AncientCoinnoisseur Posted October 3 · Member Share Posted October 3 (edited) Yes, I like purple 🙂 (It's supposed to be that purple sky just around sunset, but maybe it's too much!) Which one do you like the most among these? 🙂 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- FUN FACT: I couldn't understand what were those fins on the dolphin, since dolphins, well... don't have them! And by digging I found out that dolphins were usually depicted like these aggressive creatures Eros used to ride, as shown in contemporary mosaics:  Quite interesting if you ask me, so I tried to recreate that look as closely as possible 🙂 Same thing with the anchor: Edited October 3 by AncientCoinnoisseur Dolphins :) 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 3 · Supporter Share Posted October 3 My fav is the 1st one, subtle pleasant colours. But, the Titus is certainly eye catching. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientCoinnoisseur Posted October 3 · Member Author Share Posted October 3 @expat I spent way longer than I care to admit to try and make the veil semi-transparent. I debated a lot on whether I should have kept the backgrounds grey, but many subjects like the elephant, the dolphin, the temple, etc… being grey themselves would just blend with the background, so I made them pop a bit. It was required in these cases I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailathacl Posted October 4 · Member Share Posted October 4 Artistic license!  I like ‘em all, but I enjoy the way the blue sky background makes the Cesar elephant and serpent pop off the coin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientCoinnoisseur Posted October 4 · Member Author Share Posted October 4 @Bailathacl thanks! With some coins, like the Caesar or the Titus I had to color the background as well, otherwise the grey subjects would just blend with the background 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted October 4 · Supporter Share Posted October 4 I’ve been enjoying these colorization threads. Very interesting and creative. My favorite is the top left. The figures really stand out and the colorization highlights details of the coin (very nice coin btw). I especially like how you used details from an actual crater to colorize the tiny crater (is it Herakles fighting the hydra, correct?). Very cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientCoinnoisseur Posted October 4 · Member Author Share Posted October 4 @Curtisimo Thanks! You should be correct, although the top left is the oldest of the 4 and I don’t remember which one I used specifically!    Yes, in my older colourisations (with the exception of the Euboia tetrobol) I never colorised the background. I should try without it, but the grey subjects just blend too much with the coin, so I don’t know what’s best. Seeing them all together, the top left is the ‘most delicate’ among the four and still keeps the coin’s identity intact, while the others, especially the ones on the right, are a bit too strong, so I should probably keep different versions, with and without the coloured background! The sea behind the dolphin and anchor is too cool though 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coinmaster Posted October 4 · Member Share Posted October 4 (edited) This is great! I like the elephant coin from Caesar the most. Do you color the coins via the computer by hand? Or is this done via AI? I can imagine this could be an option already! I like this done on a coin I'm writing an article about (from Germany, county Kleve). 🙂 Edited October 4 by Coinmaster 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonshaw Posted October 4 · Supporter Share Posted October 4 The elephant and both sides of the Titus get my vote as coolest! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientCoinnoisseur Posted October 5 · Member Author Share Posted October 5 @Coinmaster Thanks! I color them manually on my computer, it takes roughly 1-4 days to color each coin, depending on how difficult it is and how much time I spend on it.    @Bonshaw Yes, I like those a lot too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted October 5 · Member Share Posted October 5 My favourite is the Cassius Longinus denarius. Particularly the obverse. To me it looks like it could be a fresco on a wall. They are all very good though. I like seeing what you come up with. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientCoinnoisseur Posted October 5 · Member Author Share Posted October 5 @Di Nomos Thank you, that was the one that took me the most time I think, especially the veil (although I still didn’t like the end result but I was too tired, ha!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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