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assignments 11
Here's my assignment! I decided to paint the shaman reference in grayscale to colorize it.
I started by merging the grayscale image to 1 layer, set it to soft light and proceeded to paint the base colors underneath it using normal blending modes.
Next, I created more layers on top using overlay, linear dodge and multiply to add in some extra shadows and highlights (I also used a hue/saturation adjustment layer set to red with a layer mask to paint in the blood).
After that, I used several adjustment layers to tweak the colours and values (mainly hue/saturation, color balance and levels).
Finally, I added one last layer set to normal to add in any extra detail and cleanup the overall image.
I had a lot of fun with this assignment, I haven't had much luck painting over grayscale in the past, but using the right blending modes and adjustment layers really helped the process along. :)
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ASSIGNMENTS
Take one of your grayscale paintings from the grayscale assignment and colorize it using both blending modes and adjustment layers. Don't feel like you have to limit yourself to realistic colors for this assignment! You can get some interesting color combinations with blending modes and adjustment layers, so experiment and find what works best.
I learned a lot on this one - still trying to get my "color vision" established. Coming from using Procreate most of this was primarily trying to understand the details of photoshop iPad vs desktop (not all features were available on the iPad). There were many places in my layer structure that made it easier or harder to colorize - things to keep in mind for the next painting. I know there are some nasty transitions and overlaps but I'd rather do better on the next painting rather than spend the rest of my life working on this one.