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Really want to be good at doing digital portraits. So I decided to paint myself in my PS CS2. This is pretty much the first time I've seriously tried realistic skin digitally.
The focus was on the SKIN. So not much effort was put into the hair, eyes, lips, etc. Since all I wanted to do was practice realistic skin, I traced the contour lines from my reference photo so that I wouldn't have to sketch it out by hand, but I did NOT do a paint-over. I removed the reference from my canvas as soon as I had the outline.
I like how the colors turned out, but I think my technique could use some work. I didn't do and magic-wanding, so I wound up having to go beck and erase some to get the contour of my face right, which led to me being displeased with the way the 'outline' looks.
Any comments, crits, or tips on the skin would be much appreciated.
The focus was on the SKIN. So not much effort was put into the hair, eyes, lips, etc. Since all I wanted to do was practice realistic skin, I traced the contour lines from my reference photo so that I wouldn't have to sketch it out by hand, but I did NOT do a paint-over. I removed the reference from my canvas as soon as I had the outline.
I like how the colors turned out, but I think my technique could use some work. I didn't do and magic-wanding, so I wound up having to go beck and erase some to get the contour of my face right, which led to me being displeased with the way the 'outline' looks.
Any comments, crits, or tips on the skin would be much appreciated.
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I think the skin looks really good, especially being a first attempt. Perhaps if you wanted it to look more realistic you could just blend the different colors you used but I think it looks fantastic otherwise. I think the slight definition between the colors you used (especially on the cheeks near the highlight) give it a nice texture and painted look. Really well done 