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I’ve been doing graphic and web design for over 10 years. During my free time, I started coloring old photos. I am a “good old times” person. I like old movies, vintage photos, and everything related to the past – distant past.
I’ve always been wondering how things looked like before. How colors looked like. These retouched photos came from that curiosity. This is just an idea to bring to life that time captured in black and white photos. So, I took my pen and decided to make them alive. The quality of colorizing photos depends on the original photo itself. Older and poorer photos are harder to work with and the final result is not so realistic. When I posted my work to the Bored Panda I had no idea that there will be so many reactions to these historical pictures. There are positive and, of course, negative ones, like with everything that ends up online. Both make me smile. There are people that are very excited, some are not and some are even offended. The last ones are the most interesting photos to me. I like to see reactions and emotions, no matter what kind. Currently, I am working on a new set of beautiful photos, even better and in higher quality. There is a rule in this business – the more you work, the better you get.
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40points
Mylah Rose 7 years ago
That's the underneath of the nail.... nobody paints under their nails!!!
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Swarf 7 years ago
Not to pick nits, but that guitar most likely had a sunburst pattern on it, fading from blond wood in the center to dark brown or black at the edges.
NK 7 years ago
Also the color of her suit was red not that funky pink color and red coral colored lipstick to match.
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Nardo218 x 7 years ago
Blue Hawaii. It's the one with I Can't Help Falling in Love With You. Almost cost him his marriage.
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NevadaJo 7 years ago
You don't. You just choose yourself mostly. I personally google clothing/items from the time period and use that as a reference. I also usually do skin tone last to make sure it doesn't get washed out by the other colors and look fake.
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MammaG 7 years ago
"When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way. From your first cigarette to your last dyin' day..."
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adoracat 7 years ago
This one is messed up. She's got a cloud of cigarette smoke in front of her face and it's colored all flesh-tones.
Laura Sherman 7 years ago
You can see the smoke in the black and white picture, but in the color it is the same color as the skin which isn't right.
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15points
Mylah Rose 7 years ago
That bunny looks like he'a about to murder her and then go rob a bank.... terrifying
Kenny Kulbiski 7 years ago
Looks to me like he's more interested in cleavage than murder.
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KT Trondsen 7 years ago
Isn't that whisteria on the shower curtain? Aren't those a pale purple color?
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Chicago Kitty 7 years ago
An Automat! I would have loved to have visited one of these-alas, I was born too late.
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Nardo218 x 7 years ago
maybe in the 20s, very pale, but not the 40s or 50s. Only shades of pink and red.
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Basil 7 years ago
The guy making these has to pick. Is he making art or trying to recreate historical photos. Because if it's art, ok w/e. But if this is supposed to be historically accurate? Like . . . wow. This seems really, really, amateurish. All I can say is, regardless, please stop with the saturation abuse. It looks so artificial and strange. Just because most people don't know any better about what good colorization looks like, that doesn't make it right. (I mean, ffs, the Ann-Margret one is from a COLOR film! How is it so wrong?? Purple nail polish? Bright red, solid color building??)
Basil 7 years ago
The guy making these has to pick. Is he making art or trying to recreate historical photos. Because if it's art, ok w/e. But if this is supposed to be historically accurate? Like . . . wow. This seems really, really, amateurish. All I can say is, regardless, please stop with the saturation abuse. It looks so artificial and strange. Just because most people don't know any better about what good colorization looks like, that doesn't make it right. (I mean, ffs, the Ann-Margret one is from a COLOR film! How is it so wrong?? Purple nail polish? Bright red, solid color building??)
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