07-19-2014, 09:58 AM
I wish I had the patience to grow out a proper beard, but it always sits at about 1/4 inch :< Someday though!
And about that last piece you did, did you use only one or two colours to colour the greyscale? I find that gives "ok" results, but only if your values are spot on and even then its usually not that interesting.
BUT Theres a really interesting technique where you add a gradient map set to overlay on top of your grayscale pic, then you have full control over how you want each value coloured. You should try it out! You might have to add a soft colour dodge or screen layer on top to really bring flesh out the lights, but for the most part it does a great job of colourising, given a decent value range underneath
And about that last piece you did, did you use only one or two colours to colour the greyscale? I find that gives "ok" results, but only if your values are spot on and even then its usually not that interesting.
BUT Theres a really interesting technique where you add a gradient map set to overlay on top of your grayscale pic, then you have full control over how you want each value coloured. You should try it out! You might have to add a soft colour dodge or screen layer on top to really bring flesh out the lights, but for the most part it does a great job of colourising, given a decent value range underneath