I need help... again.
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TheKillingAlice
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I'm probably not the best person to ask, I rarely draw, and even less digital. But when I did once draw a person, I used the same method I like using when painting traditionally, which basically means I layer on skintones in darker and lighter shades, sometimes mixing a bit of gray or white into specific tones, but otherwise using the same tone. And then I pile it up and smudge it.
I once posted what happened when I only activated the facial layers of said drawing, basically only the layers that came with the eyes, mouth, nose, and lips.
But then again, I'm pretty sure I'm not doing what other people are doing, so I don't know if my type of drawing should be taken as advice.
I once posted what happened when I only activated the facial layers of said drawing, basically only the layers that came with the eyes, mouth, nose, and lips.
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I would just look at YouTube videos. Traditional media does translate digitally.
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-Drop flat color.
-Put on shadows in another layer. Could be blue or purple shadows.
-Then the highlights on another layer. Those can be orange or yellow.
-Focus on blocking in the light and shadow shapes that follow the planes of the face.
- Use a reference.
- Then Blend.
-Clean up and tighten edges.
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-Drop flat color.
-Put on shadows in another layer. Could be blue or purple shadows.
-Then the highlights on another layer. Those can be orange or yellow.
-Focus on blocking in the light and shadow shapes that follow the planes of the face.
- Use a reference.
- Then Blend.
-Clean up and tighten edges.
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Start with a reference, decide the color of the light, then layer ontop of each other.
For a shadow base blue and purple work best as a neutral shade. Then basically work yourself through the spectrum and the lighter bits you tint the color towards whatever color the light has (natural light is not fully white btw.)
Best start with flats you want to define and then do mid shades.
You should end up with something like this (it is me doing half way realism so and it's tanned skin)
From there on you continue (which is what I am doing there right now) with making transitions softer and give defination to where it matters more.
You can blend or not, that is personal preference. At leats that is how I do it, have been doing fine with that technique the last few years, others may do it differently.
For a shadow base blue and purple work best as a neutral shade. Then basically work yourself through the spectrum and the lighter bits you tint the color towards whatever color the light has (natural light is not fully white btw.)
Best start with flats you want to define and then do mid shades.
You should end up with something like this (it is me doing half way realism so and it's tanned skin)
From there on you continue (which is what I am doing there right now) with making transitions softer and give defination to where it matters more.
You can blend or not, that is personal preference. At leats that is how I do it, have been doing fine with that technique the last few years, others may do it differently.