here is some of my work



http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy175/tomo8685/Fiat-500front.jpg[/IMG][/img]

Alfa, Chevrolet and Fiat are very nice.
Especially the Fiat is well done.
I also like the Matiz, but you should not use studio-rims in an outdoor bg.

How long you been chopping for exactly?, you have already got the hang of perspective as all the c+p bodywork and bumpers fit well. Your smoothing has been done well and from what i see you have a good style with potential.

You will hear this alot when your a newbie but selections are sooo important, Whatever tool (lasso or pen) you use you should always have like 0.1/0.2 feather, it gives a clean edge to the selection and in the case of the lasso, mildly smooth out some jaged selection lines.

With wheels you should always get both the tyre and the wheel from the donor, this always leaves you with a better result as its alot easier to blend the tyre into the wheel arch than to merge the wheel onto the base cars tyre (if you get me, i aint a very good explainer, but i try ) i see you have done it to matiz and the first fiat, but not the other 2, oh yeah NEVER use the same wheel twice, the perspective will be wrong and when you try to make it fit, you will make the wheel look flat.

I see you shadowed the front wheel of the ford, looks good for a beginers attempt but its way too dark, try the brush at 0% hardness and around 10% opacity, the size is upto u and depends what your working on.

like i said you have some good beginers chops here and you got potential, just remember to take your time with things and practice tutorials on here and out there on the internet.

One thing i never see written or mentioned is looking at real cars for reference, just simply look for pictures of cars on sites like flickr, hellaflush, modded car forums etc. with these you can see how the shadows form on wheels and anything else you want to see, and you can say right, "thats how it is in real life i will try make it look like that on my chop", also there are a few things like if your chopping a car in a studio background (i.e no reflections and artificial looking light, use donors with studio shots, the same goes for outside shots, there are different light sources and reflections etc. so outside donors should be used. I know its alot to read but I hope this helps ya mate, well done so far and i cant wait to see your progression.

x2 MrAnderson93

hi mate been shoppin for about 5 months but been finding it hard to get donor pics for parts and background so if can help with some sites be a bonus like.
one thing im interested in learning at minute is about rebrushing shadows or reflectiosn on after change of background so if you no soem one who has done tutorial or any were can get help it woudl be apprectiated

Look for netcarshow (great for bases), flickr, magazine sites like banzai, performance vw and performance bmw etc. have many hi res wallpapers that are great for wheel, bodywork and background donors, Flickr is a godsend of a website, type different "scenes" like Euro, JDM, VIP, Drifter, Time attack (add car makes/names too like Time Attack subaru, or Euro vw golf) this will bring up a load of big pics for you to go through. Look for 360 Forged on flickr, many of the backgrounds you will recognise from other chops you may have seen on this site and the wheel choices are epic.

dont think about brushing just yet, ive been chopping nearly a year and havent really brushed much only simple bodykits etc. Try C+P more than anything with bg changes, like take the whole windscreen from the car in the background and paste it onto the new car, if the background doesnt have a car from the start you can take things from the background and manipulate them into looking like reflections.

Heres one of my chops to explain a bit better, everything in pink on the bottom car was copied and adjusted from the donor on top, same with the green, i was extremely lucky with the angles being a 100% match but you get the idea of what i did lol



hope this helps, just take your time dont rush into things, get the basics nailed first like i said and cant wait to see your next chop

cheers mate will check them sites out. and cheers for quick tip there im in middle of doin rx 8 just got scissor door on so far need lot more work doin yet will powst when done

post it in wip section, people will help you and advise you what to do and fix any errors you have.

ok mate will do cheers