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Published: 2013-02-21 07:01:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 767; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 4
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If nothing else at least I'm getting faster at these. This is my try at Regina Mills/The Evil Queen from Once Upon a Time, probably the most badass and wonderful/gorgeous anti-heroine ever (and those are so few and far between!). I love her character and her looks, and sketched this up from a reference photo. Too many mistakes to name, but decent for a daily sketch (Feb 20). If only I could properly do her justice...Artwork (c)
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Looking good!! Do you have a particular colour palette you use when doing skin tones? I always find it really difficult picking out the right colours >_<
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Thanks babe! As for a palette, I don't. I feel like saving a palette wouldn't help because skin colors vary so much in different lights, tones, etc. and it's very subtle sometimes. When I work from a picture I try to just rough it out and figure out the colors by eye, without using eyedropper or palette, on purpose just to learn how to pick colors better (actually I found that was one of the hardest things of all when I started trying to paint people, and one of the biggest things that helped me progress so much---I know it doesn't show that much, but I have gotten a lot better!). I think it's helped me a lot though with when I try to paint one of my own characters from memory.
Drawing from a photo is helping me better understand how light works on the face too, so slowly I can keep making progress.. (this is making me want to do another portrait!)
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When I drew out the poster for Territory, one thing that surprised me was the tone of the skin. I added colours that I thought it should be, but it didn't look right so I selected colours from the ref photos instead. It surprised me because the colours were so dark and more purple and reds rather than the pink-peach colours you would usually associate with skin tones.
I can see you have improved a lot, the portraits you've done are great! Keep it up! I'm looking forward to seeing more
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Oh I can definitely understand that! When I started I had the same problem, and I picked photo references similar to your Territory picture, with a stark contrast between white, full light skin and really dark portions in shadows... I never realized color picking was so skillful and work intensive until I tried that haha. Great learning experience!
And thanks hun, I will try to keep it up!
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