This one is called "escape" It's a combination of 2 images, both shot on the beach.

a little digital art. This is a new image and a little less scary than some of my other stuff. It's called "swimming"

Here's a composite image I made up of Aria painted onto an artist's pallette. The animated image at the top is created using only the two pics above. The paint and effects are made in Photoshop. The image of Aria is applied to the palette using a displacement map which distorts her face to fit the contours of the palette for more detailed info check out my website at www.herschelmair.com.

Here's the final image with some mood lighting added and a wooden background.

Let me know what you think.

Another before and after pair

Some Photoshop work:

You can see the process by going to www.herschelmair.com and following the links for retouching

Before: A very tired old lady with black metal racks screwed to her head and black plastic rearview mirrors.... horror!!!

After. rejuvinated against a faded version of the old background. I got the hubcaps off the net.

With restoration to the original colour and dropped into a more pleasnt environment. The angles don't quite match... but it was only a fun project...

Some detail of the work I did with the chrome on the grille, headlight and bumper.