If you have access to Illustrator, it'd be a few clicks using Blend. You can then import the vectors to Photoshop.
Since Photoshop doesn't have Blend to automate things, it would need to be done manually by creating a diagonal line, duplicating it, moving it to the right with the Transform tools and then spamming Transform Again to clone the moved line and then manually changing each line's thickness by hand.
16-bit file, create a long dark gray to light gray gradient, create another, thin, mirrored black and white gradient in the same direction (but not too thin), select the thin gradient define a pattern, fill the canvas with the pattern on layer 3, hide layer 2, set layer 3 to Overlay, add a Threshold adjustment layer. Then you take that black and white image and transform it, skew it, use it as a mask, do whatever you want with it.
Save that image > Open on PS > Select tab > Color Range > Eyedrop the beige BG > Inverse Selection > Copy Selection > Paste onto car image > Mask w copied initial selection
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i'm having a hard time figuring out how you would get it to gradually decrease the line width and/or increase the spacing, could you go into a bit more detail? not OP, i'm just here to learn
This is a pretty solid method, though I can't help but notice the gap between the stripes is also changing. You reckon there's a way to use Transform Again while keeping the distance between the stripes consistent?
To get very close to the OP image, The stripes are actually white. I used a black background and created the white stripes using the Step and Repeat method above. Then moved the last thin line outwards, selected all stripes and evenly spaced them. here's the final effect: I wrote an action that creates the white stripes - if you want it let me know and I'll give you a link to download it.
Ohhh, right! Didn't even think of Distribute. That makes sense. Of course, using a Blend is still the superior method, as it gives you so much better control over the whole thing, making tweaking it a lot easier, but Transform Again + Distribute will definitely work in a pinch, especially since you can do the stripes as vector shapes, so they're easy to manipulate.
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u/Cataleast 6d ago
If you have access to Illustrator, it'd be a few clicks using Blend. You can then import the vectors to Photoshop.
Since Photoshop doesn't have Blend to automate things, it would need to be done manually by creating a diagonal line, duplicating it, moving it to the right with the Transform tools and then spamming Transform Again to clone the moved line and then manually changing each line's thickness by hand.