I like to sketch different cars but when I color them they always get ruined. I was wonderig how to color in photoshop. I have done several chops already but am trying to figure out how to scan and color a sketch. Does anyone know of a forum where I could learn this art.

Latest Chop:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/231769camarocon1-med.jpg

If that was done in Photoshop, you don't need too much help... that's hot. Looks like the new concept camero.. Robo

If that was done in Photoshop, you don't need too much help... that's hot. Looks like the new concept camero.. Robo

It looks like a chop, so the base of the car came from a photo of the new concept (from Serious Wheels, right?).
I am assuming you are jsut trying to change the color from silver to blue? In that case, outline the car, create a new layer, and fill the inside of the outline with the desired color. Then you can play around with the layer styles (I think merger seems too work well) until you get things right. You may want to change the opacity of that new layer as well to get the desired effect. The good thing is that your base picture is silver (at least all the pictures of that concept that I have seen are) so changing colors is pretty easy. Doing thing with anything other than a gray-scale base layer is a little trickier. That's why I make all my concept renderings in gray-scale first and then mess around with coloring later.

Hope that helps.

Correct, that is the new Camaro and I did chop it. But I do car and truck sketches and need to learn how to make them have smooth lines and color and shade them.

check out Harald Belkers tutorial:

http://www.cardesignnews.com/studio/tutorials/050408belker-rendering/index.html

I'm trying to learn that too.

Correct, that is the new Camaro and I did chop it. But I do car and truck sketches and need to learn how to make them have smooth lines and color and shade them.

In that case I highly recommend this tutorial:
http://www.purephotoshop.com/article/110

That's the one that got me started.