02-18-2012, 02:02 AM
If You're starting it's probably best to avoid painting in grey scale and adding color to that and focus on painting in full color from the start. Once You understand how colors work, You shouldn't have problems with adding colors to gray scale.
But if You want advice, I can give You some useful tips:
Easiest way to add colors is to use color layer or overlay layer. Start with adding a less saturated tones and then build color range on narmal layer (on top of color unless You merge color layer with layers below). You can also use soft light brush or layer to add a bit of light and tone of the lighting. Remember if an object is illuminated by warm light (ex sunlight) colors become warmer and shadows are cooler, if it is illuminated by cool light (ex blue neon) it becomes cooler and shadows are warmer.
So if You have for example folds on an outfit, illuminated parts have not only a different value but also a different hue than parts in the shadow.
Hope that helps.
But if You want advice, I can give You some useful tips:
Easiest way to add colors is to use color layer or overlay layer. Start with adding a less saturated tones and then build color range on narmal layer (on top of color unless You merge color layer with layers below). You can also use soft light brush or layer to add a bit of light and tone of the lighting. Remember if an object is illuminated by warm light (ex sunlight) colors become warmer and shadows are cooler, if it is illuminated by cool light (ex blue neon) it becomes cooler and shadows are warmer.
So if You have for example folds on an outfit, illuminated parts have not only a different value but also a different hue than parts in the shadow.
Hope that helps.