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Published: 2007-10-23 14:29:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 6428; Favourites: 69; Downloads: 88
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While surfing ΓΌber through the 'most popular' Deviant category I ran across this fine pencil drawing [link] by Cataclysm-X . It just screamed to be colorized, so I obliged. I hope you like how the coloring came out!Posted with the full permission of
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Very cool! You really did a nice job...I'm impressed and thankful cause you just gave me a brillant idea. I swear I get inspired by just about everything
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I like it but... Why it looks as grey-haired? I think there's to many highlights... but i like it
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Because I'm an old lady 
nah, I don't think it looks gray in this pic 
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Εahahahhaa yes what a old lady ^^. But in other ways its pretty cool portrait i like it
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Yeah lovely. It really brings out the potential in her, and in ur coloring great work
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Astounding. Amazing how you've given this piece such a life-like colour to it, I'm in awe at your abundant skill.
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Thanks for saying so!
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this is fantastic color!! I've seen this original before and this is a marvelous addition. What did you use to do the coloring? <><
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Thanks, it is all in the layers, man. Layers in Photoshop is a godsend, couldnβt live without themβ¦well, maybe I could live, but I wouldnβt be nearly as entertained, layers are the key to any kind of βartβ I produce.
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I just got a Macbook and Im trying to figure out how to use Photoshop and I saw the layers but I still have no idea how to use them yet. <><
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I watch Cataclysm-X here on dA and i've seen the original too, great job in the colouring 
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Thank you for the compliment, the skin texture is mostly due to Cataclysm's outstanding pencil drawing's shading, the colorization only brings it out a bit.
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wow. i'm a big fan of cataclysm-x. u really did her justice in this pic. good job dude.
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great work, I've seen the original yesterday and I think it's a great piece of work and a brilliant idea. Well done for both of you
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Hey that's good! Looks like watercolours... how exactely did you do it? Did you use watercolours or was it some neat digital technique I know nothing about...?
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Thanks for the compliment. The process I use to colorize pictures is similar to the traditional art technique of washes, only sort of in reverse. I start with the grayscale βunder paintingβ, in this case Cataclysmβs outstanding pencil drawings, and apply a series different color washes to achieve the desired effect, then I decide where I donβt want the wash, instead of where I do want the wash, as I would with traditional materials. The end result is what you see here. And now that I let my secert techneque out, no one will be impressed with my colorizations.
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Aww, not true. I'm still impressed :3
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errr, umm...secret technique ...I mean.
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Yay you posted it!!! Awesome
*is going to write a journal right now*
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I think it's better than the original!
Amazing work, very well done!
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Thanks, for your comment. Cataclysm did the hard part, what I did was really easy, but it allowed me to feel just a tad bit artistic, so it was a win, win
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