Applying Colour To Greyscale Art

[jacksondavies]

A little while ago I made a piece of art where I experimented with starting in greyscale and transitioning to colour.

_{Greyscale to establish values}

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_Colours

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I found the process a bit tedious but I gave it another shot. I gave the colour treatment to another piece of mine where I experimented with a greyscale/colour mix.

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The biggest problems with working with grey for me is inaccurate colours. When working with colour whatever I pick on the colour wheel is applied to the piece.

With greyscale on the other hand, the colour varies with the value applied. There are times when I have a colour in mind but can't achieve it. It's a bit frustrating when you want to apply red but what you get instead is pink.

Tools

• Autodesk Sketchbook

Process

_{Greyscale image}

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_{I used a colour layer above the grey art to shade the skin}

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_{Another layer for the shadows}

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_{Another colour layer for the shirt}

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_{The collars}

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_{I used a multiply layer to colour the hair}

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_{Finishing touches to the eyes and background}

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Image credits @jacksondavies

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