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[towntown2]

So. Here's my first ever colorization. Of course I'm expecting it to be criticized badly because I know I need it. Please do so if you can.

Here it is :


Original :

[turbulent]

That is fantastic for a first! You have the concept down very well =] You should colorize all the skin at the same time so you can get a nice even tone. It looks like you did the neck seperately. Also I think the skin color could use a bit of work. Its a tad too yellow. Make it more of a orangey red color. The eyes are gorgeous, but maybe a bit too saturated? but the lips were nicely done =) Go ahead and take the next step by colorizing the hair! maybe some blush too? and keep your colors consistant. You have very bright saturated eyes and lips, yet the skin and shirt are a more dull and plain color. Try to make them all either bright or all plain. ok? usually colorizing with overlay layers gives your colorizations a brighter look while using "color" layers gives it a duller look. One last thing. Sometimes it looks nice when you flatten the whole image, duplicate it, the guassian blur the top layer and set it to screen, overlay... or whatever. Sometimes that hides mistakes =P