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Skin Tones - Page 5 of 6
By  Stephanie Shimerdla
7. Here, I finished the ear. Ears are going to have a lot more pink/red in
them than the rest of the face. Especially if they're being lit by a light source.
Under a really bright light (like sunlight), the ear will become semi-transparent. It's this that makes it look so much more pink (or sometimes reddish-orange) than the rest of the face.
This may be a bit -too- pink, but I soften it up just a bit later.
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The cheekbones now have more highlights to sharpen them up a bit, give them more of what I perceive as an "elvish" look. I added a bit more eyeshadow, and fixed some of the highlights on the neck, as well.
I softened up the creases in her eyelids a bit, as the eyes didn't look quite
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right to me. I also added the eyebrows, rather than the smudges that were serving as placeholders.
As you can see, it's basically going through the stages of fine tuning at this point. If something doesn't look right, I'll stand up and step back from the computer monitor. Sometimes squint my eyes. That can help you figure out what's wrong, because these techniques cause you tend to look at the whole rather than the individual parts.
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9. I wasn't sure what kind of clothing I wanted to add up until this point, even though I had a general idea of the colors I wanted to use (mostly just the same colors in the piece already).
The brown bodice really helped to frame her face, with it being the same brown as her hair, so that's what I went with.
I softened up the hair, started to add some individual strands, and blocked in the clothing to be shaded.
But, this is a skintones tutorial, so I'm just going to bring you to the finished product.
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FARP Article Guestbook
| Date | Name | Comment | | | 31 Oct 2006 |  sea babe | Thanx for the wonderful tutorial,
what type of paper did you use i noticed that is may have a very small or nonexistent tooth and if it does how did you get all of the layers and sections to adhere properly. | |
| 24 Nov 2006 | Poppie | That is sooo cool she is so pretty!!
that's just amazing! | |
| 12 Dec 2006 | Obi-quiet | Honey, that is just about the best facial coloring tutorial I've ever come across, and I've seen quite a few in my time.
I've also never EVER come across a color theory that actually starts someone on the track of figuring out shades and tints (I've ALWAYS had issues with that and have never known how to fix it!). If you have a color theory tutorial, well, that would make me a very VERY happy aspiring artist.
Thank you so much! | |
| 27 Dec 2006 | Mer-girl | This is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO helpfull! Better than makin' em' pink, yellow, or orange (EWW!) | |
| 9 Jan 2007 | Irrevenant | Very cool tutorial, thank you.
One thing you might want to add to the tutorial is the reason blue is added to the colouring of shadows etc. (ie. because it's tinted by the blue light from the sky). It might help people understand/remember the fact better, as well as making it clear that blue tinting isn't appropriate for features illuminated by electric light or firelight. | |
| 18 Feb 2007 | Bella | for sea-babe above, ITS PHOTOSHOP IDIOT. thats what all those 'photoshop' references are from, and where all the screenshots are from. duh.
anyway, this is a fantastic tutorial! it explains stuff really well, and the colouring is amazing. | |
| 21 Mar 2007 | Anonymous | I've been two hours looking for a good portrait tut. This one was very good. Would like to see more from the author. | |
| 9 May 2007 |  Tiffanie L. Gray | A very good overview tutorial on the tones and colors for skin and hair.
Perhaps in your next one, you can add more about actual tools and techniques you use in photoshop to achieve such glorious, smooth results!
Beautiful picture. | |
| 2 Sep 2007 |  Sofie Lemontzis | Amazing tutorial and pic! I would like to see more tutorials from you, especially one about the technique you use for drawing hair in photoshop because I find that very tricky. | |
| 10 Dec 2007 | Quazzie | Many many thanks for taking the time to help those of us who still suck =-] | |
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