What did you call it, that term for seeing faces in everything? The ones in this kind of remind me of the scary owl from the Secret of Nimh. I loved that cartoon, the rats of nimh, how they were experimented on and had human intelligence, and two mice as well...
Sorry, tangent. This picture did not need color, in fact I think it is much cooler the way it is. Even though like you I generally prefer color, there are occasions where black and white is awesome and this is one of them.
Pareidolia. Don't worry. Even spellcheck doesn't know that one.
I produced that entire image on one layer using the different shades seen there. Adding color would have been a major pain in the ass. I wanted to make the faces look more like my usual work. I'm only one guy. The whole thing was taking too long. I'm happy with the end result, as it looks. It didn't need color at all.
I imagine and I absolutely agree. Here's that owl:
Now in black and white
Of course it's likely I have a lot of childhood things on my mind aiding the comparison. But he was always one of the hand down coolest, yet scariest animated figures.
That's exactly how pareidolia works. It's wired in our subconscious. We're all born with it and it's permanent. I don't even know of a disease that could stop it.
I didn't even know that thing you showed me existed until now. His face doesn't look like...
what her face looks like from the front, when upside down though.