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yeah boring it's just her face
. I was trying out that coloring technique where you paint everything in black and white tones first and then add color later. Finally decided to try it out after watching this on youtube . I'll keep practicing :E
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Wow! I don't know who this character is but her expression is really interesting. She looks... battle-weary? Something like that... Anyway, this pic is awesome.
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I just have to tell you, your art is amazing. I love the way you draw, you have a very unique art style. Your coloring is superb
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Gosh, I love Ulla, she's so different from the usual young attractive characters I've seen, her face seems to tell a story, if you get what I mean. Nice work
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I have a question!!! 
Okioki
So when adding the colour, do you put it on another layer that's set to multiply/color etc? or...do you just REDO EVERYTHING! D:
p.s. what program do you use??? it's 2 questions and it's cheating and I'm SORRY but it had to be done!!!
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Yeah i just put a color layer over it and slap on some colors, varying the hue a little on like lighter parts and stuff.
I did this in OpenCanvas3
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You know, I love Ulla. I really do. She's so characterful; not your normal everyday fighter guy/girl, with brawn and not brains.
Her eyes have so much soul.
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I think the effect came out nicely, and the mellow coffee colors set a lovely mood to the picture, very cool art.
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Is it easy to do it like with black and white first? Because, painting with black and white is easy, but painting with color is hard.
I don't like this picture as much as I like the painting technique. Which I love! It suits the picture very well and is very impressive. Good form!
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I just love all of your GW pictures! I'm an avid player of GW as well; it's really nice to see such high quality GW fan-art!
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do you apply the color like a wash and then just delete the black and white layer underneath, or do you keep the black and white layer?
nice pic, btw. i'm getting a tablet soon, so hopefully i'll be able to try this.
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the black/white --> color produced an interesting result. I'd love to see more of it.
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Ulla Ulla! she's so cool! i love her <3 do you play her in D&D? alsoooo its so cool to see an original character who is awesome and not a 15 year old girl! being older doesnt mean your coolness has to die!
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i think it turned out well enough, doesn't look boring to look at. 
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oh yah, and thx for sharing the video link...
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Ooh I love how you paint. You are rocking that technique
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i just watched that youtube video, that's a really interesting technique for coloring.
and hey, thank you for posting your own coloring tutorials, when you suck at computers like me, things like 'set the layer to multiply' are really helpful
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the technique you used is called an underpainting...mostly used during the rennisance to help get values before using colors. doing it on canvas was a pain in the ass, but it helped by cuttig down paint mixing time.
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Practice?? Wow... that's reaaaaaallly good - espcially for just starting out. O.o
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absolutely love his face. the rough brush strokes give this so much life! you always surpass yourself, the seal of a committed artist!
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wow, that was agonizing to watch... or i just have a very short attention span. but anyways, the technique is amazing. about how long did this take you?
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i have no idea xD. Not very long. Relatively shorter than my other technique, though.
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That is really such an amazing face. Boring to you, awesome to me
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It's very nice, but the bottom of her nose is a very similar color to the scar on her lip, which threw me off. I'm especially fond of the messy quality to her bangs and the leathery stuff on the back of her neck.
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So....it's basically a underpainting using a computer program? In traditional media you would use a color, say a burnt sienna to put down the basic tones. The black/white makes it looks too...I dunno. Myabe, if you used a brown color as a first-layer that would allow the colors to harmonize and bring the diffrent elements together. Good luck using the technique!
As a side-note I would like to add that the technique works a heck of a lot better in real media than in digital because essentially after you paint in the shadows and the first layer of colors the highlights make the image 'glow' and shadows look 'deeper'.
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Green also works well under skin to make it look more ... alive (and less pasty)... other than that, great job!!
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very nice, did you use corel like the guy did in the clip or photoshop? either way it's very impressive.
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cool. thanks for letting me know!
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I used open canvas. I have painter but I seem to have lost the serial number since moving to a new computer :/.
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that stinks. I hate loosing serial numbers. I hope you find it!
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I must confess to not knowing this character at all, but it is a excellent portrait piece...very emotive and strong, and excellent detailing.
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I don't think her face looks boring. her face looks serious as if something terrible just happened. she also looks a bit apprehensive.
I love the textures you use for your backgrounds.
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That's usually how I work on black when its traditional. I like the textures especially the scar, looks quite real
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good grief, you're talented. it's almost scary. o.O
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Is it me or does this look a lil bit like gollum only with hair? I think it's the big watery eyes and shadows... love it though. Nice colouring. <3 gw
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you've just become so amazing with color!!!! i remember the good ol times when you used flat tones and i felt better about myself. *sigh* lovely stuff~
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Looks like the practice is paying off, looks great!
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Ula is so badass. Just thought you should know. I think she's awesome.
Really like how this technique came out in the hair and around the mouth... and her cheeks. It's pretty awesome.
YAY BANDANA!
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