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Suzanne-Helmigh — Skin coloring tutorial.
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**PLEASE NOTE, THIS TUTORIAL IS 4 YEARS OLD AND FLAWED, I WILL UPDATE ONE WITH NEW KNOWLEDGE SOON. Thank you ^^Related content
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Superhandig! Ik ben net een beetje begonnen met het oefenen op mensen tekenen, dus dit helpt me er heel erg bij! Thanks.
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Geen probleem, laat maar weten als je ergens vragen over hebt
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Thanks I noticed
I hope this will be helpful for some people ^^
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thanks for this tutorial! very handy 2 have. couldnt u do one with some nice setups for the kinda brushes u use?
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Thanks. Well I could do that but I use more techniques than just custom brushes, like selection tool and colour balancing
If I would just explain my brushes it would look really different from my finished artwork.
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If LS is livestream, than no 
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well, im one of the one that whants you doing it (livestream)
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Ah oki thanks 
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put me in that list ^_^
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I'm already doing livestreams at times, mostly in the weekend.
I'm posting up a journal a few hours before I start
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ahh thanks, i think o got it now
going to try out! ohh... i faved
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i have trouble choosing colors for skin. when i draw i try to do skin like i would objects and it looks terrible. how do i shade skin and show color tone changes?
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Well choosing a skin color has a lot to do with the person's surrounding.
When you make a character sheet its not really a problem because the surrounding is plain, and you can go for any lighting that feels good and emphasis the right shapes.
When you do work in an environment you have to think about the lighting a lot. There are several tricks to make sure your character blends well with its surrounding. First of all, the light source/direction must be correct, second, sometimes there's a lot of bounce light going on and that gives rather shiny skin the colors of its clothing. (person wears red sweater, the redness of that swear is shown under its chin and nose,for example).
You can start out with just the regular skin tones like in this tutorial, and use color layers to blend things in the same color as its surrounding. (the color and saturation tool on a soft light modus)
Hope to have helped out a little ^^
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do you know an alternative sotution to mirror images for see mistakes?
This doesn't work with me.
The rest of tutorial is useful, especially the B/W note. I will try it next time.
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I ask my little brother. He doesn't like me, so I get brutally honest critique. xD (He typically says things like "This doesn't look right at all!" and then he explains.)
So, get someone to hate you, and ask them what's wrong. They'll be looking for anything they can think of. xD
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maybe there aren't any mistakes.
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How come the mirror trick doesn't work for you?
The second best thing is to have others critique it, this could be friends or family, or people on DA.. or me ^^
Point is, you have been working on your artwork for a long time to make it look as awesome as is but it will cause a blindness to mistakes that new eyes will see right away. This doesn't necessarily have to be people with a lot of knowledge about anatomy perspective or art.
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Very Helpful *_* And nice >w< I'll immediately try that now XD
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Very helpful!
Can I ask you a few questions regarding brushes?:
What do you mean by hard round, soft square, square texture etc.? Are these all the brushes that come with the default Photoshop? I generally use the very first, hard round brush (I got that one) in the default list for everything...
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The hard and soft round brush are in the default brush pack.
With soft I meant with soft edges. The square and textured brushes are custom made onces.
A square brush with cracks in it or one that leaves a painterly effect will do.
I bet there are some people here on DA which had put those online, otherwise you could make some youself ^^
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Alright, thank you very much for the clarification!
I have downloaded several custom brushes but for some reason photoshop seems to go through every few weeks and remove of all them... it doesn't make any sense D: should probably look at that one of these days XD
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aiai :S Do save them on a second location than.
Also when photoshop asks you if you want to replace brushes, do so.. otherwise they will disappear.
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Good plan, that XD
Do replace brushes... got it
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Great tutorial! I found some useful hints in it. Thanks!
I'll let you know if I use it
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not at all! You made the tutorial so I have to say thank you
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