# A better attempt: Honda Civic Hatchback
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322
**Category:** design
**Created:** [April 20, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322 "2006-04-20T15:07:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/1 "2006-04-20T15:07:35Z")
Hey guys! How are you all today?
That beeyatch of a paper I had on the 19th is now finally out of the way. So I gave some time and practise to my latest crush: Car photochops! š
Hereās a Honda Civic that I tried my hand on. If youāve seen my previous attempt on the Lancer and the Cien, please comment on this one relating to that.
Is the paint more realistic than before?
Added tribal vinyls, new chrome rims. I canāt say I worked really hard on this, but yes I gave it a fair, decent try.
All CnC welcome and appreciated.
Plus, tip me on how to improve this.
Thanks yaāll. On to the babes! š
**Original:**
**Chopped:**
OK. On with the critique please!
(BTW, Iām loving the highlights on the rear of the car and on the right side of the bumper under the headlight, i.e; the left side of car :P)
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### Author:  [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/2 "2006-04-20T15:32:33Z")
I like the color adjustment this time. But you are over-exposing the highlights. Looks kinda washed out. Right now the lighting is not matching. Your car would suggest a hot, muggy almost extreme conditions outside. But you image is overcast and kinda moody. Maybe take it and put it in a new environment with more sunshine. Or adjust this environemntā¦gettin better tho
oh and lose the fade mask at the top and bottom
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### Author:  [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/3 "2006-04-20T16:16:27Z")
Hmmmā¦ So Iāll try and reduce the opacity of the highlights layer to soften it a little moreā¦ Thanks DDD :thumb:
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/4 "2006-04-20T16:55:18Z")
the color adjustment looks much more realistic than the last one. i suggest though that the decals and stuff be better attended tooā¦ especially the one on the side. it looks like you took from a black and white tattoo, but you knocked out the whiteā¦ leaving it looking kinda dumb :lol:. Alsoā¦ my only other pieve is the rimsā¦ nice new rims but still stock size on a modded carā¦ bleh! Try droppin in some ground effects š
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### Author:  [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/5 "2006-04-20T17:09:12Z")
> [@simplistik](#):
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> the color adjustment looks much more realistic than the last one. i suggest though that the decals and stuff be better attended tooā¦ especially the one on the side. it looks like you took from a black and white tattoo, but you knocked out the whiteā¦ leaving it looking kinda dumb :lol:. Alsoā¦ my only other pieve is the rimsā¦ nice new rims but still stock size on a modded carā¦ bleh! Try droppin in some ground effects š
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhā¦ Youā¦ Gotā¦ Meā¦
Tellā¦ Betsy that Iā¦ Iā¦ I will never make love to her cuz sheās uglyā¦ Tell momā¦ Thatā¦ Iāll use a condom in hell as wellā¦ :lol:
OK enough with the dramaā¦ YES!!! That tribal vinyl is actually a tattoo š couldnāt find anything better š
And about that rim thing you mentioned. Come to think about itā¦ Yeaā¦ Stock size on a modded car? Gotta take care of that.
Thanks dude! Iāll try to be less melodramatic next time! š :lol:
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### Author:  [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/6 "2006-04-20T19:49:37Z")
where are the images?
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### Author:  [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/7 "2006-04-20T20:00:10Z")
> [@DDD](#):
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> where are the images?
What images? I havenāt posted any modifications yet š
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/8 "2006-04-20T20:03:54Z")
I think he meant of the decalsā¦ to which I think they are just from DAā¦? And itās not so much that I can tell they arenāt realā¦ itās just that when you did the overlay you knocked out all the whiteā¦ when in reality the white should prolly stay thereā¦ just meld it into the car to make it look realisitic š
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### Author:  [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/9 "2006-04-20T20:11:26Z")
actually I dont even see your images anymore in your postā¦the chopped or original
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/10 "2006-04-20T20:16:21Z")
one thing you should try is to modify the body structure nextā¦ itād be pretty kewl to see some venting and stuff into thatā¦ itās a pretty slick car nice structureā¦ a few months backā¦ Ingo from 24/7 was in a car moding ābattleā and he completely redid the car, itās a good inspirational piece.
[http://www.24-7media.de/pics/dqscar.jpg](http://www.24-7media.de/pics/dqscar.jpg)
And actually the whole battle thread is pretty goodā¦ PM me if you want the link.
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### Author:  [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/11 "2006-04-20T20:20:40Z")
post the link here/ā¦gggrrrā¦that is actually a very good mod.
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/12 "2006-04-20T20:23:11Z")
> [@DDD](#):
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> post the link here/ā¦gggrrrā¦that is actually a very good mod.
[http://forum.24-7media.de/viewtopic.php?t=472](http://forum.24-7media.de/viewtopic.php?t=472)
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### Author:  [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/13 "2006-04-20T20:25:16Z")
Well DDD I dunno why you canāt see the images. Must be a temp. slack in the server at freewebs. I can see them just fine.
@simplistik: Man, what kinda white are you talkin about? The white background of the decal images? It would be just ugly to have those on the car š I hope I got you wrong here cuz you have helped me learn a lot. :thumb:
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### Author:  [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/14 "2006-04-20T20:29:02Z")
> [@simplistik](#):
>
> one thing you should try is to modify the body structure nextā¦ itād be pretty kewl to see some venting and stuff into thatā¦ itās a pretty slick car nice structureā¦ a few months backā¦ Ingo from 24/7 was in a car moding ābattleā and he completely redid the car, itās a good inspirational piece.
> [http://www.24-7media.de/pics/dqscar.jpg](http://www.24-7media.de/pics/dqscar.jpg)
>
> And actually the whole battle thread is pretty goodā¦ PM me if you want the link.
NOW DONāT TELL ME THOSE TWO CARS ARE THE SAME!!!
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### Author:  [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/15 "2006-04-20T20:41:07Z")
GAWD!!! You doodz have been cursing me cuz of all the imperfections in my design and even the best one on that thread (#1, the red mod with the carbon fiber hood) doesnāt have good highlights and far less realism than the original. š
I am only seriously amazed by the first pic-link that simplistik gave outā¦ The thread doesnāt have anything ispirational. Sorry if this seems like a bad attitude but itās YOUR fault. You should have shown me that thread first and then that AWESOME picture :lol:
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/16 "2006-04-20T20:42:25Z")
> [@thelonephoenix](#):
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> @simplistik: Man, what kinda white are you talkin about? The white background of the decal images? It would be just ugly to have those on the car š I hope I got you wrong here cuz you have helped me learn a lot. :thumb:
Looks like the tat is two colorsā¦ the black and anotherā¦ grey possibly, regaurdless the lighter color looking faded like that detracts from the black part.
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### Author:  [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/17 "2006-04-20T20:48:23Z")
Nah it was a black and white imageā¦ White background, black tattooā¦ Simpleā¦ If that translucent copy of the tattoo is what youāre talkin about, Iāll just remove it! Is it?
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### Author:  [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/18 "2006-04-20T20:49:56Z")
And there was no āOverlayā blending involved through the entire process š
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/19 "2006-04-20T20:55:38Z")
> [@thelonephoenix](#):
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> And there was no āOverlayā blending involved through the entire process š
thatās kewl but the fact of the matter is that the graphic is overlaying the imageā¦ henceā¦ overlay
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### Author:  [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-better-attempt-honda-civic-hatchback/186322/20 "2006-04-20T20:58:53Z")
Iāll post a modification in a few minutesā¦ Check back soon please? š
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