GREYSCALE to COLOR - Digital Painting Tutorial

[@rekeshali]

Didn’t know Ryan Reynolds was such a good digital artist

[@limi.]

now you know

[@Not_eli1]

Omg dats wut I thought

[@aimeekan3215]

eli West same

[@spamaccount8578]

LOL HAHAHA

[@theschnoozler465]

C'mon man it's Ryan Reynolds OF COURSE he's a good digital artist HHAHAHAHAHHAHAA

[@Adriano-do-Couto-Illustration]

This is gold, man. Can't believe it's available for free.

[@gamewt4204]

Yeh so many good artist hide their process and never share with anyone! Even i bought a process from many artist they still not point out what button click to get that stage! Kind of disappointed

[@tonycook4629]

This has been very informative. I've been trying for ages to find a good way to convert black and white sketches into color. This made my day.

[@slash6686]

Me to, oh i had a mental orgasm but i'm a noob so i have everything to learn and i'm getting way to scattered in photoshop lol, also when i resize my brush there is a red dot, how can i get rid of that?

[@varunsingh2052]

@@slash6686 why would you want to get rid of that red dot?

[@OingoDeLaBoingo]

I still have no idea how people do drawings in gray scale to begin with but once I figure that out this'll be really helpful

[@BlackLegASTRO]

Now this is a real tutorial that I know most of us here really wanted. Thank you for this.

[@MothlingLXIX]

I work this same way, but I always got stuck when moving back into normal layers from the overlay and multiply layers. Everything always still felt too muddy. When you picked that grey part in the nose and moved it over into the red it was like a light bulb went off. I was just working on a painting and I went back into the muddy spots and just slid it over into the color it was around, and it looks 600x better. I can't believe my brain couldn't put that together. I kid you not this video just solved a problem I've been having with digital painting for like 3 years. You and this video are an actual blessing. Thank you so much, holy shit.

[@internetproduction5446]

I understand why people colour from grey sketch to colours, this is a good method to illustrate

[@bleachedout805]

The only grayscale tutorial one could ever need for digitial art.

[@kuyajaypi]

making parts red first is very smart! thanks for sharing!

[@felixurot5311]

Kuya Jaypiii!!! Im a fan.

[@kuyajaypi]

@@felixurot5311 ༼ つ ◕ヮ◕ ༽つ *:・゚✧ ✧゚・

[@zazoreal5536]

Was already heading in the right direction and just wanted to make sure that I was heading in that direction. Trying to fully control my values and the best way to improve is greyscale. Since Hue and Saturation also have value, it gets tricky to control during coloring.

[@weltraumimport]

the video started super nicely i wput my brain into full learning mode so i finally DON'T have to think about ffxiv and then i heard "FC leader" and the whiplash i got from realizing we're actually talking about ffxiv gave me such a serotonin boost

[@Gryzz1e]

was watching proko for some tips, bored out of my mind. Great content, just delivered like a 10th grade art class. Came here and instantly felt more comfortable.

[@DM-gs2vo]

I usually give up when doing digital art because i can not portray what is in my head the way i want to with the speed that i want to. I just get really frustrated by it. But, since discovering you ive stopped beating myself up about it and ive learnt so much. I still find it hard to not give up but every time i watch ur video i sit down and give it another shot and its getting easier to cope with. Thank you.

[@RandomNaaames]

I just want to say this and the other greyscale to colour video helped a hell of a lot; not just the approach used, but watching the video gave me an idea of the mindset of getting from grey to colour as well as what hurdles to expect along the way and how one might try to tackle them. Took me from feeling completely lost to having some understanding of what to do after watching a number of other tutorials on the subject. Thanks for the great tutorial.

[@MrBfg586]

Dave, you are the best. I just wanted to say thank you for giving you time and your knowledge to teach us artist.

[@TheGoonGamers]

this video is an absolute god send. just watching this half an hour has taught me so much and it's improved my flat painting style into something im really proud to show people. Thank you so much sir

[@DaveGreco]

Thank you so much, so glad it helped!

