Fun cartoon project you can try(Photoshop)

[87 Turbo II]

We are going to cartoon your car(or whatever)

First start with a picture of a car (or whatever you'd like) here is my Rx-7.

Then in Photoshop, creat a new layer. Press "Ctrl. + A" to select the entire picture, then press "****f + F5" to fill, choose white and hit enter. Bring the layer opacity to about 40% and select the line tool(fill pixels, line tool, weight:1 mode:normal antialias checked). Then proceed outlining lines of the car in black onto the white background using the transparency as a guide. Think tracing paper. After you have finished, return the opacity to 100%, your picture should look like this.

Creat a new layer if you want, or start painting on this layer. Use the magic wand to select your car's body panels, and the fill tool make your car a solid color. Then, using the polygon lasso (or any type of selection you prefer) start to make selections near reflections and shadows and fill them with shades darker or lighter than the base color(lighter for highlights, darker for shadows). You can use the "shift" and "alt" keyes to add to or subtract from a selection respectively. After all the tweaking is done, you can make cartoons like this.



Enjoy this method, and post your attempts here!