At this point I will draw your attention to the left eye of the female, where I encountered a small difficulty. When trying to paint the hair directly over the eye, the eye and the hair ran together (as shown in the first example). Unable to 'undo' this, I decided to refer back to a previous stage as a background layer and use the eraser tool to restore the eye (example 2). I then added a new layer and began painting the hair over the eye.
Additional Touches
1. First attempt - the hair and the eye blended together.
2. Eraser tool used to restore the eye.
3. New layer added, onto which I airbrushed rough strokes.
4. Started to fine out the hair, smudging the dark shades into the light with a 1 pixel brush.
5. Highlights added to hair. More fine strands.
6. Layer flattened and more flayed hairs added. Applied fine highlights using dodge tool.
2. Eraser tool used to restore the eye.
3. New layer added, onto which I airbrushed rough strokes.
4. Started to fine out the hair, smudging the dark shades into the light with a 1 pixel brush.
5. Highlights added to hair. More fine strands.
6. Layer flattened and more flayed hairs added. Applied fine highlights using dodge tool.
Turning back to the woman, I realized that the skin needed to be much softer and smoother than the man’s, yet it still looked too plastic. I began by adding shades of red, purple and green (using the airbrush on color mode) and then decided to stipple the skin, keeping it lighter and less erratic than I did with the man.
1. Smooth (plastic looking) area.
2. Light stippling with dodge tool.
3. Random darker spots added.
4. Outline of chin area darkened with burn tool and soft brush to give a more rounded appearance.
2. Light stippling with dodge tool.
3. Random darker spots added.
4. Outline of chin area darkened with burn tool and soft brush to give a more rounded appearance.
When applying the darker spots, they reminded me of freckles and I noticed how they gave the skin a more natural appearance, so I decided to apply these freckles elsewhere - primarily over areas where freckles are most common, like the nose, chin, cheeks and arm (freckles are less common on the forehead, neck or the eye area).
Freckles dotted over the skin using burn tool, varying between 10-60% exposure.
Combined details: beads of sweat, added over the freckled, coloured and lightly stippled skin.
Further definition added to areas such as the mouth.
1. Loosely shaded mouth.
2. Spots of light and dark added with burn and dodge tools.
3. Smudge tool used to smear shadows and highlights into place.
2. Spots of light and dark added with burn and dodge tools.
3. Smudge tool used to smear shadows and highlights into place.
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