drifting?

okay.. so i've been photoshopping for some time now.. some of you may have seen my first chop of a TSX... anywho.. i've been trying to do drift shots... but i can't get the tire marks or smoke right... do any of you have suggestions.. here's prolly my best one so far:

oh.. i also know that there's no driver.. i'm just trying to focus on the drifting aspect right now :D

That much smoke coming off the frount tyres means somethings wrong. i.e. its not longer a controlled drift, but an out of control skid.

And the car lacks any sense of momvment, prehaps a bit more motion blur around frount?

And take a look at a car coming at you in the dark with its lights on.
The frount of the car around the head lights is actualy VERY hard to see, as its still in darkness, and you are blinded by the lights. ;)

yeah... kill the smoke on the front and lighten the tire marks, and kill the lights and I bet it will look a lot better.

Also narrow the tyre marks.

A tyres contrat patch with the road is normaly only about the size of your hand, quite a small area.
Although obviously a very wide tyre (like on that BMW) will leave a much wider patch, I think you've got it far to wide, and with to undefinded an edge.


Also choice of subject has a lot to do with it.
Having had the pleasure of "spanking" a modified 540i I have to says its not really a car capable of drifting around to many corners. Theres simply to much traction and to much car to throw it around that much. (not saying it cant be done, just thats its not likely :) )

Um i might be wrong here, but the front tyres dont slide out, so the skid marks will only be on rear wheels. And Moppy, are u from NZ and do u have Possum in ur sig due to his very bad condition?

Originally posted by 94SolGrl
yeah... kill the smoke on the front and lighten the tire marks, and kill the lights and I bet it will look a lot better.

No, don't kill. Thats violent ;). I think it looks very good, but i agree with SolGRl about "removing" (;)) the headlights.

Originally posted by 05-BROCKY-05
And Moppy, are u from NZ and do u have Possum in ur sig due to his very bad condition?


I am and I do, and at 1am this morning he finaly passed away.
Theres a thread in Completly Off topic about it as well. :(

Yeah i read about it this morning. It has been a very sad day for Motorsport.

I think that you're getting really close man. Looks damn good! Plu, isn't that an M5, and not a puny 540? I'm pretty sure an M5 could drift like a motherfucker! Try "spanking" one of those. Especially a modified one.

Correct me if im wrong but it looks like a 3 series to me.

Originally posted by 350ZLMsunset
Correct me if im wrong but it looks like a 3 series to me.

yep seems like a 330 Ci:D
zyajzarc wheres the original??

Originally posted by 350ZLMsunset
Correct me if im wrong but it looks like a 3 series to me.


Its only got 2 doors, so you would be right and I would be wrong. :)

Prehaps a 316i with a body kit and wheels? :D :D

hey guys.. thanks for the comments and sorry i haven't posted the original earlier... the "AF e-mail thingy when someone posts in your subscribed thread" hasn't been workin.. so i'm kinda lost with my threads.. anywho here's the original pic.. i had to shrink it by 90% to get the file size right.

i might give it a go a lil later;) :)

looks like a 330 to me, the 316 wasnt made in that body style.

:bandit:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/664836dorifto.jpg

somebody stop that car!!!!:eek:

DSi... i hate you..ok i don't.. i have a lot 2 learn from you.. i really like that fish eye lens effect... plus the graphics on the hood.. damn.... i need to learn that!!!

dsi the "smoke" coming from back tire looks like a light ray from a frikin light house..smoke travels in straight lines?

Originally posted by ChopinPorkChop
dsi the "smoke" coming from back tire looks like a light ray from a frikin light house..smoke travels in straight lines?
yeah i know, just happens that im new at "smoke":smoka: but thanks you gave an idea for the lighthouse effect:flash:

dsi, i think to make that pic look great, add a slight motin blur to the car alone, so it looks like its moving and not just sitting there, unless thats the end of the skid.

Originally posted by crxlvr
dsi, i think to make that pic look great, add a slight motin blur to the car alone, so it looks like its moving and not just sitting there, unless thats the end of the skid.

I think it looks great already, but that would help. Plus there is no driver, but nice chop.

ok ok :licker:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/632056dorifto.jpg

now rant bout the RHD:D :p

Nice,

but Im going to have one little bitch about the skid marks comeing from the frount wheels ;)

im just gonna bitch that your name is now backwards on the pic :D

ok ok name flipa:alien2:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/309479dorifto.jpg
.........and new driver:eek:
.......and I thought the dog in the hood was too much:rolleyes: .......:sun:

front skid marks??? what bout them?:confused: too dark?

Originally posted by DSi
front skid marks??? what bout them?:confused: too dark?


:rolleyes:
Its RWD, not 4WD, and you can't drift with the frount wheels locked anyway ;)
At the moment it looks like an out of control skid.

I love the new Driver though! and good to see the pasangers wearing a helmet :D

shouldnt both people have helmets? its not safe for them not too.

:bloated: that happens when you only have driven FWD in your whole divers life:( .................:bandit: ...........lets leave it at moopie 2 -DSi 0 :sun:

if the car is ending the skid, then the front wheels would have locked up causing the marks, but if its a true drift, then only the back should be spinning, unless however its the 330xi with AWD.

Originally posted by crxlvr
if the car is ending the skid, then the front wheels would have locked up causing the marks, but if its a true drift, then only the back should be spinning, unless however its the 330xi with AWD.



Several problems here, the car will have ABS, so still no skids marks from the frount wheels, or the backs, and since theres tyre smoke from the back it must be acclerating so the brakes cant be on, but the TCS must be turned off. (as it also has traction control)
And it cant be a 330xi since as far as I know they are only avliable as a Wagon or 4dr, not as a Coupe. :)



And if the driver wore a helmet we wouldn't be able to see her face :finger: