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Art is the conveyance of fundamental human truth, regardless of barriers attempting to conceal it.
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Painting skin tones! This might be the most sought after subject when it comes to painting heads and faces. In this video, you'll see the process of color selection as it applies to 5 different faces to showcase a variety of skin color. Also highlighted is how to bring the color to life using saturation and building up of colors.
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Well, I started doing the course just yesterday, and I found it super helpful. Personally, I made the assignment with a single character which as per a friend's suggestion, is an old Latin man, a little bit fat and creepy/evil/perv. Here is a first try where I also chose a color pallet slightly different from the ones in the video, and some others inspired by it. So, please feel free to comment on any suggestions, critiques, etc. Cheers!
Looks good. Notice you had a top down lighting, yet no cast shadow established on the lips. You start it, yet ignore it for half the mouth. Also cast shadow on the lower lid of the left hand eye will help add dimension. You have cast shadow on lids on right hand eye, but not left hand eye.
I am very late but i have some critique. If u dont want any just ignore this lol I recommend practicing eyes and mouth anatomy n stuff. Sinix Designs has lots and lots of anatomy tutorials that can help! Also, move the cheek shading up (if the shading is for the cheek) The cheek bone remains near the point of your nose (kinda above nostrils) and just moving it up a tad bit would make it much more better! Good luck on ur art journey, and never give up <3
Very good video. Feels like the first time I've been able to understand the process. As you can see on mine, the colors started to get muddy as I kept blending. What's the best way to come back from that when it happens?
maybe more saturated transition colors for the core shadows would help? great work though!
Some heads I invented and followed along with same palette, while others are heads are direct copies.
Nice tutorial. I watch hundreds of tutorials, and rarely do they get to the heart of the matter like Ahmed does here.
I'll be trying this technique using gouache. If I'm not totally embarrassed by the results I'll share them here.
If you do this in traditional media I'd love to see the results.
I really like the first one. It looks good as a thumb nail and from a distance.
I think you overworked the second one. It's going into that grey area he warned about in the video.
I like how your textures give the first image a sense of age as well, making the character look rugged.
I'm struggling to get the brush settings right for this type of colouring and blending. Any tips?
As someone who is red-green colorblind, this has been the most helpful video I've found on how to paint skin tones. I've seen and tried several other techniques that didn't quite work with me because they often relied to just knowing (or being able to see) what colors to pick and applying them, without explaining the logic behind how to pick or build a color palette the way you did here. The graphic skull technique and the color vibration were the most helpful bits of information here. My paintings often end up muddy looking because I didn't know how to go about picking and mixing colors I couldn't see, but you've given me the confidence and knowledge I needed to continue practicing--thank you so so much for sharing this!
