Einstein in Technicolor

[Bry]

So I was looking up ideas for photo-manipulation, when it hit me that I could simply treat photoshop like an advanced coloring book for vintage black and white photos.

And I feel addicting to this now, even though I've only done one thus far: Einstein

Now, it's not the basic coloring technique you see in a lot of youtube tutorials. I decided to use luminosity as a blending option and color beneath the original photo layer. I also used a picture of an old man in color, as color reference for Einstein's face. You'll notice the yellows and reds and such when you see it below.

While it may seem time consuming, this actually only took me about a half an hour, so you may notice some color-overlapping and such.


Original Image:




Modified Image:

[Gaussian]

Overall it looks really good.

I think you are lacking some definition in the shadows though, because they were darker in the original image. You could try restoring some detail in the shadow areas, or make them darker. Just a suggestion.

Nice job thanks for posting.

[Bry]

Well, I made a conscious decision to make it brighter so you could see a white light source reflect off his skin and hair better (specifically the nose), as it added optimal realism compared to just leaving it a beige tint.

[Dezigns Unlimited]

I'm with Gaussian, looks pretty dam good..

[iDad]

considering he probably started with 72 dpi and jpg I think it looks excellent! bravo Bry!

[joemoritis]

Color looks really good nice work, I'm impressed

[jovanv96]

Nice work

[riverstore]

Can you please show us how to do that?

[usarora]

Nice work!

[theraineydaze]

cool! so convincing!