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Published: 2011-02-27 14:18:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 48411; Favourites: 1693; Downloads: 1357
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progress shots and some details for my latest work:many of you asked for a tutorial. sadly, i don't have enough time to make a proper one, but i hope these progress shots will still be useful for some of you. i don't use this particular technique for all my works but i do enjoy it. i've been working with it for a bit longer than half a year now. i hope i'll be able to improve it more in the near future.
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EDIT:
as an answer to a popular question, before it gets even more popular lol
how to switch from black&white to coloursi'm sure there are as many ways to do this as there are artists who use this technique, but the general rule is quite simple: just go crazy with layer styles. i use overlay, soft light, multiply and sometimes colour (for certain effects i use some of the others as well), mixing them with some regular normal layers. there is really no set order in which i do those things (although i tend to start with overlay), which is why it's so difficult for me to explain my ways via a tutorial.. it's a bit of a freestyle for me. if the number of layers gets too high i simply merge them all and keep working on top of that.
i hope this answer is enough. if there is anything else you'd like to know, simply ask me in a comment^^
if you find thid helpful i'll try to upload some more progress shots for other works in the future~
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other works created using the half glazing technique include:
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Comments: 98
what digital art program do you use, or suggest for new (ish) people getting into digital art?
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You don't need to do tutorial, just do some walktroughs (steps, progresses) like this one. 
I'm looking forward.
Keep it up! ^^
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I asure you, I can't even get through the first step. xD
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this is really awesome. I have been trying to learn how to change from black and white to colour.
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It really came together, like all the detail. Well done.
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I love how you can definitely see the picture taking form here. Your artwork is truly awe-inspiring
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I'm just amazed by the way that you make it look simple to do... (ok, it doesn't look that simple xD)
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niesamowite... aż normalnie brak mi słów, co się rzadko zdarza...
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Thank you for posting this and for explaining the B/W to Colour transition! I have been wanting to know for a long time! It was very helpful! Thank you!
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Do you use any textures? If so, what did you use? o-o
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first of all, i used some textured brushes that come as basic set in photoshop cs5. then i used one splatter texture in the area of the dark cloud/magic (which is almost impossible to see because of very low opacity, but just to be fair) and two of smoke photos - all of those from cgtextures.com (the link is in the artist's comments)^^
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I always wondered how those artist switched from black and white to colours... Thank you!
Great work
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możesz zlinkować ten [link] tutorial, jest fajnym punktem wyjścia dla tej techniki, co Ty stosujesz
a swoją droga, zabójcze malarstwo
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very nice, kinda hope you will find the time for a true tutorial
But this is a start. Maybe draw when you have time and tape it for Youtube, or deviant art or something, just an idea...
keep up the good work
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uh. i'm afraid this 'time' might not happen for the next few months;;; i'll be multitasking with company, school and a rather huge project. i will try to provide more helpful resources though ;___;
recording... maybe someday.. maybe even livestream if i feel really suicidal lol *has no confidence to cg in front of people*
thanks~
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*przygląd* Trzeba zgooglować tą 'glazing technique' @___@ Może wreszcie ogarnę mazianie bez lineartu @_@
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dasz rade bez googli, to nie az taka filozofia xD
szarosci (latwiej zlapac ksztalty/cieniowanie gdy nie rozpraszaja barwy), a potem na nie kolorami. potem juz tylko detale w kolorach. polecam^^
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No właśnie google niewiele mi pomogły. Pobawię się w jakiś luźniejszy weekend metodą prób i błędów : DDDD
Dzięki <3
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tak najlepiej bo najwiecej sie czlowiek uczy. mi po raz pierwszy kazal tak rysowac nauczyciel, przy okazji nc nie tlumaczac lol. powiedzial tylko: najpierw zrob szarosci, potem poloz kolory. na poczatku szlo mi srednio ale ostatnio troche sie oswoilam^^
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Ja przeczuwam, iż będzie to totalna katastrofa, bo nie umiem rysować bez lineartu... XD Nie wiem, nie czuję w ogóle kształtu Oo. Ale będę kombinować : DDDDDDD
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wiesz, zaczynasz na szkicu, potem go po prostu czesciowo zamalowujesz, wiec nie jest tak zle (wbrew pozorom dobry szkic/lineart to wazny punkt wyjsciowy). no i grunt to sie nie poddawac i probowac do skutku. tez czuje ze jeszcze wiele przede mna jesli chodzi o ten styl i ta technike~
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A tak z ciekawości: sporo osób 'malujących' robi wszystko na jednej warstwie. Przy linearcie logiczniej jest rozkładać każdy kolor na kolejną warstwę, ale tu chyba wygodniej pakować wszystko na jednej, ewentualnie tło wrzucić na inną, nie? Wydaje mi się, że tak powinno być łatwiej to wszystko ogarnąć... Jak Ty to robisz? : O
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komus wyzej juz opowiadalam ale tak po krotce: uzywam od metra roznych warstw i co jakis czas je splaszczam. zwlaszcza przy kolorowaniu uzywam wielu warstw ustawionych na rozne mode'y - mozna tak uzyskac rozne ciekawe efekty. ogolnie warstwowe szalenstwo i regularny flatten^^
czasem rzeczywiscie robie podzial na tlo i postac, ale nie w tym konkretnym przypadku~
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Aaaaa, oke, dzięki wielkie ; D Całkiem logiczne C:.
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Really lovely to see your process, a lovely piece! Keep up the great work.
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l have a question
do you flatten your gray scale picture before coloring to eliminate the opacity or is it kept on its own layer with a separate gray background?
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sometimes i keep the bg on separate layers if i need to create a work with an optional no bg version (this happened with a commissioned work before). normally i flatten it all though.
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ty for the quick response ^ ^ l'm gonna attempt at a gray scale naow~
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no problem^^
this technique can be difficult at first but i learned a lot thanks to it. good luck~
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I was actually trying to do glazing technique recently but utterly failed OTL
Maybe this will help me <3 Thanks
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your comment just made my day. and it's a monday morning at work, too.
here, have a thankyou-cookie 
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