Hi all, Got a quick question with regards to colorizing digital paintings. I've never done much in the way of digital painting but I've started to explore it a bit. I'm just curious as to how to add color when you've done a painting in grayscale. From what I've learned, it's best to paint value in grayscale first,…
Cheers Eric, Yeah I kinda got the impression that the better 2D artists paint in color from the get-go, but for me, someone who is still just getting into it, painting value in two colors seems a lot easier than the full spectrum. I guess colorizing does have it's limits though and hopefully once I improve some I'll be…
Generally it's better to simply paint in full color, but that requires more practice. Colorizing grayscale is OK, but IMO the end results tend to look flatter, not as dynamic.
From what I've seen there are a bunch of ways to get it done. Most involve a layer set to color then another layer set to overlay. I still suck at painting so I'd watch stuff like this: http://vimeo.com/6710222
I mostly see people use it as they're learning because it allows you to focus on value rather than having to balance a whole lot of other stuff. As people get more comfortable with painting in color they often start to skip the colorize layers and paint over it in color, as time goes on the grayscale gets less attention…