see those photoshop masterpieces, and works of art.

Here's a work in progress I've been mucking about with recently, just something basic. I started with a fou door Mk2 Cortina Estate as the base, and have so far turned it into a two door sedan delivery sort of thing, with the rear panelled up.

http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/j...rtinaWagon.jpg

http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/j...liveryJPEG.jpg

The first pic is the original, and the second is my edit, click the thumbnail to enlarge, and let me know what you think!

Hay pairodice make my Monte Carlo Rat Rod Black with center Line wheels .

Them are the wheels I was thinking about . That's not bad .

Hay Denny.W Pick some colors you Like that you think would Look good on the Monte Carlo .

I was in the middle of doing this for you, when my computer crashed, and I lost it all, so I gave up, but Denny's done it for you anyway. If you have some better quality digital photos of the Monte Carlo, post them, because they're better to work with, and don't limit it to side shots either, you can see a lot more from a front 3/4 shot or similar! :)

I decided I should have another go, and this is what I came up with. I started from scratch with the original image.

I took it a little bit further and fixed the paint and sprayed it black, shaved the doorhandles, removed the side trims from the doors, and the lights from the front and rear quarter panels. At this point it was looking like something fit for the mafia, so I tinted the glass for even more of a mobster look.

Then I sort of steered away from that a bit and grafted in some big tyres and Convo Pros for a pro street look. I also recoloured the inner guards and darkened the shadow.

I also did a blown version to continue the pro street theme.

Here they are:
Standard
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...loChopJPEG.jpg
Full size here

Blown
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...pBlownJPEG.jpg
Full size here

The paint is a bit rough because of the low image quality, and the fact that black is hard to create to a realistic standard. Everything else is fairly good though, thanks to the use of some high quality pictures for the donated parts.

How 'bout flames? :toocool:

http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/j...FlamedJPEG.jpg
Click to enlarge

This is Totally COOL . Man do some more with a Cowl Hood Scoop . And different Wheels . Thanks

Here's a good one Finish this guy's Wagon ;)

This is the best I could do for a cowl scoop, it was hard to find one on the right angle, but I managed to distort and cut one up to a reasonable angle. It's a bit hard to see the detail, so it looks pretty unrealistic, but you get the idea.

http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/j...pCowlScoop.jpg

How about some billet wheels? Too much? Looks a bit pimpy I think.
http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/j...hopBillets.jpg

Click to enlarge

Pairodice that is cool . It's Like Overhauling on my PC . Make the car the way you think it will Look best ! Thanks

that wagon seems like it would have awesome weight transfer. and ps if you want a set of convo pros i am thinking of selling mine and getting a differnt set of wheels 15x14's in the back and 15x4's up front :D

I say PhotoShop it into a Gasser :LOL: :LOL:

oh now your thinking :D

We can't forget Old Boy ! :LOL: :LOL:

See if you guy's can put the white Dog in the Monte . Thanks

Hay what happen with the Photoshop ?

I started working on the wagon, cleaned it up, and now I've just gotta decide what to do with it. The gasser idea sounds appealing, it looks as if it would work well, but I'm not sure if I can find good enough donor pitures to use, or even if I can do it sucessfully.

Here's my progress so far.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j.../WagonCHop.jpg

Pair great job on the clean up . It has a little Gasser look to it now minus fender headers , some writing on the side .

A little something I put together this afternoon as a bit of an experiment to see if I could come up with a different way of applying a two tone paint scheme, rather than the normal "top and bottom" colours. Not the most realistic looking of edits, but not too bad. The purple was inspired by this

Original
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...iac/1600E4.jpg

Edited
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...aintScheme.jpg

Quote:

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Originally Posted by DennyW

Got tired, and yesterday was movie day for me....:LOL: :LOL:

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Not bad ;) make it blue with the white dog inside :)

Here's my next project I want to do, any good ideas??? That's pretty impressive!!

Sean

Now thats the purple i like just right .

I wanna do flames back to the ft door seam. Not sure on the normal flame color or a contrasting blue. Can I get an Idea??

