Black & White to colour

[nufan]

Contest i just entered at worth 1000, had to take a old big band era photo and re-colour it

here is what I did

[SeanDMan]

The only things that strike me are that the people are still a bit colorless, and the piano... it just looks odd.

[K]

Really good, I like it.

[TheBusinessman]

not a fan of the green steps for some reason... other than that it looks great

[NM!]

The coloring of this really pops. Maybe a bit too much on the people. The blue just hurts my eyes a bit and the people are still colorless, as is the piano. I do like the steps, unlike someone...^^, and I also like the podium and the yellow color for the stands. Pretty good work. Just work a bit on the people, the contrasting, and then you should be good.

[nufan]

Yeah I wanted it to look a bit outrageous and noticible hence the colours

I am not sure if anyone has tried to re-colour an image before but skin colour is by far the hardest thing to do. You have to use overlays and finidng a good colour that doesn't make them look gold or orange is hard. The piano was also a shit as it was white but in greyscale had a grey tinge to it. Was contemplating leaving it white but it just dropped the overall level of the image.

I will let u know how i went on worth1000.. although I have a habit of having entrys banned despite them being much better than some of the ones that go in.

[SeanDMan]

The best way to do skin color is the same as what I've found with fire. Use three layers of color, and modify the ratios until it looks right. Mix it up as well, don't use one color for the entire crowd. It's definitely not easy, but it makes it a look a lot better.