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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Need Color? Get Akvis Coloriage

You probably already know that I love vintage illustrations. I have quite a collection of awesome antique black and white illustrations that need just a little color to make them pop!

A few days ago my husband said that he wished we could color old vintage illustrations. So I got to searching on the internet and found Akvis Coloriage.

It is incredibly easy to use! I have had some incredible illustrations that I have just been itching to recolor. I've tried coloring them by hand with colored pencils, which turned out okay, but I'm totally loving this program.
Look at these cuties before:




Voila!!! Abracadabra! Presto Chango!






After: They look great don't you think? I need to rework the little girl, cause she's not there yet, but still, I think she looks pretty darn awesome if I say so myself!

Note : These images are copyright protected and you may not use them for any reason.

Check back soon you vintage image lovers! I will be making a AKVIS Coloriage Tutorial, if I can tear myself away from coloring, that is!


Until next time,
Kim AKA

RabbitDog, PrintsFormedByFire, And ArtAndEverythingElse

26 comments:

  1. I do like the color so much more!

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  2. Wow, that looks like it would be a lot of fun!! Love it.

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  3. I'll have to Google Akvis Coloriage ... haven't heard of it, and it's really interesting. The photographs look wonderful!

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  4. Really neat! Thank you for sharing. The color really makes them pop!

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  8. Very nice....you did a great job.

    Can you add me to your blog list as well?

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  9. wow! love the change. the picture looks so much more lively than before.

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  11. love the after look, with the color!

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  12. I love it. I have always admired your work.

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  13. interesting method of colorizing! I'll check it out (although I'm partial to colored pencils!)

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  14. OMG that's amazing! I love that first print!

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  15. great choice of colors, these are so much fun!

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  16. Coloring - for adults! Love it!!!

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