'69 Mustang in Photoshop

[Kirt]

Well, you haven't finished much of this to make comments on the realism of the piece. However, I can see that you've fallen into the misunderstanding that all highlights are white and all shadows are black. Try your colors again but use less white and black.

[Hyjaxe]

Thanks for your response, perhaps I should have mentioned that I am working from a reference image.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3715/mufp07051969mustangspor.jpg

[Kirt]

Yes, I figured as much. However, my point stands. In the ref image I see yellows, pinks, violets and blues in the highlights. In the shadows I see burgundies, browns, violets, greens and more blues.

To illustrate this further, use the eye dropper tool in Photoshop to sample some of the colors in that photo. You'll find very few whites and blacks. Once you realize this and apply the knowledge to your image you will see more realism in your finished piece.

[Hyjaxe]

Ah I see, (no pun intended). I think I've just overlooked all the detail and viewed it as a whole.

Thanks again.

[slowgolde]

Yo,

Your line work looks great, one thing with the colouring is that changes in the colour of carpaint often don't blend as much as you'd think. I recently did some car concepts and the first thing we had to nail was the environment around it, because on a well lit car that's pretty much 80 percent of what you're seeing.

I'd think about being quite bold and picking a ground colour, and a sky colour. I don't think you have to actually paint the environment, just reflect it in the paint. Also you could keep it very simple and it would really sell your strong linework.

http://www.stellaresorts.com.au/images/general/thrifty-red-car.jpg

http://keystoyourfortune.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/red_ferrari.279200051_std.jpg

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/autogeek/ferrari-fuzion1.jpg

Also as Kirt said, probably a good idea to avoid anything close to white. Although the highlights on the second one are only just off white (though the levels are quite heavily ramped up), you can only really get away with it if it's in a whiteback studio with very strong lights. That being said you might want that studio look.

Good luck with it :)

[Hyjaxe]

Thanks for your response. So I should try painting it with quicker transitions rather than blending the highlights to the color of the car? If so, any tips on how to achieve that look.

Perhaps it is counter-productive to try to paint from an actual photo.

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