09-19-2013, 07:48 PM
Hey Flo,
There's no secret technique to adding colour to grayscale I think because there are lots of ways to do it. There is also no getting around having to paint directly on top of your piece with colour at some point , that is a mandatory step. But the trick I guess is to come up with a way to get a really good base to start with that doesn't require totally re-rendering in colour.
I've been asked similar questions recently, and as I don't really do it much I decided to give it a go and see what I could figure out. A is the result of fiddling for about 30 minutes trying a couple of things before finding one way. B is the result of about 10-15 minutes a different way. Note these are both done really rough just to get a nice colour palette going so you would still have to overpaint on top to adjust saturation and detailing properly, but it is quicker than rendering over again in colour.
In terms of the image I think you need to nail your light source and push some atmo perspective on the wings and behind limbs and stuff to get them to pop out more. Let me know if you like the result of either and I'll try and remember what I did to get there.
There's no secret technique to adding colour to grayscale I think because there are lots of ways to do it. There is also no getting around having to paint directly on top of your piece with colour at some point , that is a mandatory step. But the trick I guess is to come up with a way to get a really good base to start with that doesn't require totally re-rendering in colour.
I've been asked similar questions recently, and as I don't really do it much I decided to give it a go and see what I could figure out. A is the result of fiddling for about 30 minutes trying a couple of things before finding one way. B is the result of about 10-15 minutes a different way. Note these are both done really rough just to get a nice colour palette going so you would still have to overpaint on top to adjust saturation and detailing properly, but it is quicker than rendering over again in colour.
In terms of the image I think you need to nail your light source and push some atmo perspective on the wings and behind limbs and stuff to get them to pop out more. Let me know if you like the result of either and I'll try and remember what I did to get there.