very nice workflow and great art! May I ask which layer mode did you used on 4:50 to adding light? I guess it's color dodge right? anyway thanks a lot :)
now i got it the color layer only has the base colors and you use multiply for shadows and overlay for light to add contrast and depth thank you i cant believe no one explained so clearly before.
I thought this was a pretty nice digital painting at first, but then I was blown away when you started refining the chest. The hair there, looks so fluffy and believable. Made me think twice about how to do stuff like that.
Braderick Smith That were exactly my thoughts. I've never thought about to just darken an area with a layer and then partly removing it via mask. That's probably the way how big artists do it
this is where I'm at too... I can draw really well, but still slowly grasping digital painting, and the grayscale method recently has helped a lot.. well done!
I was struggling for ages with Photoshop, trying to add color to an image without losing detail and have the colors be over saturated or under saturated.. After a lot of experimenting I found what works best for me. 1. Make new "Hard Light" layer above the image you're trying to color. (You can rename this layer "Color Layer") 2. In this new color layer's "Blending Options" choose the "Color Overlay" style. 3. After the "Color Overlay" is checked and it's options appear on the right, to go "Blend Modes" and choose "Saturation" and make the color box a pure gray to remove all color. 4. Also under the "Blend Mode" change the "Opacity" to around 40%. I sometimes use 30% as well. 5. If you want the image you're coloring to be more dominate and your colors to be more subtle then you can change the "Hard Light" to "Overlay" or even "Soft Light" Doing this will let you add color over an image without losing detail and you can control the blown out saturation that "Hard Light" usually causes. I added all these steps into an "Action," so when I press F6 I'll quickly have a new "Add Color" layer. Hope this is somewhat useful for an alternate way to add color. Love your work, BTW! :)
i know there's no narration or anything but honestly this is one of the best digital painting tutorials on the internet. SUPER easy to follow. thank you so much for this - going to go check out the rest of your channel/website now :p
I love when people include bounce lighting and ambient occlusion in their paintings. Plus you used tone mapping in a way I never seen anyone do! You're really good this, understanding lighting and your tools.
This is one of the most beautiful grayscale to color paintings in timelapse I have ever seen! You really made it so good even if it is so simple looking video! Love it
Not sure how I got here from unreal engine videos, but this was extremely pleasant and satisfying to watch. Often times these blend modes are misused by amateur artists who perhaps can not paint with real media, but it always shows. It's really great to see the benefits of these digital tools used well. Truly exemplary work, with finesse.
OK. This is digital painting that appeals to me and your steps seem enough for me to transfer your process onto my working. I look forward to trying it out.
This was if not the best way of doing a greyscale painting I have ever seen. I've been wanting to try painting but I just never knew where to start. Thank you so much for this I must try it out sometime!!!
idk why, but the mix of music and the fact that you are drwaing something beatifull bring me to tears. Thank for the video, and keep doing this, drwaing is love and life :)
I'm amazed by how well your process was explained without talking! The text was to the point and not intrusive, which I applaud you for, that's not an easy thing to do (imo). I really enjoyed the nice music as well, it felt very calming. I'm looking forward to trying out your technique! I struggle a lot with making my artworks pop, because I'm not to good with values just yet. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos
This has to be one of the most amazing art videos out there... It needed no commentary, or anything of the sort. The text at the bottom showed how you turned an already great sketch into a realistic, stunning masterpiece. Also, I really enjoyed the music.
I'm SOOOOOO excited to try this out! I've tried color over grayscale in the past, but it never worked out for me. I NEVER could find a video that adequately showed the process behind it with a result that wasn't muddy either! Thanks for the video, I will most definitely pick your brain on this matter if I get stuck trying it out!
I have been trying to learn this forever, and always had such a hard time doing it. I use Clip Studio Paint so there is a little communication error but walking through your video helped a ton. For Clip studio Paint, for any that need this, just change the blending mode to overlay when you make a new layer.
Hello! I really loved this vídeo. I am working now in learning digital painting. I came from de old school, totally analogical. Thanks for share. Beatiful work!
*while watching the video* STOP. YOU NEED TO STOP, YOURE MIND BLOWING ME WITH EVERY BRUSH STROKE BECAUSE I WASNT ABLE TO BELIEVE IT COULD GET BETTER AND YOU JUST KEPT ON PROVING ME WRONG. You're art was so good, I literally had to pause half way and stop watching it because my heart couldn't take it anymore. I need to- *walks away* I needa catch my breath, and then come back to it in a year or something. I'm not ready for your awesomeness just yet.
what a gorgeous tiger! I've never done that colour overlay thing before, I'll have to find a tutorial and try it! I've always worked better in greys calendar, myself. probably from my years of graphite sketching. Always had trouble with colour. thanks for the inspiration! :)
Omg I love your art style so much.. It's like there's a bunch of artists out there with ok, fine stuff but your style is simply amaizing, so gentle, happy, kind, you can see like.. the gracefullness and goodness in every work you do!!! Totaly sub!
