Today I was hesitant to upload this portrait because something strange happened to me with this drawing. I feel that, although I was going for a somewhat painful expression, it ended up looking a little odd. I even feel like it has too many masculine features for my taste haha. I don't know what went wrong, but while I was painting it, it looked fine, and when I finished everything, I felt like something was off. I think the only thing I can highlight and that I did like were the eyes and the overall color palette I used. I hope you like it.
I sketched and began painting with shadows and highlights in a range of pinks, browns, and light skin tones. On a new layer, I added more colors to further shape the face and then began blending the colors, as I've been doing lately, using a hard brush and medium opacity to maintain some texture.
Little by little I added more details to the face like slightly reddish areas and also some freckles on the cheeks and nose, I also painted the eyebrows and eyelashes. For the hair I used a black color and added highlights with a fairly dark and desaturated blue, as a background color I used a vibrant red tone and then it occurred to me to add a little texture to the drawing. For this I used a brush with a very strange texture that right now I don't even remember the name, and I did it with a red color, I played with the layer settings so that this texture would blend with the drawing. I also added highlights to the eyes, nose and lips.
Tools:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro
Herramientas:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro
The LMAC community has curated your art. Great piece!