Alright fellas im recolouring a motorcycle for someone who wants a paintjob and recolouring the coloured fairings was easy. However he wants half the tank recoloured which is black and is proving hard to recolour whilst keeping the features (shadows and whatnot). Does anyone know how to do this? Im fairly sure if i had photoshop i could do some blending with the layers however i cant be bothered installing photoshop and GIMP has done a good job up until now except it seems to be lacking in the layers department.
I have attached the original and what i've edited. Im trying to get half the gas tank (to the bottom of the "dent") to match the red top fairing. Any colour mods on the black just look ugly....