This video was so peaceful and very informative. It was easy to follow even though there was no voice-over. Been trying to grow my own channel, and I think you've inspired me to try new methods of digital art. Thank you so much.
I like how you captured the tiger's expression - half being surprised, half being fascinated. In my mind I have developed this picture into a scene from an animated movie about a young tiger when he (because the tiger has a name ;)) is seeing snow flakes for the first time. The music also goes well with this scene.
This is so stunning. And your music choice was great. I'm going to try my hand at adding color this way. I always lose something between the greyscale and color versions.
This cured my depression, seriously, I can sense how much love you put in this drawing and I start smiling along with the tiger just by looking at it. Thank you so much!
excellent work. i feel like Aaron Blaise would appreciate this drawing. i especially like the highlights in the corners of the mouth & the bunched fur on the chest :) thank you for posting
Awwww. Big pretty kitty. Hahaha. I liked the way you copied the head, refined it, and then put it back on the main sketch. I wouldn't have thought to do that. That's neat. :)
I tried coloring from greyscale in the past, ending with an awfull result of saturated colors and didn't quite understood... But, seeing what you did made me think what i did wrong, thank you... Just this isn't an "easy" way... its very detailed and beautifull... its an incredible art piece... Felicidades!
Beautiful!!! I wish you'd told more about what layer types you were working on during the "refining more" stage, but this is just awesome!! Very beautiful!
Looks great Noukah, I doing the same thing for game design and textures, Outline, black, white, grayscale, then i pick my colours ontop of that, the shading becomes alot better than way.
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Guys, I have no idea why this video spiked all of a sudden, but THANK YOU for watching!!
hmm jazza or Aaron Blaise got me here :-)
my front page got me here. Saw a gorgeously 3d looking adorable chibi-like tiger, with high contrast and color.
I love this, the tiger is so cute! the way you refined the outlines and details are so good, i love your style
It was in my recommended videos xD
very nice workflow and great art! May I ask which layer mode did you used on 4:50 to adding light? I guess it's color dodge right? anyway thanks a lot :)
Conclusion - Layer setup (blending mode):
L06] Screen (bounce light) - redirected light bouncing from the surrounding
L05] Multiply (shadows)
L04] Overlay (light)
L03] Color layer (colors)
L02] Gradient Map - setting base colors
L01] Grayscale drawing with shading
Thanks! :D
Thank
Did I? hmm which layer was it - I'll edit the main comments then.
one before color layer
thanks lad!
now i got it the color layer only has the base colors and you use multiply for shadows and overlay for light to add contrast and depth thank you i cant believe no one explained so clearly before.
Thank you for making it simple!
Omg thank you, I didn't understand that too
Thanks! That was helpful!
I thought this was a pretty nice digital painting at first, but then I was blown away when you started refining the chest. The hair there, looks so fluffy and believable. Made me think twice about how to do stuff like that.
Braderick Smith That were exactly my thoughts. I've never thought about to just darken an area with a layer and then partly removing it via mask. That's probably the way how big artists do it
Fur brushes?
this is where I'm at too... I can draw really well, but still slowly grasping digital painting, and the grayscale method recently has helped a lot.. well done!
I was struggling for ages with Photoshop, trying to add color to an image without losing detail and have the colors be over saturated or under saturated.. After a lot of experimenting I found what works best for me.
1. Make new "Hard Light" layer above the image you're trying to color. (You can rename this layer "Color Layer")
2. In this new color layer's "Blending Options" choose the "Color Overlay" style.
3. After the "Color Overlay" is checked and it's options appear on the right, to go "Blend Modes" and choose "Saturation" and make the color box a pure gray to remove all color.
4. Also under the "Blend Mode" change the "Opacity" to around 40%. I sometimes use 30% as well.
5. If you want the image you're coloring to be more dominate and your colors to be more subtle then you can change the "Hard Light" to "Overlay" or even "Soft Light"
Doing this will let you add color over an image without losing detail and you can control the blown out saturation that "Hard Light" usually causes. I added all these steps into an "Action," so when I press F6 I'll quickly have a new "Add Color" layer.
Hope this is somewhat useful for an alternate way to add color. Love your work, BTW! :)
i know there's no narration or anything but honestly this is one of the best digital painting tutorials on the internet. SUPER easy to follow. thank you so much for this - going to go check out the rest of your channel/website now :p
Holy shit.
Bloody hell it's the real deal
Xabio Arts omgggg
Thank you so much, super glad you liked it!
