When I was asked to created a presentation background for a “prezi”, my first response was, “what’s a prezi”. If you haven’t seen it before, check it out. It’s a new spin on creating dynamic presentations. No more fooling around with slides in powerpoint. With Prezi, you can zoom, scroll and pan around one large canvas. After my 3 minute education via Prezi’s video I got straight to work. The theme of the presentation was the “gears of liberty” and after our initial discussion we agreed that the statue of liberty was the best representation. However, after a disastrous first attempt (no, I’m not posting the image, it’s NOT pretty) the client suggested using the United States. I went back to the drawing board with a clearer picture of what they wanted. I found a fantastic photo of a dismantled watch that I used for the gears. I chopped up images of vintage Stanley Steam engines, steam trains and even souped up Hondas. It was like Orange County Choppers, only on the computer in Frederick county, by a geek with lame facial hair. Yeah, I thought 100+ layers was pretty impressive, until I saw this.