[@anihimara7880]

Thank you so much😭😭😭 I’ve had photoshop for years and never knew how to do it and now I’m so happy!!

[@ohayoart5988]

The best technique if you're new to Digital arts. I recommend this one.

[@Wurmfist]

"This is what I call the muddy stage"... That is what I call something that looks better than anything I've ever done ever in my 4 decades of life. This is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@hiiambarney4489]

That's what I thought when he was talking about his "Sketch" looking like a full render.

[@MrRED2523]

I will get there... one day and i hope that that day isn't too fare. I really like REALLY! love your style, damn man thank you for this amazing tutorial! I was wondering... do you have **shape dynamics** activated for your brushes?

[@jabbymdoodles7444]

Really cool to see your process and having you going step by step really helps understanding it!

[@sverre4319]

Thank you for making videos. The level of my art jumped a lot since I watch your videos and I'm using your technique often because my paintings looks more realistic more alive and my art style is developing.

[@SeekAndYeShallFindGod]

File this one under my top ten best digital painting tutorials. Thanks

[@ryuzaki964]

Sir, i just want you to know, this video help me a lot for beginner like me with detail explanation especially the layer part about why you do that and this, what we should avoid and everything so i very appreciate with each detail that you said. Thank you very much!

[@enalya_art]

I want to take a moment to show my appreciation for you taking us along all your realtime steps and thought process, it takes time and courage. Many (including myself) almost only upload timelapses. So thank you

[@faey6964]

Dave, you are truly legendary. Thank you for being here for us

[@Damita_K.N]

yooo thank you so much!

[@seatongrey315]

FINALLYY!!!!!! AN ANSWER TO THE GREYSCALE PROBLEM THAT WORKS!!!!

[@timkongart]

mhhm! This is soo good! I always take far too long sometimes converting grayscale to colour and end up manually painting too much henceforth taking far longer than necessary. I never considered using the lighten layer to quickly get rid of the grey shadows to prevent muddy results early on. I'll certainly keep this in mind for future paintings! Thanks Dave for these awesome videos they're incredibly helpful and I love your work.

[@ravaniacrescentia3643]

I really appreciate this video, I'm going to give it a try. Dave, have you ever tried utilizing gradient maps in photoshop to get more control of how you get rid of the grays in your pencil work? I know you add saturation, but you might also be able to layer a gradient map in there and choose the colors you want for each value step, and even mask away where you don't want it to be. Kind of like Artgerm's technique for colour to greyscale. I've watched his youtube video on it as well and it reminded me of your technique while getting rid of the more tedious part.

[@yaminogame7805]

old video so you might not see this comment, but thank you. I've been overwhelmed by some of these tutorials and where to start, but yours is quite easy to follow.

[@rustybishop9430]

Man you have no idea how much you helped me... i was almost about to have a breakdown cuz I can’t color any black and white scales and it looks always lifeless.. and u have no idea how much that bothered me until now Seriously, thank you so much 🙏💕💕💕💕

[@RaediculousRaccoon]

This was THE MOST helpful greyscale to color EVER 😭 thank you so much

[@Howardtrn]

Thank you 🤯 I studied drawing and sketching for years but never got the hang of DigitaI painting can’t wait to try it out

[@Kallenoft]

So good specially for beginner who are lost in the layer modes and don't know where to start with coloring. Like me

[@andynonymous6769]

I want to see this tutorial except with really moody lighting. This alone is going to be incredibly helpful though! I like how the tips work for any drawing program

[@junghoseok103]

I would learn english just for understand this video

[@Lvci123]

Why is this so cute lol

[@daisyfairy42]

Bro this is how I feel watching Korean drawing videos, so I understand!!! You could try auto-translated captions maybe?

[@junghoseok103]

daisyfairy42 Omg, i wish i could learn korean too HAHAHA, i’m spanish, but I like the singer Jung Hoseok xdxd

[@TerraTheWise]

Jung Hoseok why do you only wish you could learn? There’s all sorts of resources out there to learn korean all you’ve gotta do is find something and stick with it. I’m learning korean, Japanese and Russian and it’s quite fun.