Ikr
I love when people include bounce lighting and ambient occlusion in their paintings. Plus you used tone mapping in a way I never seen anyone do! You're really good this, understanding lighting and your tools.
This is one of the most beautiful grayscale to color paintings in timelapse I have ever seen!
You really made it so good even if it is so simple looking video!
Love it
Oh wow thank you so much, this made my day :D
Its a gorgeous piece of art
THANK YOU. Working in grayscale is so much easier for me, but I haven't had a reliable method of adding color. You're a lifesaver.
Not sure how I got here from unreal engine videos, but this was extremely pleasant and satisfying to watch.
Often times these blend modes are misused by amateur artists who perhaps can not paint with real media, but it always shows.
It's really great to see the benefits of these digital tools used well. Truly exemplary work, with finesse.
OK. This is digital painting that appeals to me and your steps seem enough for me to transfer your process onto my working. I look forward to trying it out.
This was if not the best way of doing a greyscale painting I have ever seen. I've been wanting to try painting but I just never knew where to start. Thank you so much for this I must try it out sometime!!!
idk why, but the mix of music and the fact that you are drwaing something beatifull bring me to tears.
Thank for the video, and keep doing this, drwaing is love and life :)
Excellent drawing of a cute little dog :)
I agree that it's nice!
But that's a Tiger...
lol
Mayachi It's a joke
What the fuck? This is clearly a giraffe...
Lol
I learned so much just from this simple video. painting like the way you do has always left me scratching my head. Thanks
Some paw prints in the snow would be cute. Fantastic artwork
Absolutely beautiful. That was a joy to watch. So much life in your work!
wow, thanks for sharing your process and adding a short explanation in the beginning.
I'm amazed at how much depth you added to the flat artwork at first, well done!
Very nice artwork!
and thanks for sharing your method of coloring. It seems really helpful, I need to try!
I'm amazed by how well your process was explained without talking! The text was to the point and not intrusive, which I applaud you for, that's not an easy thing to do (imo). I really enjoyed the nice music as well, it felt very calming.
I'm looking forward to trying out your technique! I struggle a lot with making my artworks pop, because I'm not to good with values just yet. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos
This is such a wonderful piece, both finishes and seeing the step-by-step. Thank you for sharing!
Wow I need to use more details like you so awesome
Ahhh....another video worthy of my time.
I finally understand what to do now. Thank you!
Really great video... I love your art and your style! Very nice and hope to see more!
Just... WOW!!! I'm very impressed, the tiger looks so awesome and alive!
This has to be one of the most amazing art videos out there... It needed no commentary, or anything of the sort. The text at the bottom showed how you turned an already great sketch into a realistic, stunning masterpiece. Also, I really enjoyed the music.
I'm SOOOOOO excited to try this out! I've tried color over grayscale in the past, but it never worked out for me. I NEVER could find a video that adequately showed the process behind it with a result that wasn't muddy either! Thanks for the video, I will most definitely pick your brain on this matter if I get stuck trying it out!
Thank you for providing these fantastic techniques, I have definitely learnt a lot from this.
I have been trying to learn this forever, and always had such a hard time doing it. I use Clip Studio Paint so there is a little communication error but walking through your video helped a ton. For Clip studio Paint, for any that need this, just change the blending mode to overlay when you make a new layer.
Hello! I really loved this vídeo. I am working now in learning digital painting. I came from de old school, totally analogical.
Thanks for share. Beatiful work!
that is really amazing. I love the outcome. Great job......
This was very educational! Thank you for adding what you were doing at the bottom!
*while watching the video*
STOP. YOU NEED TO STOP, YOURE MIND BLOWING ME WITH EVERY BRUSH STROKE BECAUSE I WASNT ABLE TO BELIEVE IT COULD GET BETTER AND YOU JUST KEPT ON PROVING ME WRONG.
You're art was so good, I literally had to pause half way and stop watching it because my heart couldn't take it anymore. I need to- *walks away* I needa catch my breath, and then come back to it in a year or something. I'm not ready for your awesomeness just yet.
what a gorgeous tiger! I've never done that colour overlay thing before, I'll have to find a tutorial and try it! I've always worked better in greys calendar, myself. probably from my years of graphite sketching. Always had trouble with colour. thanks for the inspiration! :)
Thanks for sharing your process. He's gorgeous, by the way.
Wow THAT WAS SENSACIONAL congratulations i love the details
This is super easy to follow! Not saying it's easy to do, it's just that your method is very doable. Thank you so much for this great guide. :)
Loved your video and your art! Thank you so much for sharing.
Omg I love your art style so much.. It's like there's a bunch of artists out there with ok, fine stuff but your style is simply amaizing, so gentle, happy, kind, you can see like.. the gracefullness and goodness in every work you do!!! Totaly sub!
