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Published: 2019-02-18 23:38:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 155; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 0
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A portrait of a character I'm playing in a World of Darkness campaign! I'm trying to make some more portfolio-level work I can show off. I referenced a photo of model Nastya Zhidkova, the face structure didn't really come out that close, but I quite like the result either way! I hadn't done lineless painting in quite a while and I'm glad I haven't lost those skills.Related content
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What a beautiful portrait! Solid use of the reference, pleasing color scheme, and pretty details; my attention keeps going back to the eyes, especially, deep but soft. You certainly captured the unique affect of albinism.
Lilly sounds familiar... Lilly, Lilly. Have you ever introduced me to this character? I'd like to learn more about her!
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OH thank you very much Ribbs! The color scheme was something I found myself pretty happy with, the original photograph had a very subtle hint of that blue secondary light, so I dialed it up a notch and that really brought it together, I think!
(Also, this comment almost slipped me by because there was no new comment notification, what the hell dA :l)
I think I mentioned her in passing - I'm playing her in our modern-day Werewolf romp, she's a sort of wolfy bard, meaning I do things like write stories to tell in-character. One interesting thing about her is she's a metis, meaning she was already born as a Werewolf from a forbidden relationship, in other words, she has kind of an inhuman perspective on a lot of things, but she also suffers a lot of prejudice, which creates a lot of conflict since she's in such a socially-driven "class". It's really fun to play and to develop! I can tell you a little more about it in a note if you'd like. ;D
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Aww you're welcome Rory! I'm still amazed at the way you captured her eyes, all deep and shining. Was there any specific technique you used?
The bard, YES, I remember her now! Her being metis is a really neat touch; I had no idea garou/garou relationships were outlawed and the results looked down upon, it's definitely a hard situation to be born into. Yeah yeah I'd love to learn more about Lilly! I'll mention this in my next reply.
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The matter with eyes I think is mostly remembering that the iris itself is actually concave under the cornea, so you first shade it with that in mind, then add the highlights taking the cornea's curvature into account. This tutorial was where I got it, unfortunately the original artist's post seems to be down, but at least pinterest still has it!
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Oh this is so awesome, thanks for the tip and link! It looks like there's a ton of other bite-sized tutorials on pinterest... bookmarking the whole dang thing, haha.
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