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Tutorial - Coloring grayscale images

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So this is totally out of the blue!

I mentioned doing this tutorial over 9000 years ago, but never got around to it. So since I made a portrait, I thought it'd be a good opportunity to finally write this down since it's easier to explain this on a simple portrait than it is to explain on a fullblown illustration.
It's really not a tutorial, per say, but rather how I personally go from grayscale to color and what layer modes I use to achieve my usual look for characters.
This is a very experimental way to color- there are no presets, no numbers I can give you, you have to try it out and see what works best for your images!

Hope this helps someone ;P

Finished image: Poisoned - Sebastian by Aaraujo and the same character's fullbody concept art: Poisoned - Sebastian 2 by Aaraujo

Other art by me:
Commish - Cover for Gina Streator by Aaraujo Commish - Cover by Aaraujo WoW - Night Elf Arcanist by Aaraujo LoL - Nami by Aaraujo

Other tutorials by me:
<da:thumb id="254637055"> +Hair Tutorial+ by Aaraujo +Blood Tutorial+ Photoshop CS3 by Aaraujo
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Figgs45's avatar
Just found this and it explains a lot thank you.