Badass with cigar (link to tutorial included)

big brother · Mon 19/01/2004 02:59:34

Yo, dudes!

Found this neat tutorial about colorizing. Amazing stuff!
http://www.sijun.com/dhabih/gallery/howto/

Since I was still curious after reading it, I decided to try it out. Here's my result:

It took me several hours to draw this from scratch (unfortunately, I don't have a scanner up here, so I had to freehand the outline).

This method would probably be pretty good for backgrounds...

Scummbuddy · Mon 19/01/2004 07:31:10

whipping out my wacom right now. thanks for this cool link. i hope to post something soon

Minimi · Mon 19/01/2004 10:41:06

Wow! This is such an amazing technique!! I'm going to practice this, in photoshop, though I'm considered to the real pshoppers, a newbie... but im really going to try, and whip up something, that looks fine to me.

Andail · Mon 19/01/2004 11:56:39

Really nice.
My only remark would be the background...isn't it unnecessarily dark? I'd have choosen a much lighter grey, to not drown part of the image

Pessi · Mon 19/01/2004 21:31:36

Fantastic, dude!!! Man, that is absolutely amazing. Heh, there's not much more to say. I don't think the background is too dark. Lighter value would kind of mix with the character, I reckon.

I've actually read that tutorial before. I definitely like the end result - especially yours - but still I don't feel comfortable using dodge and burn tools. It's just that they don't take the hue variations much into consideration. Though I admit I'm not that good at those anyway but I want to learn.

Here's a method I've been using lately. It makes learning pretty fast. The tutorial is made by HPX - http://hpx1.free.fr/index.php .

Here's the actual tutorial.

big brother · Mon 19/01/2004 22:11:37

Wow, Pessi! That's an awesome tutorial. I can't believe that's only 30 mins. It really looks like a painting rather than a digital work.

Have you made anything cool with it?

Moresco · Tue 20/01/2004 15:56:30

Ooo that's nice. I really like using the dodge/burn tools, saves alot of time.

Pessi · Tue 20/01/2004 18:06:37

Not just yet. I just rediscovered the tutorial/image a couple of days ago. It was just lying around on my HD in my 'amazing images' folder. This will be the technique I'll be using for my studies though. I hope I'll be able to post something here at some point.