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darkspeeds — TUTORIAL: Painting on a Grayscale Illustration
Published: 2014-04-30 02:38:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 8503; Favourites: 333; Downloads: 96
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Did this in one afternoon. And goodness am I beat! I need to rest right now so that I can get back to working on my finals!Thanks to for the inspiration as of late, I love his illustrations and I've used his deviation: as an example for this tutorial.
Hope it'll help you find another way to paint your next illustration!
P.S. Oh and please let me know any spelling/grammar mistakes, I did this on the fly and I'm confident that there are a number of errors to be found on my write-up. XD Post those corrections here, it'll be much appreciated!
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Great tutorial! I use the grayscale shading too
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Amazing OvO thanks for sharing :'D I'd like to use photoshop more often x'D;
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Your welcome! Yeah do give it a go!
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Thanks for the tutorial! I'm sure it'll come in handy as I improve my drawing and photoshop skills.
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Now I see why we have to choose more serious title for the work and profile picture(....i'm joking) Really, Thank you for the tutorial! I hope I can learn something and reduce the work time.. again, I like the light effect of yours more!
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I honestly both are completely fine and one isn't better than the other. Do whatever shading/coloring/drawing that makes you happy.
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Ha ha, I think keeping it nice and simple is just as good! = )
And thanks for the compliment on the lighting effect! Keep up the amazing illustrations Inualet, I look forward to seeing them in future!
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A fascinating tutorial indeed! Although I don't use Photoshop myself (I've tried it before, just prefer traditional methods), it's still good to see how artists utilize the various tools and effects to create amazing artwork.
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This tutorial might come in handy, I do grayscale drawings but when I try to color they dont end very colorfull, I mean the colors doesnt look very bright.
Note: bad english, I dont know if I explained clearly.
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Wow, nice. I may as well try it myself sometime. ^^
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A very interesting tutorial. I've seen some artists paint some very atmospheric illustrations by colourising a greyscale image (such as the recently departed Spiritto) and I once tried it myself for my Thundercats panorama . Alas, the result was less than stellar and I had to redo the whole thing all over. I found the problem from using this technique is that it tends to wash out the hue and result in generally bland colours, as you can see most of the buildings share the same sterile look. Moreover, by separating the contrast and hue, you're only doubling your workload by painting over the same area in two or more layers. Speaking of which, using multiple layers confuses you on which one you need to edit in order to correct various mistakes. For example, is such-and-such rock too brown because of the contrast or the colour I used? Which layer do I fix? It's awkward and it only makes colour selection with the eyedropper more difficult. Lastly, painting colour over a greyscale layer tends to result in certain inaccuracies. If you look closely, you can see areas where the purple and pink doesn't align correctly with the layer underneath. This would never happen if it was all on one layer.
However, it's not to say I've never started with a greyscale image. I previously utilised it for these two paintings, but I merely applied a gradient map to the background to colourise it. I love gradient maps, since they can add a narrow range of colour to monochromatic backgrounds in a faster, more accurate manner than painting it yourself. Another advantage is that they can be used to harmonise your palette by applying the same gradient map to the characters. (Watch the 4:02 mark of this video to see what I mean.) So while painting over a greyscale image is an interesting technique, it's not really part of my repertoire. Painting tends to be easiest when the contrast and hue are all on one layer. When comparing your version and Lee's original, I can see that yours has a warmer, more atmospheric palette, but Lee's has sharper colour distinctions as seen prominently in the bottom-right corner of the image. It would be easier to tint his palette to match yours than sharpen your colours to match his. Do you see what I'm getting at?
(PS. A follow-up from an earlier post, I managed to solve the problems I was having with Resi 4 and found the game to be much more enjoyable on subsequent playthroughs. It's amazing what a difference it makes when you can aim properly. 
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I don't know which is worse... that I have no idea what is rendering or how to use it.
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Interesting tutorial, I might have to try it sometime. It could also be somewhat adapted for people who have done their greyscale painting but want to color it.
Also, proofreading time!
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Thanks HappyAggro (as always). I'll get back and make those edits once I find myself some free time. *thumbs up*
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This is awesome! I can use this to an advantage
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