So...

Since graduating on July 1st I have had two short freelance jobs, both at a lovely company called Urban Salon Architects in Southwark, London.
The first was an 8 day project for a mobile phone retailer, for which I had to make two 1:50 models showing the new designs for their high street shops.
The second was a 2 day job in which I needed to make a 1:1 prototype of a lamp that was being designed for the shops.
Due to privacy agreements I am not permitted to include photographs at this time, but will be able to in the near future.

Before these jobs at Urban Salon I decided it would be a good idea to strip back and refinish my old electric guitar. I play a mid-90s Encore but I have no idea what the model is called. I bought the thing when I was 15 and, being left handed, decided to saw off the prongs (like those on a Stratocaster) and turn it into a teardrop shape - giving me greater access to the top frets. At the time I didn't care what it looked like and was happy playing it in the messy state it was.
I decided now woud be a good time as I was free for a little while and set about prepping it for painting. This meant sanding back the old top coat (gloss black), filling in many scratched and holes (inflicted by me) and re-shaping the rough areas around the base of the neck. This took me about 4 hours in total, but over the course of a couple of days.
I then give it a primer-filler coat, ready to sand it back again. On top of that I applied two grey primer coats to give it a hard finish once complete.
The colour I had originally chosen was a deep, slightly metallic red-maroon which, I changed my mind on after one coat. I wet and dry sanded the coat back to the primer layer as best I could and then switched to a deep, burnt umber brown. After three coats of spray I decided it was done and I left it to cure properly for two days. Then, using Brasso and wet and dry paper (600 - 1200 grit) I worked the final coat down to a smooth, satin finish.
Photo will be uploaded soon...