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Date: NOVEMBER 2002
Almost 9 months passed since my last artistic endeavor in Adobe Photoshop. This had its own reasons, and not so long ago
I saw a perfect Accord Aerodeck 6gen fully decked out. It had a lot of bodywork, 235/45/ZR19 wheels, expensive audio, and NOS. In addition, I found
out more about the donor while writing this text. The car was modified by a tuning shop by the name of PARATECH and won the title of "Show Car of the Year"
in 2001 at the Essen Motor Show 2001 in Moscow. More detailed information is available for this Accord at
http://tuningcenter.com/articles/presse/gros_plan/honda_accord/.
This is something that one should look up to! Initially I didn't have the intent to Photoshop this project. I simply saw a perfect spot for a new wallpaper
of my car, a beautiful alley with golden leaves on the trees and on the ground, like in Maranello, Italy. Sadly, I arrived there on a clean washed car only
to find that the leaves descended to the ground from the trees, but this didn't spoil the photos at all.
  
The main problem was that after exchanging cars with my father (yes, I have a different Aerodeck now), I haven't put everything back in order completely yet -
the side mirrors are of different colors, a piece of molding is missing, and a turning signal is missing on the left. In addition, the car requires new paint
Here is how it looks in reality:
After painting the mirrors to match, changing of the turn signal, and installation of the missing molding piece in "Photoshop Service":
Installation of the front bumper turned out to be a complex procedure. It required elongation of the bumper so that it would maintain
its integrity. Plus, the donor photo was taken from a different angle, which necessitated the repositioning of the front air scoop to
the middle of the existing photo 1) Installation and fitting of the bumper 2) installation of the chrome grille 3) refitting of the bumper,
application of shadows 4) application of the tree reflections
The widening of the wheel arches also required serious surgery in Photoshop. Because of the large width of the arches, the
tree reflections had to be applied to them as well.
The widening of the rear arch was less painful, even though its elongation was required along with decreasing the contrast and adding a blurred image
of the autumn leaves. The bottom edge of the arch was left untreated since the side skirt would cover it up.
Painting of the moldings, installation of the side skirt, and of the rear bumper didn't produce any problems. However, because of the low quality of the
picture, the side skirt is not perfect-high blurring and the presence of the JPEG artifacts.
In the end, this tigress emerged:
For added aggressiveness, lets add a red "Type-R" emblem, sport stripes, and a nice decal on the side. It is finished! I must be talented :))
Don't forget to scroll back up to the top of this page and compare the results with the original picture.
P.S. Big thanks for the help with translating this page goes to '89AccordLX(Rus)!
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This is donor for my bodykit, great custom Invader Bodykit on Accord Aerodeck 6gen:
My car in result of Photoshop magic:
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