"Refining some more!" for nearly half the video is a great representation of what a majority of the art process goes to
Outstanding work, beautiful painting. I just wish I could see your layers and more about the tools you used.
I dont think you've realised how long ive been looking for a decent way to add colour to greyscale. Ah thank you for this precious upload.
He looks soooooo fluffy!
You did that realy well and it will be fun to try this workflow out by myself. :)
What a beautiful tiger! This was really cool to watch, and very informative!
Oh I love this!
thanks for you video, help so many people to learn more!! Gob job Noukah!
So beautiful! So adorable! Now I'madding this to my favourites!
Thank you fellow artist. I enjoyed observing your technique.
More wonderful video I've seen over and over again
Great timelapse video. Great inspiration for my next greyscale coloring :) Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
Seeing an idea come to life like this is pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing! :)
Very useful tool for painting fur! Thanks!
This video was so peaceful and very informative. It was easy to follow even though there was no voice-over. Been trying to grow my own channel, and I think you've inspired me to try new methods of digital art. Thank you so much.
Wow, I want to draw like that! Amazing!
Wonderful piece of art!
I like how you captured the tiger's expression - half being surprised, half being fascinated. In my mind I have developed this picture into a scene from an animated movie about a young tiger when he (because the tiger has a name ;)) is seeing snow flakes for the first time. The music also goes well with this scene.
This is so stunning. And your music choice was great. I'm going to try my hand at adding color this way. I always lose something between the greyscale and color versions.
I found the music kind of sad actually :(
Adding shadows with multiply and bounce light really did it!👌
So glad you found that helpful!
Really good layering techniques, you just stepped my game up.
you showed me how to improve in 8 minutes. it's crazy and thanks, many thanks for help us.
I actually tried this, it helped a lot I kind of spread out the time of the piece for days than just for a few hours, but this was a great tutorial!
This cured my depression, seriously, I can sense how much love you put in this drawing and I start smiling along with the tiger just by looking at it. Thank you so much!
I'll definitely have to try out this method I like how you can keep going back and continuing refinement.
Amazing work :) Thanks for sharing.
Wow! I learned so much from this. Thank you for sharing!
excellent work. i feel like Aaron Blaise would appreciate this drawing. i especially like the highlights in the corners of the mouth & the bunched fur on the chest :) thank you for posting
Awwww. Big pretty kitty. Hahaha. I liked the way you copied the head, refined it, and then put it back on the main sketch. I wouldn't have thought to do that. That's neat. :)
great work! keep it up! loved all your wonderful pieces of artwork!
So beautiful, he/she looks so happy :)
Nice trick with the gradient map! 👍
I tried coloring from greyscale in the past, ending with an awfull result of saturated colors and didn't quite understood... But, seeing what you did made me think what i did wrong, thank you...
Just this isn't an "easy" way... its very detailed and beautifull... its an incredible art piece...
Felicidades!
Wow! I see a big difference this makes me want to do that with my timelapses. ^^ Thanks very much for this.
"how to easily add colour to a greyscale painting"
**outlines every individual hair**
How though? I dont really know i want to try this grescale tschnique
He doesn't outline every hair, he erases some clumps first, then he adds detail.
Now thats some good art,i loved it,thanks for sharing it❤
So inspiring. Thank you! I can't wait to work on my coloring and shading now.
Beautiful!!! I wish you'd told more about what layer types you were working on during the "refining more" stage, but this is just awesome!! Very beautiful!
Nice! I'm trying to learn this technique too, jeje. Thank you so much!!
This is so satisfying to watch come together
Awesome time lapse !
Keep up the great work Noukah !
Thank you, glad you liked it :D
Beautifully done. 👏👏👏👏👏
this is Beautiful!!! well done!
Looks great Noukah, I doing the same thing for game design and textures, Outline, black, white, grayscale, then i pick my colours ontop of that, the shading becomes alot better than way.
really nice tuto, thanks for sharing!
This is so beautiful and amazing
👏
so clever and cool to watch!!
amazing work, love the lighting
hey, what do you mean by "adding a gradient map?"
A R M Y 💕
In photoshop adjustment
Adding another layer, clipping it through the grayscale layer, then putting a filter called "gradient map", then choosing a gradient.
This is sooo amazing) Love your art
Looks amazing! I like you mentioned what you did with the layers in every step :)
Great painting! And thank you for the calming music. This video made me calmer and happier.
beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful artwork! Good video and Great tutorial work. thanks for posting.
That's absolutely amazing.
Thanks!!
As soon as i saw the thumbnail i thought of Noukah from DA. Really unique and beautiful style.
This was so calming to watch :)
I will love you forever and ever for this video. You helped me a lot, thank you!
Great use of grayscale! I always wondered how you can go from gray to color with good shading and highlights.