Hand-colouring old railway photographs

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Krynio2
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Hand-colouring old railway photographs

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I have recently discovered a new passion in myself - hand-colouring old photographs is something that gives me enormous satisfaction, where with every minute the photograph comes to life again and we can see almost the original shades of paint used by the railway companies before grouping. It's something truly amazing!
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original photo: Album Online / Universal Images Group
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Re: Hand-colouring old railway photographs

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I'm pasting this here because I don't see the point in creating a separate topic for one entry.


It looks like real photography, doesn't it?

This is a hand-made concept of what the shot on GCR no. 52, as as far as I know there is only a variant with a different cab (no.416).

In fact, it is a 14-hour contribution and commitment that I have never worked on before. All I had to do was create an accurate 3D model, add textures, paste backgrounds and parts from other locomotives (all done from ZERO) and take a picture of the monitor screen with my phone to prevent copying - trying to paint over the signature etc.

I'm proud of this work, as I didn't think working with raster programs would get into my blood so much.

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