How to Create an Audi A1 Digital Car Painting in Photoshop

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Step 14

Select the soft round pressure opacity brush with flow set to 4 and color set to black. Select the a-pillar and spray some color as shown.

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Step 15

Change the color to white and add a splash to the bottom area of the windows.

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Step 16

On a new layer create a white outline for the grille.

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Step 17

If you imagine the grille is a recessed piece of chrome imagine which areas would reflect the sky and be bright and fill in the walls accordingly.

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Step 18

Turn off the ‘lines’ layer and on a new layer stroke the bars in the grille.

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Step 19

Retouch the lower outer corners of the grille bars to give them some interest as shown.

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Step 20

Stroke the bars paths again but this time with a thin white soft brush to create a highlight.

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Step 21

Set the eraser to Soft Round Pressure Opacity and erase the outer areas of the bars.

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Step 22

Using the wand tool select the light bulb circle and using the brush tool with Soft Round Pressure Opacity options to create some shadow.

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Step 23

Add a little shadow to the top of the light to give it depth so that it looks light its set in from the hood.

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Step 24

Select the rings around the light bulb and use the brush tool with Soft Round Pressure Opacity settings to create the highlight areas.

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Step 25

Stroke the light detail with a white color.

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Step 26.

Go over parts of the light details to give it the impression that its high gloss chrome.

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Step 27

Repeat Step 26 on the other side for the other headlamp and add a stroke for some spot lamp features.

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Final Results

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