[ceenda]

I was quite intruiged by the post in digital discussion about starting off a pic by working on the values of the tones and then going in with colour. So I decided just to do a little pic based on that technique. Some people do oil painting this way too, and I had a look at some info about Vermeer's way of working and tried to emulate it in Painter. Unfortunately, the result is a bit crappy, but I figured someone might find the technique useful and make something good with it and I'll go through the steps if anyone's interested. This took about an hour in Painter.

[Farwalker]

Nice work Ceenda.
This character is quite interesting to look at.

Thanks for sharing the technique.

Take care.

[Allen W]

I like the hair.

Is the lightbulb just a reminder of the light source?

I'm certainly curious about the tonal->color method you used. Do you need different layers for different colors? (sort of like printing or something)

[Novacaptain]

That's an interesting tecnique. I tried making a grayscale picture into a colored one using a new photoshop layer set to "color" but it didn't work too well.

That's a pretty little strange man, fun hairdo too His collar isn't straight..

What's the little lightbulb in top right corner? and is there a way to get more color variation using this method?