hi all
my first real attempt at colourisation
any comments?

For a first attempt that looks pretty good.. nice clean colors and as far as I can tell from this small example you stayed within the lines even on the grass that overlaps the feet..

Good job!

It looks very nicely done.

thanks guys!
I was quite happy with it myself, struggled for a long time over the skin tones...
is it not maybe a bit too bright?
k

particularly good skintone on the one on the left.

If you're interested in skin tones, you might want a copy of Bruce Beard's Hair and Skin charts.

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/html.php?file=bbcolorcharts.html

Terrific job!