Black and white recolour haven't done one in a while

[Zeealex]

this is a little warm up after ages of not doing a recolour job. hope you like it:

Before



after:


it's a wee bit choppy but it's alright I suppose, it's the only thing I consider myself to have a chance at these days.

 

[renpei]

Woah!! Thats pretty cool!!

 

[peta62]

To be honest I like it better in B&W, but your recolouring is perfect.

 

[Inkz]

I like it...

It's a nice clean recolour and for me, I prefer your image, it's given it more depth.

Nice job.

 

[Paul]

Little is always more.
:mrgreen:

 

[ibclare]

Nice Zee. I like your choice of skintone, the sepia gives it an eerie quality. I do think it would be better if the green over the nose area were more subtle. It distracts my eye so that I can understand why peta might prefer the original. I like the recoloring but if it captured more of the B&W tones in the darker, frontal parts of the leaf, that eye would really pop.

:mrgreen:

 

[ibclare]

Here's what I did to illustrate the idea

 

[peta62]

Little is always more.
View attachment 21008:mrgreen:

I like it and you may call me crazy or blind, but I love those colour reflections in the background.

 

[ibclare]

I do too. It's a different approach. Reminds me of the challenges we had Paul.