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Based off of this picture:

:) In juuust black and white! :P

I'd like to improve the face in general and keep it to two colors.

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Aleiav Commander Joined: 08 April 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2380	Topic: Me! :P Posted: 25 June 2005 at 2:36am
	Based off of this picture: :) In juuust black and white! :P I'd like to improve the face in general and keep it to two colors.
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Citizen_Insane Commander Joined: 30 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 189	Posted: 27 June 2005 at 10:53am
	Hey, that's not too bad. A few things I noticed, though: The eyes are too far apart The eyes are off-set a bit in the original The lips seem a bit too small It's not bad, though.
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DrunkyDuck Midshipman Joined: 25 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Posted: 27 June 2005 at 3:33pm
	Here's an mspaint edit: 1. resized the original picture to your B&W image size using IrfanView 2. traced with bright red so I have no problem separating the outline from darker colors 3. cleaned up 4. colored with dark grey, then added midtones with a brighter shade 5. added the highlights 6. dithered starting from the darkest color, the highlights colored white, then finally added the darkest shades using black The next thing I would do is probably add more definition around the nose and maybe around the lips. I hope this helps. EDIT: Added 7 with a different dithering style (vertical lines) Edited by DrunkyDuck
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Bear Commander Joined: 20 April 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 147	Posted: 27 June 2005 at 3:35pm
	i don't like the dithering, on either of them, you can make a way better picture with a lot less amount of dithering
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DrunkyDuck Midshipman Joined: 25 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Posted: 27 June 2005 at 4:02pm
	Using 2 colors? Care to explain? Give a suggestion how?
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sedgemonkey Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1669	Posted: 27 June 2005 at 5:39pm
	That's quite a challenge with two colors in such a small space. Dithering is going to look weird without a third color.
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Citizen_Insane Commander Joined: 30 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 189	Posted: 27 June 2005 at 8:59pm
	in my opinion, you shouldn't be using 50 or 75 % dithering with something this small..
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..::Naso::.. Commander Joined: 13 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 200	Posted: 27 June 2005 at 10:59pm
	I thing you should forget about dithering on this one and go for a dif, style. maybe a KOF fighter portrate? just a thought
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Citizen_Insane Commander Joined: 30 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 189	Posted: 28 June 2005 at 11:21am
	Well, I took Drunkduck's step five, and I came up with this: The key to monochromatic pictures is contrast... I brought out most of the shadows with plain old black, I made sure to leave enough white to show some nice high lights here and there... I dunno, it's not the best edit in the world, but I hope this helps you.
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..::Naso::.. Commander Joined: 13 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 200	Posted: 28 June 2005 at 12:16pm
	Insane, i really like that one the best of all you really make it look good even with 2 colors =D
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Citizen_Insane Commander Joined: 30 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 189	Posted: 28 June 2005 at 12:19pm
	ah, well... just trying to help, haha
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tommy j4sun Commander Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Posted: 28 June 2005 at 1:35pm
	really cool.

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Aleiav Commander Joined: 08 April 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2380	Posted: 28 June 2005 at 8:12pm
	Just kept the two colors for the heck of it, not really for anything else. In other forums I got suggestions to use different types of dithering and I plan to do that. :) Thank you all for your help. ! This I did just by looking at the picture BTW, not tracing over it.
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Citizen_Insane Commander Joined: 30 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 189	Posted: 29 June 2005 at 1:02am
	I figured as much :)
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