Colorize Contest Pictures made with Photoshop - Image Page 1

Woman Statue - created by magicalfruittuts

SBS: n/a

Rank: 9/9

Score: 56.1% (0)

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No external sources used. I mainly used stamp tool. Seperate layers for eyes, ear, and mouth and blouse. Colored these as seperate layers then adjusted opacity. I was trying to bring the statue to life. Airbrush was helpfull on facial areas. The subjects hair was the most difficult to work with, I ended up with a sort of punky blond hair effect. Fun experiment.

For the background:

Duplicate original picture
Choose the duplicated layer.
Change it to Exclusion blending mode.
Use levels to adjust.
You will see that the light and dark backgrounds are reversed and they are more blue than before.
Merge the layers or take a snapshot then continue modifying the picture (5 years and 2504 days ago)

4 Comments

Woman, Statue, colorize

sienly says:

great idea!

CMYK46 says:

Not bad, but look at the lighting on the source pic & adjust your shadows accordingly. You might consider reducing the amount of empty space around the figure, too.

author says:

This was my first contest entry. Glad I checked my messages as it mysteriously disappeared. As I said in my original comment, I used no external sources. The background is just the background of the original picture we were given to work with. I may have touched up some of the scratches on the original background using the clone stamp tools.

The frame around the subject was done making a simple square and applying the gradient tool. Then cutting out a circle with the eliptical selection tool.

author says:

Ok, On second thought I see the differences in the background. I am trying to recreate how that was done and the only thing I can figure out is:

Duplicate original picture
Choose the duplicated layer.
Change it to Exclusion blending mode.
Use levels to adjust.
You will see that the light and dark backgrounds are reversed and they are more blue than before.
Merge the layers or take a snapshot then continue modifying the picture.

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colorize of sketch - created by adelia

Favs: 0

SBS: 7

Hi-res

Rank: 9/9

Score: 55.5% (0)

7536 views

(5 years and 3055 days ago)

2 Comments

colorize, sketch

MossyB says:

The colors don't help this image. The lighter values are too blown out, which makes the color on the wall too dominant and out of place. I'd also remove the picture hanging on the wall and crop the image a bit.

author says:

Thank you so much Mossy,your input could make me see what is lacking on there,I have a trouble to set an appropriate value at step 7, the wall lose of color when I try lowering or raising the opacity value,(There`s only white) so I decided to eliminate one of the layer,and i choose to hide layer 1. wrong step I think I've done itâ€¦ next time I'll fix all my deficiencies,
and of course I will try to make the best

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Pin-up Girl - created by Floortje1973

Favs: 8

SBS: 2

Hi-res

Rank: 1/9

Score: 64.1% (35)

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PLEASE, take some time to read the description ;-)

I love pin-up girls, especially those from the early days.. I have been searching for beautiful old shots and it was very hard to find one respecting the "explicit nudity" rules on pxleyes, most of the images are â€œsurpriseâ€ nude, in a very beautiful way, it has to be said. And there for a warning when you visit the source link, stock page.
A big thank you to Gentlemansclubstock on DeviantArt.

I found her and instantly fell in love ;-)

If I have to put a date on this photo, I would guess it's been taken around 1920 - 1930. The roaring 20's, flapper era, maybe later. That would mean she was born around 1900..
I have been searching through old pin-up girls from that time and she has a striking resemblance with, for example, Marion Davies, see http://www.google.nl/images?um=1&hl=nl&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Anl%3Aofficial&biw=1221&bih=866&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=Marion+Davies&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=

I wanted this image to be as close to real as possible. I could have gone overboard on a psychedelic theme but I wanted to show the picture how it would have been taken so many years ago.. Through the eyes of the photographer, may he probably rest in peace.

