Mini Photoshop project

Back tracking to something I did a while back for my parents (who are missionaries in Africa).  It is a Photoshop creation I did for the cover of their bood.  It is made up of four elements: fire, the earth, a photo of a dead tree and clouds.  I got the idea from another picture I had seen elsewhere.  (my version is way better.)  There really are no fancy tricks here, just some layering and masking.

Red brake calipers

Sorry for the long absence but I was out of town for a while then had to do a lot of catching up when I got back so I only just now am getting back to my projects.  Took today out to spend time with an old friend and help paint his brake calipers.  This was a simple task of taking off the wheels and masking everything to prevent over-spray.  We used VHT high temp spray paint from Auto Zone with aluminum foil and duck tape for masking.  Masking is important, over-spray can gum up the brakes and be dangerous, the foil is very nice because it keeps whatever form you bend it into without having to tape it down.

Map update

Making good progress on the map drawing, a completed mountain range and one in progress as well as the beginnings of my map compass.  I now know why compasses got so elaborate on old maps.  If you just spent a half hour drawing a hundred little mountains you get a little bored of it and feel like venting your creativity on something else, hence the worked and reworked compass.  I'm glad  I started this though, the splotchy red paint on the F1 car is driving me nuts and I need something to do while I work out a solution.

Old map drawing

The story of my life, barely get one project started before I start on another one.  I watched a documentary about old maps and that got me interested in them.  So then I watched some videos people have posted about how they draw old style maps and that got me more interested so here is my attempt.  First off I did some very light, wandering lines to outline the continents (too light to photograph) then I started giving them coast lines.  I held the pencil at an odd angle and pushed instead of pulling to make the lines more random and natural then added some lakes and rivers.  Not sure whats next but It's fun so far.

Having some issues with the bottle of Ferrari Red paint I was going to use for the F2001, it's very old.  Once I get that sorted you'll see some new updates.