Played around with a photo of a painting I had... disappointed that it was a small picture of it I was using rather than a bigger one, but anyway this was the end result.
I do agree. it was only after I uploaded it and put it on my laptop. to see it in a different light. it seemed to look better on the LED monitor I was using for color...
I've got two pieces in progress right now. Self portrait and a combination of several works into a single piece. One of the original pieces is Giovanni's The Round Tower. Should be interesting...
1 - Rough sketch hand drawn with blue colored pencil2 - Final outline with standard pencil3 - Scanned into computer4 - Separated RGB channels5 - Deleted the Red and Green channels, kept the Blue6 - Tuned for contrast to sharpen the darks and bring out the whites7 - Painted in Gimp (Photoshop)