[@navydog5797]

looks like you still got a bit of learning to do bud

[@scarvello]

I just started doing art in photoshop it’s difficult to get level quality I want but I will keep pushing forward. This motivates me.

[@NA0S90]

I let go of doing my art for a long time, now I am full time sketching again. Just bought my first wacom cintiq and I am super looking forward to getting into digital art. Have done a few portraits and your videos are so so helpful. Thanks so much Dave. Can't wait to browse through the rest of your content!

[@Sizifus]

This is gold, man, have been painting for most of my life, but my improvements have been really slow as I'm mainly self taught. Have been watching Marc Brunet and I finally learned how to purposefully use shadow and light placement, this video is showing how to purposefully use colors and contrast, so useful, thank you for sharing this

[@justsomeguywithabeerglass3993]

The hero we deserve but not the one we need.

[@FireflyNight]

Omg this is literally the most helpful tutorial I’ve found

[@kellydaleyart]

DAVE I LOVE THIS THANK YOU!

[@eRodriguezART]

Hey Dave. Thanks for sharing these tips on color. It's great how you were able to simply the color process and seing the stunning results.

[@AnthonyHary]

I needed this so much. Hopefully I can get similar results in CSP. Thank you.

[@Kidgiger]

Thank you for finally showing me how to actually grey scale to colour correctly, I've been awful with it and its about time I learn

[@AsTheOceansBurn]

I am blown away with how informative this video is! Thank you!

[@whitecat3972]

Well thank you, i was just trying this today and i failed so maybe i can do better after the video. Great video btw

[@AZUOSHI]

Great workflow. The lighten red layer over the b/w base at the start was a revelation. A great way to remove that "burnt" feeling of the digital black. Of course none of this would look so good if the initial b/w wouldn't have been properly done with the right values. Awesome work as usual!

[@chelly3452]

Thank you Dave!! I've been struggling a lot with color recently so I'm gonna try this technique and see how it goes :D

[@juankamarada3461]

Thanks teacher Greco for this tutorial!

[@ennae8222]

Great video and tips!

[@weeshaakh]

Damn this is the type of tutorial I’ve been searching for weeks 💛💛

[@IAmBackMan]

I've never in my life have seen a video with 1,000+ Likes and 0 dislikes... This one deserves it!

[@ianminto6315]

Thank you Dave. I appreciate your tutorials.

[@yevvieart]

Thank you! I've been struggling with my paintings looking muddy after coloring and a lot of times ended up just scrapping the artwork due to this issue. All the other tutorials on YT were just covering the basics of "use multiply layer" and "color dodge a bit"; which isn't so simple to get good results. The only good advice that helped a bit came from IIRC Trent Kaniuga who shown the basics of Gradient Maps. It wasn't a cure-all though, but with the reddish underpainting and your technique it may be just right! Will know after I'm done with commissions and can test it~

[@waitingforwonderland6036]

thank you for this tutorial as someone who always found it easier to work in greyscale this is really helpful!

[@joshuachuah8267]

how do i like this more than once

[@octonolite_0]

Great real time tutorial from a high caliber artist. Definitely one for my favorites list.

[@identity15081985]

Thanks! I am currently into digital painting and this helps!

[@rtfmusic1561]

This is what I need after 3 years of searching

[@felixurot5311]

Thank you for your tutorial.

[@P4MI]

Awesome video Dave!

[@vloopyart]

Thanks you so much Dave, there aren't many videos on this! :D

[@pgnarts]

dude! this is absolutely incredible! thanks so much for putting this out there

[@jahstun]

Thanks a bunch!

[@king_tutt7063]

Honestly, I really needed to know how to color digitally in black and white

[@mexicanusrex9418]

Wow thanks for the tutorial I didn't know about what overlay does, it helps me improve my grayscale drawings.

