Photochoppin' - My Latest

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Shishaldin

Shishaldin

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7DUSTER3 asked me to cook him up a Vitamin C colored version of his current ride, a '73 Duster, of course. I worked on it most of yesterday, but I seem to have an issue "Photochopping" cars: I can't go to bed to sleep until they're finished :sleepy3:. So, I ended up sending it off to him this morning at ~2:30am, but I haven't heard back how he likes it yet. What you do guys think?
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Looks good, what did the original pictures look like?
 
Looks great!!
I like your signature too. he will be pleased I am shur!
I have not took mine to get updated to photo paper yet" Christmas and all"
Everyone here is enjoying my valiant here on my stereo.
Thanks Bud . Here it sit's till the pig up grade gets dun to it.

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dust said:
Looks good, what did the original pictures look like?
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The first one is his '73 by his place where he wanted the background (you'll note I uprooted his tree for aesthetics :grin:). He wanted the blackout trim like in the second pic, and the third is the hi-res image I used as a starting point. Yep, I had to evict the old guy. In Photoshop, like in real cars, starting with a cleaner ride *always* makes it easier...
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memike said:
Looks great!!
I like your signature too. he will be pleased I am shur!
I have not took mine to get updated to photo paper yet" Christmas and all"
Everyone here is enjoying my valiant here on my stereo.
Thanks Bud . Here it sit's till the pig up grade gets dun to it.
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Yeah, Mike! ROCKIN' the Valiant!
 
that's cool. me next. I have an old picture good resolution.
 
HAHA sorry Dan, I've been at work all day and just got home to check out my NEW DUSTER!!! i love it, and am looking forward for the other style hood to make a final decision. My father and i really dig your picture, your work is top notch....
 
If your bored some time would you do one of my Scamp?
Painted Butterscotch and some Torque-Thrust wheels?
 
EvilScamp said:
If your bored some time would you do one of my Scamp?
Painted Butterscotch and some Torque-Thrust wheels?
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Oh man, do I WISH I was bored! I guess people are digging on my Photoshop skillz, cause I've gotten quite a few requests. I guess that's what happens when you offer free Photoshoppin'!

7DUSTER3's '73 took me about 12 hours to complete, and memike's took about the same time, too. As I get more proficient/efficient, those times may come down. But, time working on Photochops is time spent away from my beloved '65 Valiant 'vert. So, from now on, I will have to charge a nominal ($20/hr) fee, or work out a parts trade arrangement. To be fair to those who have already requested some work (you're one of them, EvilScamp :grin:), it's still totally "on the house". That is, unless you've got some '73- '76 disc-equipped A-body spindles or '65 Valiant taillight lenses you want to kick my way :grin:
 
I might be able to find some 65 tail light lenses !
Get-r -dun!.. They are hard to fond but !! Even one at a time works.
I have some time on my hands!
and by January we will see what can happen. Thanks.D.
 
Shishaldin said:
To be fair to those who have already requested some work (you're one of them, EvilScamp :grin:), it's still totally "on the house". That is, unless you've got some '73- '76 disc-equipped A-body spindles or '65 Valiant taillight lenses you want to kick my way :grin:
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Thanks Shish! If i had those parts i would send them to you but unfortunately i don't.
There's no big hurry on mine,i been thinking about painting it Butterscotch when i get it back together and was wondering what it would look like.
 
daves66valiant said:
that's cool. me next. I have an old picture good resolution.
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Hi All-
Sorry if I was a bit grumpy in my last post to DusterBoy15. memike was absolutely right that I should take some time to rest and all, and that's what I did for *most* of my holiday weekend. Hope all of yours were THE BEST and you got all the toys and goodies you asked for :happy7:.
Since I had a 4 day weekend that I'm now stretching into 5 :yawinkle:, I thought I'd finish up Dave's 'chop today. We'll start off with the very clean '66 that Dave used as the beginning of his project.
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Next is what Dave wanted to see: Midnight metallic blue paint (hope I nailed the color, Dave!) with that $2k convertible top he was talking about a week or two ago. Foose Nitrous rims and a '66 Barracuda grille round out the added 'bling', with Pacific Coast Highway as a backdrop. I've added quite a bit more rubber at the back to help Dave put all those ponies to the ground, too. Hope you all dig it...especially you Dave!
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That looks awesome. Now I'm really excited about getting my car finished. Thank you so much. Really awesome work. Let me know whenever you need help with your little A-body.

Dave
 
Thanks longarm!

Happy 2008 everybody! Slanted66 wanted just a very mild (but very cool) 'chop done of his '66 Dodge Dart. Since he's originally from my area (just a few miles down the coast from me), we decided on the cement ship Palo Alto at Seacliff State Beach as a backdrop.

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...and then while messing around with final coloring, I hit the wrong button by mistake. The result turned out so neat, I kept it:

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WOW...I love it!! Even better than I thought it would turn out! ONly problem now it that I need to make the car look as good in person as it does in the pics!!!
Thanks again...
Joel
 
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