(Originally submitted to DA August 24, 2013)
I am SO happy that I was able to finish this before ordering the prints and posters for NDK this year! It might be my new personal favorite ^_^
8 hours
Photoshop + Tablet
Gray scale underpainting with gradient mapping (adding color....this one was tricky!), flattened then a final hour's worth of painting on top.
Click here for the tutorial I used
Art © Kamakru
Not for free use
Link
Swandog
Utterly amazing!! D: Are there any good tutorials for gradient mapping to add color to greyscale images? Would love to know how you do this!