[@Myemnhk]

This helped immediately, i am coloring manga, but still trying to keep the feel of the manga. The manga official art works are muddy and gritty but mine still felt TOO muddy, and since im a new artist I didn't know how to render from black and white so it helped a lot.

[@jcu321]

Dave. First of all, your work is sick. Really sick. Kudos to you. Secondly, I cant thank you enough and I mean that sincerely. I am just learning how to paint in photoshop and I find your videos to be extremely helpful and inspirational. From the bottom of my heart, thanks man.

[@DaveGreco]

So glad you enjoyed it! Sorry for the lack of content, hoping to get a new video out next week! thanks again!

[@milosflaca]

This was a wonderful tutorial. Colors look vibrant and organic.

[@Yunriyu]

u love how i see people draw and i feel like i can do it and when i open a painting application... idk what to do next

[@TheWirewitch]

Amazing! You've given me some real good tips on how to do this...more successfully than I have been! Recently started to paint in gray scale, laying down values first... but colour is not easy for me, hoping to get better. Your video has helped thank you :)

[@EiswolfZero]

I've been unhappy with my way of coloring for a while now and the greyscale to color method always fascinated me. I just never could get it to work. I think this is the first video that I found that properly explains this "magic" and I'll defenitely try it out. Thank you for your awesome work!

[@tahaesat5404]

This is a really useful greyscale to color tutorial, this goes in to my playlist

[@felixurot5311]

This is very helpful, I am grateful.

[@nabillaouar9775]

Thank you so much Dave !

[@rahuldeepdraws8699]

Hey Dave, I have been following your work from some time and your methods have done me art great good. Thanks for the help. Deeply mean it.

[@neuroticgothguy]

i find its easier and faster using the "color" layer filter setting instead of "multiply" or "overlay" as it automatically translates the values, that way you can just do flats on top of your greyscale art.

[@sir.periwinkleton262]

YOU SIR. ARE GOD SENT!

[@CyARTTM]

Thank you ... this was the most useful video you've made so far :)

[@DaveGreco]

More to come! I agree!

[@morganmeagan8577]

Thank you so so SO much for posting this 👍! I am at this point in a project and was struggling with other methods so this in depth tutorial will be a huge help.

[@andromediane]

Nice tutorial, thank you!

[@IshikaShanai]

Thank you so much for this. I've been struggling to figure out how to paint my sketches digitally.

[@MaethoMixup]

Thank you for not timelapsing through so much of it! This style of video is so informational. I'm really excited to use these techniques in my own art! Maybe I can finally get out of the muddy stage 😅

[@TimLane262]

This identifies so many of my color theory problems thank you so much!!!

[@bullwinkle524]

I aspire to have my art look this good

[@apurboarnob2625]

thanks a lot sir for digital painting tutorial, Love from Bangladesh :)

[@Hauerization]

Really nice, gonna try out this technique this weekend on my own stuff. Appreciated!

[@remiabrahams8623]

Thanks so much for this - really inspired to give it a go!

[@cosmic-snips]

Lovely video! Your tone is so friendly and you make it very easy to understand your process. I appreciate it a lot since I’m going to try this process on a piece I’ll be working on today. I’m new at greyscale painting but just watching this made me excited to try it out! Thank you again!

[@paincilxiii]

Just purchased the brush to support you and to improve my skills. Looking forward for more tutorials especially on tips/examples on your brush set. Thank you!

[@GarretDejiko]

You are too generous Dave. Thank you

[@draplin4882]

I was really wating for this, thank you so much Dave.

[@geekapoo599]

why is your channel so underrated aaa

[@OldSchoolApprentice]

Im a beginner in digital painting and so far most of the greyscale to color videos I've watched I get the impression that you double the amount of work you do (except when you're use gradient map techniques)

[@mantasnork6842]

It's so amazing. Best tutorial I have ever seen. Thank you!

[@npcSarax]

Thank you for drawing Sera Caelum

[@mismonsta]

Thanks Dave! This was super helpful. Pickle salute to you

[@LunarLilac]

Thank you so much for doing this!! I always struggled with what to do next after doing the multiply layer~