The Trouble with Grayscale

What about Gradient Mapping??? O.o??

Using gradients, then making an “adjustment layer” on top of everything also seems like a good option imo

GRADIENT MAAP GO BRRRRR

So this is how i make a 3d model, thats great, now my concept art will look better, like it was creating on 3dsmax or maya, no zbrush

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Wow this inspires me to do better on my art videos on my channel. 😊

Hi guys! I am having trouble with exporting my file , it changes the color when i uploaded it to social media :( i need help .

I love using grayscale because I understand value better from white to black, then adding overlay makes the colour pop, but sometimes ruins skin tones

I figured that would be the problem everyone talks about grisaille. That has super easy soucion. Both in oil, acrylic and watercolor, what is called "false grisaille" is made, which consists of making the dark ones in cold tones and the light tones in warm ones (or else you only do the dark ones in cold ones, then when passing color you tone with the warm ones), in digital it is even easier, you change the dark tones to cold (violet or blue) and the warm ones to yellow or orange. After that you go to color and you will see the HUGE difference in the color at the end of doing it with grisaille. i hope this help you.

daaang... grey scale method looks good to me. 👍

I get the impression from watching a few other tutorials that painting in greyscale and then adding colour (.... In fact alot of digital techniques) are a result of clients potentially asking for changes after its done and this just makes colour changes super easy.

I feel like i’m the only one interested in where the model was found. I like to resources like Croquis cafe and others on occasion, but im always looking for more. What do you use?

I'm on medibang pro, and for some reason I can't use colour at all. Not for outlining or colouring, nothing. And I don't even know how it started. Does anyone have any ideas?
I've already tried the latest version, but it still does the same thing

So, where can I find that Angelina Instagram? 😜

Thank you a ton this explains alot haha. Ive been missing some steps

What are the effects layers you add in color ? its difficult for me😫

Gradient maps

love the video. I definitely need to practice this more.

I think a good approach is to start wtih grayscale but with very loose strokes, not getting into too much detail on that phase, just trying to nail the general lighting and values. Then colorize it and refine details afterwards. That way you're not retracing your steps with color, which can be very annoying and time-consuming.

Great video! I've always been wondering if its really a good thing to start with gray scale in my work process. As soon as i I'm my value color skill I'll follow your advise

Couldn't I just colour the basic colors under the grayscale painind, and then paint on top of it if I need things like blush?

The Virgin Grayscale VS The Chad Occlusion Painting

My question is if you painting in greyscale, add colors on top and THEN paint over that for brushstrokes/textures etc that would still come out the same and essentially you're using both techniques right?

i really didnt know this at all. i thought grayscale was just what u did for values and then color on different layer with no probs. it never actually worked out that way for me because of the overlap issue u addressed. very great video thanks!

i definitely consider my art focus to be portraits. i call myself a portrait artist, i’ve mastered them. but you know what: i’ve never ever actually colored a human. I’m thinking about it, i’ve never colored any of my portraits. I think I want to give it a shot.

I have this problem now

After watching many tutorial there seem to be 2 methods of coloring.

1st one is grayscale n color
2nd one jump directly to color
Now what i notice is that painting with grayscale require you to sculp everything early and spending longer time tinking with the color.
The second method require you to be proficient with the color because you have to realize what color is shadow, ambience and etc,then later you can airbrush some parts making it very rich in color , this method can hone your color skill a lot
Then there's a famous concept artist that constantly switching between grayscale and color when drawing. He can pick the color that also good when looking in grayscale.I guess this is what happened when you already a master level. but for basic he advice to master the value first then start playing with color afterwards.
So both value and color is really important.

gradient maps! 😅

I find it hard to find good tutorials, but this one is really helpful. Thank you!

im struggling to make the shade smooth :(

Great stuff. I'm self-taught, so to speak, and I've always wondered about how color effects the values. I knew that it did, but I never heard it addressed directly, or any workarounds. Thanks!

I dont quite understand value checking when turning to greyscale. The color mode can have a different value reading. Then the various methods of grayscaling each can also have a different value reading?

I'm feeling a dilema: I like painting in colors, but if a client ask "i want this person blue", the value map is so tempting because i can chance the color in a click. At the same time, this value shifts from colors may make my painting funky so it's tempting painting in colors. I'm going crazy rn o_o

Can someone tell me what is this value he is talking about? In Portuguese it makes no sense. Is it a knowledge? Is it a brush? Is it a color set? Is it something on photoshop?

Can you please tell me what's blending mode did you used in flat color which is the color of skin

nice.

What brush you use to smoothens the shadow and how you do it in the arm. Is it rendering?

That was sick, quick and simple but I learned a ton. I'm currently practicing my values and did find them a bit lacking. This video explains why quite well. Thanks for this

Im using krita, but idk what brush to use. Help please

Maybe this video was relevant 5 years ago.

"Color will become a playground you will explore endlessly." That just snapped something inside, and I have this fever to dive deeper into color. No joke, you have good intentions with helping others, and that is the other part that inspired me. I am glad to have found your channel, thank you.

i do like the way you speak, like beavis' teacher. this is cool

the grayscale scare's me :c

Gradient maps solve the ubnatural problem when colors r used right with less usage of layer blend modes.

This was the most accurate explanation of ambient occlusion and local value a ever saw. XD

Something I’ve done before is doing the flat colors on my character, then do a complete grayscale of my character, and then overlay that and use it as a reference for doing shadows in color on the flat color.

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Important comment!! After some thinking, I've decided to just edit out the spaceship and color wheel portion of the video. It's simply not accurate information and it's not super relevant to the point of the video anyway. Sorry for the awkward splice! I'll be making a quick extra video about the specific topic I removed because I spent some actual time properly understanding it.