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wowzers your cartooning is hella! that first one looks wicked, especially if you did it in mspaint? you should get on deviantart mate, you would love it.

i love mucking with photoshop, heres some of my stuff



















my deviant art profile/gallery www.dogtemple.deviantart.com has more on it.

so far i have just been tracing from photos but I'm trying to get my scanner to talk to my laptop so i can start colouring my own sketches.



didnt do it in paint, i just used the pencil tool, it was before i learnt how to use paths which is what i use now. ill check that site out tho cheers

you pics look wicked, i love the skulls




i use GIMP, its similar to photoshop but free, i think alot use illustrator aswell but I'm yet to have a go with that

www.gimp.org/

to put it simply, you copy a photo into gimp, then put a transparent layer over that, then trace a part of the car (i usually start with the body) fill with colour and carry on untill the whole car is done, then i add high lights/low lights by blurring white or black lines or shapes depending on whats needed really.

www.digimods.co.uk/tutorials/tutorials.htm

i used this guide at first, its for photoshop but gimp has nearly all the same stuff so works for both.

once you know how gimp works and how to use layers and paths then you've cracked it really

its just glorified tracing at the end of the day lol

cheers for you comments guys, always good to have some feedback

awoo, love that first pic in B/W with the colourful swirls, is there an online tutorial somewhere cos i'd love to do stuff like that

Oooh I like this thread!

Been doing stuff like this for aaages, I'm not going to post everything I've done, because that would kill anyones internets.

But here's a selection of faves.

I use Photoshop, in conjunction with a Wacom pen tablet for some stuff.

This is my most recent, its a Kamaz truck, which I've.. modified XD

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Pen tool tomfoolery in the form of a Capri



This isn't a fave, but its the only toon (and a half arsed one at that) og the Bluebird
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Beetle with a bit of a led-sled idea going. Paints my creation too.



And, not of a car theme, but, a pic of me!


And no, I'm not that yellow, I shoulda fixed that.

Plenty more, but that would take ages to find stuff.

Its all on my deviantART anyway.

Half of my text and pics aren't appearing :S

how have u done these? did u start with a photo or are they free hand?? very cool either way, I fancy one of those pen tablet things, I just use my built in mouse on the laptop.

how much aere u talking for a decent pen tablet??


surfinturnip - cool chops, i used to do em but I'm never happy with them so ive stopped now, i love the suicide door bronze number, thats looks awesome.

I've got the Wacom Volito 2, a model which is no longer available I beleive, which I picked up from PC World for £40.

At first I thought it would be hard, but I use it for such a lot of things, the stuff you've seen which is purely Photoshop, I start with a base image for line tracing, but the colouring styles my own, the Kamaz was used for reference, but the stuff like the winch, guns and background is my own creation.
I also use it for colouring in drawings that I've done freehand with pencil and paper.
And no, the pic of me is not altered colour wise, my hair really was half red half black

Here's a couple more, which is done with pen tool and Photoshop, extra bits made up by me.

Pen tool tomfoolery in the form of a Capri



Beetle with a bit of a led-sled idea going. Paints my creation too.



Those two were the ones that for some reason wouldn't show up in the other post.

my first go at cartooning! and it took sodding ages as well not the best but I don't thinkits bad for a first time

appologies if its a massive pic

ok thanks mate plenty to keep me usy there