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viper66
06-23-2008, 01:47 AM
Well here goes....I hope this is the begining of a long and educational relationship. I am stoked to have come this far.
I did three seperate murals. Two on a salvaged hood and one T.
I am using the Iawata Eclipse; model#????duh ..escapes memory. Sorry a little computer brain drained. On the hood 400 grit wet sand the clear. Obviously masked and primered with cheap auto primer Blk and dupli color clear (canadian tire). I am so much on a shoe string but that wont stop me.
For the skull I used Createx.... Blk, Opaque Wht, about ten drops of Pearl blue and Wht for final coat/touch up. The Cobra I used my old Createx paints that did not hold up well. As you can see I have jumped in without totally doing research on prep and primer but I am learning as I go and making mistakes and asking quest is the only way I am going to retain info as well as asking the right questions. Enough rambling and thank you ahead here for any comments.

viper66
06-23-2008, 01:50 AM
Well I am not computer savy....I will try loading pics again.

Whit
06-23-2008, 10:31 AM
In replying,, "Advanced",, then "Manage Attachments",,
"Browse",, "Open",, "Upload",, "Reply" and ya got pics !!!
Good Luck on it !!!

AndyW
06-23-2008, 03:55 PM
An one other thing check that the pics don't exceed the file size for uploading, you may have to resize them.

viper66
06-23-2008, 06:24 PM
Thanks guys, when I did upload there was an error...apparently smaller is better in this case....haha

viper66
06-23-2008, 06:30 PM
How can I resize the pics from my documents....its an Olympus Camera Photo Program? Any ideas?

AndyW
06-23-2008, 07:05 PM
Try this freebie, you open the programme, load the pic you want, click on the size you want to reduce to and save the image, this does not alter the original picture but saves as a separate image. On a 3meg camera, set to best quality pics I save as 75%, seems fine.

http://www.vodahost.com/pix.htm

viper66
06-24-2008, 01:37 PM
Andy ...Thanks for the freebie......These are just practice pieces, once again thanks for your help and can't wait for feedback.
Gary

viper66
06-24-2008, 01:41 PM
As you can see the hood panel and why I was asking about the how too apply just the mural and feaqthering in to original paint etc. I cant wait to get going on my next project.....doing a prototype of my logo as I have to vehicles I can AB it on....a 2006 Dodge (tailgate) and a 92' Ford Explorer (tailgate).
Have a great day gang!