How about 6 ideas? Probably not quite the position you want them in, but you get the idea. I did two different styles of flame for you, in the regular flame colours, a blue, and purple.

1
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...ac/Flamed1.jpg

2
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...ac/Flamed2.jpg

3
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...ac/Flamed3.jpg

4
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...ac/Flamed4.jpg

5
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...ac/Flamed5.jpg

6
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...ac/Flamed6.jpg

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Originally Posted by DennyW

Wasn't sure what shade blue, so...And heres you a comp. orange one to...:LOL:

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That Orange one is not Bad ? :HMMM:

I guess I got a little carried away on this one.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...in-Wagon-2.jpg

Pairodice,.... Thanx a ton. That is exactly what I was after. You do real good work. It looks like fun. I work beside a place that does the vehicle wraps in thin vinyl. I may have them do this on mine instead of paint. It is easier to peel this stuff off and clean it up, than repaint. Thanks again. Bryan

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Originally Posted by pairodice

So here it is! I want to see those photoshop masterpieces, and works of art.

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Well...my stuff isn't done in Photoshop. All of my renderings are done in Illustrator as 'vector' art...so you can scale them up to the size of the moon if you'd like with absolutely no loss of detail.

Anyway, here's some of my work...

http://www.satanclauz.com/mynot/08_sedan_focussport.jpg

A rendering of my buddies truck that we designed and painted...

http://www.satanclauz.com/mynot/jojos_F150_rend_807.jpg


And then I used that truck on my latest 'mailer'...

http://www.satanclauz.com/mynot/final_postcard.jpg


And this is a full bodykit I designed for the 2008 Scion xB's that is in production right now...

http://www.satanclauz.com/mynot/xG_s_f_r_views.jpg

http://www.satanclauz.com/mynot/xG_full_rendering.jpg
(parts available at www.scionpro.com if you're interested in seeing the quality of the xGangster kit)


And just some other fun stuff I've been working on...

http://www.satanclauz.com/mynot/18x24_TM_horsepower.jpg

http://www.satanclauz.com/mynot/Dickies_w_merc_408.jpg

http://www.satanclauz.com/mynot/chevy_II_illy_308.jpg


Thanks pairodice for startin' this thread. Anyway...I hope everyone likes my work. I've been doin' this for almost 18 years now and I love it!

Wow, great stuff. I actually meant to say that Illustrator and Vector art was definitely welcome, because I've seen that kind of thing before and it's absolutely amazing. Your stuff is definitely top notch. I wish I had a clue how it was done because it's stunning.

could someone take a 71 monte carlo and make it white with black wheels and what looks like red paint splashed on the front of it across the hood and front panels. I know this alot to ask but it would really help me picture what i want to do with my car. Thank you so much.

pairofdice, Denny can anyone help me with this.

i have seen a paint job where the second color looks splashed across the hood and side panels. more like large blobs of paint instead of straight lines or flames. just looking for something different. I figure that since my next car show is not until the middle of june that if i repaint my car by then people who saw it this past weekend will think that i own more than one monte :D

Is this kinda what you're after? This was a 'splash' paintjob I designed for my old toyota truck...

THAT IS IT. Thank you ynot. I was wondering what it would look like on my car if the car was white and the splash job red. how hard was that to do?

Well, actually this photo is 'real'...that's actually a 'real paint job' on my old truck. It's a not a 'photoshopped' image. I can post more pics of the paintjob if you'd like...I've got a whole photo album at home of pics of the whole paint job in progress as well as plenty of final shots of the truck.

Glad I was able to help.

please post more photos. I realize that it is a real photo. How long did it take to do the splash? I can use all the help i can get.:LOL:

really beautiful work

sorry to keep bugging you guys for this but my car is covered in primer waiting for me to begin. I am so anxious to see what i am going for.

It helps if you can post a picture of the car, or a car like yours, prefereably a reasonably high resolution, and something like a front 3/4 shot would be ideal for this. Even a white car if possible, because white is a difficult colour to acheive realistically in photoshop.