HOME | DD

loishtutorial - drawing a female face

Published: 2015-03-02 20:02:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 788529; Favourites: 25187; Downloads: 16341
Redirect to original
Description at long last! a loish tutorial! this one was commissioned by the folks over at autodesk-sketchbook , for the March Hero Challenge that just went up! more info here - March Hero Challenge: Stephen Silver

You can find the full tutorial over on my website!

although the art was made in autodesk sketchbook 7 (more info on the program here - sketchbook.com ), the method applies to basically any digital program that has basic layer and brush functions. i mostly use photoshop but have been playing around with sketchbook more since getting a cintiq companion (it's a more intuitive and fast program for touch devices). 

for more information on my techniques (including background information, tips, and links to process vids and other resources i've done in the past): please check out my FAQ!! - F.A.Q - new and improved
Related content
Comments: 858

itsjeeb [2022-12-14 09:47:23 +0000 UTC]

👍: 1 ⏩: 0

Lilribbit [2021-05-24 02:40:29 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

loish In reply to Lilribbit [2021-08-25 09:03:19 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

DiegoSaid [2020-09-08 18:43:28 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Blugo34 [2020-04-18 09:11:14 +0000 UTC]

do you have anything for anatomy?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

loish In reply to Blugo34 [2020-08-06 12:53:55 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

kadharonon [2020-04-03 02:38:15 +0000 UTC]

👍: 1 ⏩: 0

xxmisa [2019-11-14 16:48:10 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Vyctorian [2019-06-26 05:07:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for making this!~

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

cumsmypcphy1997 [2019-06-19 20:08:40 +0000 UTC]

See my hot pic here - FreeGirls

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

HUANG2019 [2019-04-25 02:03:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for sharing the tutorial.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

PranavMHari [2019-01-07 19:02:07 +0000 UTC]

♥♥♥♥♥

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Detritophage [2018-10-24 07:48:13 +0000 UTC]

She is gorgeous!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

emcorpus [2018-10-11 16:04:29 +0000 UTC]

Lois, thank you so much for your generosity in sharing.

Ed

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

galax-am [2018-08-11 08:47:02 +0000 UTC]

ive referred to this tutorial 1193219389453789 times like any time im doing a painting and i still cant get it right :^)

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MiLaNThEPeNCiLs [2018-07-12 06:00:05 +0000 UTC]

Your work is superb! 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Lilly-Mist [2018-06-13 16:53:33 +0000 UTC]

This is great! Thank you.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

BethandKate1997 [2018-06-10 01:05:50 +0000 UTC]

very nice.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

xKaoruh [2018-05-30 10:06:57 +0000 UTC]

Omg I love this tutorial so much, thank you for this! You are such a big inspiration for me, absolute art goddess ♥ *-*.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

metselmannetje [2018-05-25 04:04:56 +0000 UTC]

I go try it


👍: 0 ⏩: 0

AusFastLife [2018-04-30 03:37:38 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I agree with everyone else.  That is an amazing picture and a really well done tutorial.  Can I ask a beginner question, and anyone feel free to answer, I notice on many tutorials and speed paintings etc, the artist will say, do X, and we can see that doing X makes a big improvement on the image, but as a beginner I am never sure what the actual process is that we are being told to do.  e.g. in this tutorial for example, up in Part 5:  Base Color, Step 2.3 the instruction is "Clean edges and fix color layer".  As a beginner I don't actually know what that means.  What exactly does one do to "Clean edges"?  And what is the process of "fixing" the color layer?  Any thoughts on these specific instructions would be very much appreciated!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

loish In reply to AusFastLife [2018-05-14 08:45:57 +0000 UTC]

hey! thanks for your comment!
What I mean by that is: once you set your lines to multiply and change the color of the lines, this usually reveals some inconsistencies in your color layer. some color blocking might appear sloppy because it becomes 'exposed' by the lighter lines. so you have to go to your color layer and make sure it's all consistent and neatly colored in. if you look at the outer edge of the hair in the step before.. and compare it to the step after.. you can see that it's been made a bit 'neater'. that's what i mean
hope that helps!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

