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After several days in Adobe Illustrator, I just finished up this piece for my dad. It's his '33 Ford Coupe he just recently finished.All vector, no Photoshop. The actual piece is about 8'x3'. > >

did you use Live trace on the car or just create each color and reflection?but damn very nice!! and its even better since its vector now it can be any size without pixelization.

off topic, but how do you guys like photoshop elements 5.0?i'm new to the photoshop world. i have this HUGE picture(s) project and need good photo editing.

No live trace.Never used Elements. Only used the pro versions, so I really couldn't tell you.

that looks amazing..im gonna have to download adobe illustrator..lol..i got photoshop 7 and image ready

I hope the real car looks even half as nice as your work, that's really good.

that's pretty amazing. nice work!

at Adobe.com, the full version of photoshop CS2 is 649$. wow. i don't need editeting that bad. lol

CS3 beta just came out Friday. Full version due out soon. I've had the opportunity to use and it's amazing!The real car does look just as good! First show out in Sept. was the Ducktail Run (hundreds of cars) it won best in class! The interior is just plain sick! Bigger shows to come!

man just as i get the whole CS2 package there is a CS3 out ...... oh well i still love CS2 i had PS7 before and before that i had Paint shop pro 6!!

I've been waiting almost a year for it to drop, since I got my Macbook Pro. It will run natively on the Intel Mac's. I'll finally be able to take advantage of the beast!Jan. 2 I order my new Mac Pro...stoked! Sick setup! Mac Pro for the studio and Macbook Pro for on the go!

for anyone who's not familiar with illustrator, i will tell you, an image like that is simply amazing!sub, did you use a picture of the car as a template or did you just draw it all out on a blank page?

new CS3 eh? hmmm demonoid.com here i come

Quote, originally posted by drunkenmaxx »for anyone who's not familiar with illustrator, i will tell you, an image like that is simply amazing!sub, did you use a picture of the car as a template or did you just draw it all out on a blank page?A little of both.Also, no gradient meshes were used. Only some overlay modes and gradients.

wow, fascinating! you truly have some talent there!if you don't mind, could you attach the illustrator file compatible w/CS2?i would love to take a look at those paths!

As a rule, I usually don't give out my source files. However, I could take a screenshot of the outlined paths if you want.

good enough for me!i understand, you don't want someone stealing your artwork.

that looks realy good saved Pardon my ignorance but are the exhaust and all the chrome drawn, too? it looks like the rest of the car is drawn around a picture of the shiny stuff

It's all drawn including the chrome.

Drunken, Here's the outlines:

WOW that's really awesome!

wow, very tedious!

holy lines off confusion batman!! crazy outlines

Quote, originally posted by NascarXprt »did you use Live trace on the car...?That's how I'd do it...but even so it would take hours to get it that clean. Nice job