Yeah. What the title says.
I'll probably post personal projects, but maybe some other stuff idk. Depends on my mood.
Hey guys, guess what? Maybe I won't take this one down. But you will never know until you read this book.
Okay, this is the final part before the touch up process, which I will explain in this part, but I will like to mention that now, if you've decided that this isn't what you've envisioned your character to be, now would be a good time to decide that.
Anyways, we still have that darkest skin tone color. Just like all the other skin tone colors, new layer, hairbrush, draw, smear.
But before all of that business (if the portrait calls for them) turn the outline back on and trace over the eyelids with a brush that can draw a nice line.
Avant:
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Après:
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Satisfying, is it not?
Okay let's do something more satisfying. Take the color white in a new layer. Use it sparingly.
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Set to add.
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Now blend it out. Usually, I take a 100% opacity and smudge inwards to dilute the white a little because it is very strong right now. And then, once diluted, return the brush back to 70-80% and it should be perfect.
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Okay, so this is technically the end, and I say technically because there are still a few things to fix up (normally the nose requires extra attention. The smudge tool doesn't work well when it's small.) Sometimes you also have to sharpen some edges. Now would be the time to do so.
When fixing a significant feature, such as the nose, it helps to set another layer (above the add) and use the airbrush.
After all that business is done, I go on the layer that the skin is clipped to and smudge out the bottom. Idk why. I started that with Aries, and I just never stopped.
And now, you can grab your Tex-Mex because we are done!!
Here's that video I was referencing earlier:
Thanks you guys for reading this tutorial. I hoped it helped in anyway possible. Any other questions will be answered in the comments, so if you're confuzzled, I'll get to you, but I have to know.
If anyone follows this tutorial to a tee, I'd like to see! So yeah, im just sayin guess you could tag me or something.
But idk how I feel asking to be tagged because tags have started to become annoying, but eh. This won't be an annoying time.
But yeah. That's all for now. I'll be back with updates. I've been doing a lot of artwork lately so, there's that to look forward too.
And the finished Virgo portrait will be up with a few others.
