Photoshop Tutorial: Draw a Futuristic Car From Scratch

This tutorial will show you how to create a modern, futuristic looking car in Photoshop.
We'll start by a simple outline drawing.

End result:
Draw a Futuristic Car From Scratch Final Image

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Step 1

This is the car's outline sketch drawn with the pen tool.

Step 2

Create a new layer and select the pen tool, then right click and select 'fill path' in the option menu.

Step 3

Select fill path and then select foreground color.

Step 4

Now the sketch filled with black color.

Step 5

Now select the pen tool and right click, then delete the path.

Step 6

Create another new layer and disable the layer 1.

Step 7

Select the custom shape tool from the tool tab and select circle frame in the shape menu.

Step 8

Create this shape in a new layer.
See the image below and follow the values to create this circle shape.

Step 9

Then make another new layer and create another circle shape using the following values.

Step 10

Now create another new layer and select polygon tool from the tool tab and use the following values.

Step 11

Disable all 3 layers except the first (car outline sketch) layer,and double click it to enable blending mode.

Step 12

Select gradient overlay and choose the following values.

Step 13

Now disable layer 1 and enable layer 2 (first circle frame shape) and apply bevel and emboss to the circle frame.

Step 14

Now select another circle shape (layer 3) and apply bevel and emboss and gradient for the following values.

Step 15

use the following values.

Step 16

Finally select the polygon layer (layer 4) and apply the following blending options.

Step 17

Now combine these three following shapes to create the car Tyre.

Step 18

Merge all three shape layers ( select three layers and press cntl key + E to merge) except layer 1 and then move the Tyre to fit (see the image).

Step 19

Select duplicate layer from Tyre and arrange to fit it to the other side.

Step 20

Now make a new layer and draw the outline using the pen tool. Use the following values.

Step 21

Now create the cars window using the pen tool (new layer filled with black color).

Step 22

Add the following effects to the window.

Step 23

Use the following values.

Step 24

Create this outline using the pen tool.

Step 25

Create a new layer and make car door handle(use the value below).

Step 26

Now create another new layer and cut the shape with the pen tool and fill it with gray and add blending option with the following values.

Step 27

Use these values.

Step 28

Merge all layers except the background layer.

Step 29

Now duplicate the car layer and go to Edit -> Transform -> Flip vertical.

Step 30

Select this particular area and add feather (value 50) and use add layer mask.

Step 31

And here we have the final image.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Good luck!

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