Making Toy Cars Tutorial

STEP 1

Start with a picture of a car. It should be a picture of a car taken completely side-on for best effect.

STEP 2

Start with the Rectangle Select tool and select the front area of the car - ahead of the wheel arch, from top to bottom of the picture. (If there is a flare on the wheel arch select outside that as well, it'll look better). The image below shows the selection already made.

STEP 3

Chose the Move Selected Pixels tool (see image above).

STEP 4

Find the small side squares on your selection box. (see image below)

STEP 5

Click and drag one of the squares so that the selection is now half its original width (see image below).

STEP 6

Switch back to the Rectangle Select tool and now select the middle area of the car, the whole area between the front and rear wheels.

STEP 7

Again, use the Move Selected Pixels tool to squash this selection to 50% of it's original width.

STEP 8
Then, using Rectangle Select again, highlight the are behind the rear wheels.

STEP 9

Once more, use the Move Selected Pixels tool to contract this to 50% of it's original width

STEP 10

Now, you need to move all the pieces back together, so that they join up neatly, and voila - you have turned a full sized car into a toy version.

Possible Addition

The online tutorial went further suggesting that you use a combination of the Ink Sketch and Pencil Sketch adjustments to make your car look like a cartoon.

This tutorial was taken from the following url:

http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4899

The author’s name was not stated. The author’s username was cjmcguinness.

Minor changes were made by Mr. Campeau.