The tapestries behind the girl I did some research on too.
I found out that Jean Baptiste Oudry designed a series of tapestries (1736-1749) depicting the hunts of Louis XV (Wikipedia)
In this photo there are two different tapestries, if they are real that is to be considered, but it seems they where duplicated much in the early 20th century. I found some similar things in both tapestries, but there are differences in these and the one on the photo, witch I found out while painting. I have to say I did use those tapestries to help me deciding on color in the clothing of the â€œhunting menâ€. I wanted the colorized image to be as close as real as possible, I thought she deserved that. The images I used for reference is one of a Antique store in Belgium, and one is for sale on a Belgian Ebay kind of site, I have contacted both and I will provide the links in the source.

Needless to say, this image has so much detail.. I have spend hours colorizing this image. It has been a hell of a job.

I started out with the original image witch and got rid of some imperfections. I duplicated the layer and with a levels adjustment layer changed the overall look of the image. Made it somewhat darker and got rid of the grey-ish glow.

The original image is in my sbs, as well as a animated sbs wich shows you the process of colorizing. I hope you can appreciate this work, there are many hour involved! I put one up in hi-res as well. Take a look at it! Every detail I put in pixel by pixel..
(5 years and 3256 days ago)

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35 Comments

Pin-up, Girl, pinup, pin, colorize

kyricom says:

Very nice job, and thanks for all the info - it really adds to it

lchappell says:

Great job on this, looks good. I think it would be even nicer if you saturated the color just a little.

author says:

Thank you @kyricom and @Ichappell. I find the image here different from that one in my screen.. How is that possible? This one is too bright in color.. Lets see if I can fix that!

*EDIT* I think I got it now.. Saved it for web and devices, it is a lot smaller now. But the colors are the same as I wanted them to be.. Hope this is better!

lchappell says:

nice improvement

author says:

@Ichappell *jeeejjj* Got it, so much happier now! Thanx!

Drivenslush says:

very wonderful thoughts and it really shows the love of the subject.. excellent work

olga says:

Great work!

CMYK46 says:

Very nicely done! (High res could be higher).

TwilightMuse says:

Amazing job! The subtle coloring in the background really adds to the beauty in the image. Baeutiful model picked as well.

locale says:

Good research. Nice sublte work. Love the picture. GL

langstrum says:

Great source searching and great half tone of colors

author says:

Thank you all for your comments! It makes me happy that you all like it! @CMYK46, I agree hi res could be much higher.. I wish I could show you the psd file

Keiley22 says:

Author, I have to say im very big on the 1920's era, i sing alot of 20's blues at the pubs. This work is beautiful, your choice of model is perfect.
I have always loved their expressions in these photos. The colouring is very well done with the browns and greens. I love the feel of her clothing, it makes her pose stand right out againts the rest of the image

major from me..... top vote mate!!!!!

kathyw says:

Very nice job well done

author says:

@Keiley22 Thank you so much for your top vote and fav offcourse! That makes me really happy, I think its great you have a connection with that era and I wish you the best of luck singing!

@Kathyw Thank you very much for the compliment and the fav!

steed says:

Great job

pixelkid says:

This is a beaut! I also love that era with the pin ups etc. Awesome and caring job.

jadedink says:

i'm speechless with this one. the tapestry, the girl..the color tones. its all so breathtaking. Well done, and hats off to you. Thanks for the history lesson as well!

author says:

Thank you so much @steed, @pixelkid and @jadedink. It really means a lot that you like her so much..

lolu says:

Incroyable resultat, j'adore !

hereisanoop says:

briliant job.. well done

jawshoewhah [banned] says:

Nice work! GL!

jawshoewhah [banned] says:

Nice work! GL!

RichieMB says:

Congrats for 1st

spaceranger says:

Congrats!!

Drivenslush says:

CONGRATS!!!

madamemonty says:

congrats beautifully done

ramesan says:

congratulations...

lchappell says:

Well done, congratulations.

author says:

Thank you all so much!! Very appreciated!!

closedeyes says:

beautiful image... congrats...

langstrum says:

Congrats for the first place!

locale says:

Congrats..

author says:

I finally found her! It's Vivian Porter! Photo is taken by Alfred Cheney Johnston. Don't know if anyone will read this 1 year later.. But just in case someone does.. I found her.. Jeeejjj..