Coloring two of the Grey Series?

[Rox_My_Sox1]

Is anyone interested in coloring two of these pictures from the Grey Series of tickle torture picture artwork? If so, lemme know kays? ^_^

 

[Kalamos]

Haven'tchagot any higher-res samples of those, man?

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

Haven'tchagot any higher-res samples of those, man?

Unfortunately no. And it's WOman, not man. ^_~

 

[Kalamos]

Unfortunately no.

Well, it's gonna be tougher, but I could give it a try all the same.
Keeps my colouring skills a bit on the sharper side.

🙂

And it's WOman, not man. ^_~

Oh, I do not care for traditional gender designations much, online.
You all are Verdana 18 to me, so I collectively refer to you guys as "men".
I guess there are much worse terms we could resort to, and it comes simpler to me too.

Besides, I am sure being called a man is not derogative in most countries, yet, whatever your actual real-world gender is, eh, man?

😉

 

[Kalamos]

Alright.
Cobbled something together.

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First picture as requested.
Second picture is an colour-job I did a while ago.

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Hope the guy's still using his older "Kamikuzu" handle.
Hope I got the name right too...

😀

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More when I feel like.
Enjoy.

 

[Low_Roads]

I don't know how easy or tough it was to do, but the results are splendid! That girl's sweating stardust by the bucket, which appears to be a carry-over from your personal style. Definition's a bit sharper than in the orginal, too!

 

[Kalamos]

I don't know how easy or tough it was to do, but the results are splendid! That girl's sweating stardust by the bucket, which appears to be a carry-over from your personal style. Definition's a bit sharper than in the orginal, too!

Well, I tried taking the easy way, and the result was quite frankly fetid.

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So I cranked up my expectations a bit, and tried doing something better.
You know, some shadows, full highlighting, layered stencil colouring, that kind of stuff.
Plus filters, a lot of smoothing filters.

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I cannot quite say how much it took.
Since I haven't done much besides, I'd say it's taken roughly from the moment I downloaded the first pic, to the moment I uploaded it.

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I think I went cheap on the bg, but Kamikuzu's got a penchant for thinner lines, so getting a good halo straight is tougher.

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I know, cause my older pics weren't that suited for computer colouring.
Then, you learn a few tricks.
And things go somewhat smoother.

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The second pic I recall being even "worse", since it was almost black, and getting lines to show up proved tough.

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Well, tougher than doing a clean job on a traced pic.

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At any rate, Kamikuzu's pics do deserve some "rainbows and unicorns".
Aye, they do.

😀

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

The first pic is fantastic Kalamos! (huggles) ^_^

I wish I could find a better pic of the second pic I requested. Does anyone have a better version of that pic? I'll search the board and try and find a better version.

Edit: Nope. I can't find a better version. Shoot. (pouts) Is it okay if you try and color it as it is Kalamos?

 

[Kalamos]

The first pic is fantastic Kalamos! (huggles) ^_^

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Is it okay if you try and color it as it is Kalamos?

Good.

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Sure. Someday.

😉

 

[scavenger]

I just happened to stumble on this thread by accident... I do not check the Image Requests often enough, I guess.
I'm amazed, not only by the quality (and original approach to the coloring which clearly marks it as a Kalamos work) but by the sheer speed with which you pulled this off. Only mere hours from raw black and white (well,... black and grey) to the finished product in splendorous Kalamos coloration.
My favourite is the first one, because I particularly like how you combine warm colours (but that's my personal colour taste) . Apart from that, both are equally great in catching the atmosphere and enhancing the action that the original artist -Kamikuzu- created. 🙂

 

[Kalamos]

I'm amazed, not only by the quality (and original approach to the coloring which clearly marks it as a Kalamos work) but by the sheer speed with which you pulled this off.

Lacking tact, we could call it the "I-don't-know-what-the-heck-I-am-doing... so-I'll-throw-in-random-patches-of-colours... and-hope-for-best... because-I-never-learnt-how-to-paint" technique.

😀

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Part of the trick is being rushed and sloppy.

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Then, using a nice palette file imaginatively called PAL, I store most of my custom hues on.

I slap it as the topmost layer, and grab some of my fave tints from there.
I originally hand-picked those colours from a miniature of mine.

Prolly mentioned that already, but I had this Mordheim mini, some bowman guy I had glued together from merc sprues.
I wanted to try something brighter than my usual blue and silver I had lazily chosen for my space marine guys...

So I layered some tans, snakebite leather actually, and over tan, some red, lavasomething or somethingelse. And then glazes, inks, and so on.

A few layers after, I had this blond guy in suede pants, linen jerkin, and bright red tunic.

Liked the combination, which was quite striking compared to my gloomy power-armoured blokes, and copied the hues over to paint shop pro.
Yeah, I'm old school.

They've stayed with me ever since, and I save the palette with every new pic, adding the odd colour when I need to.

Saves me a lot of work, because I already have some of my fave hues ready, and I know how to shade or highlight them, without having to create new hues on the spot.
Some timesaver... and I can vary a bit so pics do not quite exactly look all the same.

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I could revert back to my older darker palette, for sports... and someday, who knows...

🙂

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

(Huggles da Kalamos)

Da Rox_My_Sox still loves both of them. ^_^

 

[Kalamos]

(Huggles da Kalamos)

Careful.
This armour is kinda spiky.
You risk cutting yourself on the plates...

😉

Da Rox_My_Sox still loves both of them. ^_^

:super_hap

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BTW, I tried a new technique today.
It's somewhere between the two styles.

My test audience thinks it looked good.
We'll see...

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

Careful.
This amour is kinda spiky.
You risk cutting yourself on the plates...

😉

Oh, well then, POUNCE! ^_^

(pounces on Kalamos and proceeds to tickle his feet) ^_~

BTW, I tried a new technique today. It's somewhere between the two styles.

My test audience thinks it looked good. We'll see...

As always I humbly await your next masterpiece. I only hope you will have time someday to do the feather duster rotary wheel tickle torture pic of the grey series. ^_~

 

[Kalamos]

(pounces on Kalamos and proceeds to tickle his feet) ^_~

Oi, I don't tickle on the first date!

:shocked:

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😉

 

[bzaur]

Thought I might contribute (since I haven't done anything in months). I remembered seeing similar colored grey pics so I tried going with that style. I'll be the first to admit it's not nearly as nice as Kalamos images. Maybe when I get a new graphics tablet that works I can spend more time without getting fustrated.

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

SQUEE! YOU COLORED IT! THANK YOU! THANK YYYOOOUUU! ^_^

(huggles)

 

[luv2tikl]

I got bored

I know you requested this a while ago, but I got bored and needed something to do, so, I colored the second one.