Posted by Alisha on Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 – 10:53 am
I’ve been noticing a lot of traffic coming here in search of Lightning McQueen coloring pages, sheets, ecards, etc. This makes me very happy, but also a little disappointed, because I’ve only written one entry about creating coloring pages. I don’t actually provide coloring pages for you to download. So, if you are reading this and looking for coloring pages, I’ve provided a link for you.
If you are interested in creating your own coloring pages, then please read the entry I wrote and learn how. There is a tutorial link provided on the page. Otherwise, if you’re just here to download coloring pages, I’ve included a link to a website that has several, but also provides a couple other websites that have some as well.
Read Create Your Own Coloring Pages to find what you might be looking for.
Posted by Alisha on Sunday, February 25th, 2007 – 6:10 pm
I found a tutorial for creating coloring pages from photos. This is a great idea. It can also be great as gifts from the kids for other family members. Plus, this is a good way to save money on all those coloring books!
I opened the picture I wanted to use and created a new layer. Then I used the photocopy filter and adjusted the settings for detail and darkness until I was satisfied. Then I created a new adjustment layer and changed the shadow and highlight levels. I was tempted to use the lasso tool to cut the background out of the picture, because I think this would make a better coloring page if it was just the car alone, but that would involve more work and I was just trying this out. Read the tutorial for detailed steps.
I chose to use my last project as the picture for this coloring page. Click the preview on the right to view the full image.
If you are here searching for actual coloring pages of any of the Cars characters, take a look at this Disney Cars page. Coloring Book has the best selection of Cars coloring pages.
Posted by Alisha on Friday, February 23rd, 2007 – 9:30 am
I have very little experience with Photoshop when it comes to customizing images, but I do know some basics from the training I received at work. I came across a tutorial for transforming a picture of a car into one of the cars from the movie Cars.
Because I thought it was cute, I gave it a try. The steps on the tutorial could go into more detail for some of us who aren’t that great with Photoshop, but I managed to figure things out. I probably could have done better, but I’m satisfied with how it turned out and glad I was able to learn something new. Plus, my son enjoyed seeing it; he loves the movie. As I was adding the eyes to the car, he immediately mentioned the movie.
For my car, I used a picture of David’s Mitsubishi Eclipse that I had taken a few years ago. Since it was raining, the car has a wet look to it. I would have preferred a nicer picture, but I had to work with what I had. For the eyes and mouth, I went with Lightning McQueen because he’s a red car and I knew it would be less of a challenge of getting it to blend in. Click on the preview on the right to view the full image.
A couple other people have tried this as well. I didn’t know this at first, but one of them (Adam) is the one who created the theme I added to my website just yesterday! Anyway, here’s Adam’s car and here’s the other one by Shawn from Sporadic Nonsense. They both did much better than I did, because I’m a beginner at this and don’t have much experience at all. Good job you two!
