Photoshop Background Test - Gradient Maps
I sketched a background and colored it in grayscale in Photoshop -an effort to better control the light values without the distraction of color. I’m experimeting to see what the best way to colorize the grayscale images might be. I got a few suggestions on cgtalk. The first was to use gradient mapping which is what I tried here. Feedback on the look of the background, its suitability for animation, other coloring techniques for grayscale images, and anything else that will improve my work all appreciated.
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Here is the original grayscale image …