KaiVorail [2018-03-08 04:47:41 +0000 UTC]

Excuse the expression but Holy Crap! This was really well done and I learnt quite a bit from it. Thank you.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MatMyHair [2018-02-02 20:44:39 +0000 UTC]

I do know how to thank you for this tutorial! <3 Loish's tutorial - female face practice  
I am sorry that i drew the same lineart as you but i wanted to focus on the colouring only 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

FantalecGateway [2018-01-01 19:20:56 +0000 UTC]

First recommendation I got on sketchbook!This really helped me souch and I feel like I'm actually making some progress! Thank you so much!!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

diananemesu [2017-10-09 08:10:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I am still struggling with finding the perfect skin color combo [ base+shade+highlights]. But I think I did okay.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

inu0toast [2017-09-07 07:41:42 +0000 UTC]

This is really good and made me sad about my own art

👍: 0 ⏩: 2

loish In reply to inu0toast [2018-05-14 08:50:44 +0000 UTC]

don't be!! always keep drawing!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

FantalecGateway In reply to inu0toast [2018-01-01 19:22:08 +0000 UTC]

Naw don't be sad about your own art! Everyone has to start someahere Nd everyone's art is different!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

storydawning [2017-09-03 13:51:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for sharing this tutorial! I love it. It's so helpful and I keep coming back to it. My version is posted on my instagram www.instagram.com/storydawning…

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

SasseStyle [2017-07-24 00:36:23 +0000 UTC]

I really loved this tutorial! It helped me out so much, and I enjoyed learning from my favorite artist! I'd love to see more full tutorials from you Loish!
Here's the result from this:
 

p.s
Sorry, it's blurry.
 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Artistic-Pineapple [2017-07-13 20:05:36 +0000 UTC]

I can't thank you enough!
This tutorial is so broken down and helpful; it gave me exactly what I needed! 


👍: 0 ⏩: 1

loish In reply to Artistic-Pineapple [2017-07-14 10:27:04 +0000 UTC]

happy to hear that! lovelly drawing

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

omniscientllama [2017-07-11 13:08:20 +0000 UTC]

this is really amazing and super helpful. thank you so much!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

omniscientllama [2017-07-05 11:20:17 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing. it helped me so much. thank you <3

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

PrimeHunter [2017-06-27 02:22:06 +0000 UTC]

Hey! Just found this...I'mma gonna give it a shot .

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

A-Parrales [2017-06-10 22:10:55 +0000 UTC]

Amazing tutorial! Thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

twilign [2017-06-03 15:32:59 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial has been a life saver in helping me further myself in digital art. I used this tutorial to do this piece: 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

AestheticMermaids [2017-05-31 18:42:41 +0000 UTC]

This helped me a lot! I am currently developing a style and I kept these tips in mind

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Itunu [2017-05-28 06:26:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I'll probably try this out!  

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

sasschan [2017-05-21 22:20:00 +0000 UTC]

I went through this, and it really helped me with shading, coloring, and such. Great tutorial!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Speedy-Rogue [2017-05-08 17:08:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this tutorial. I think it will help me a lot with areas I have been struggling with, it is the best tutorial I have found covering these steps so far!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Speedy-Rogue In reply to Speedy-Rogue [2017-05-24 23:34:32 +0000 UTC]

In case you are interested, here is the piece I made using this tutorial, which has been a big help: 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

DAAscia [2017-05-05 22:33:44 +0000 UTC]

Awesome I'm gonna try these techniques! Do you have a how to draw male faces tutorial?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Berrymoar [2017-04-30 09:19:28 +0000 UTC]

This is incredibly useful! Thanks you so, so much

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

KyleHeath [2017-04-27 02:28:54 +0000 UTC]

So so good, thank you for taking the time to make this! I bought my first tablet 2 weeks ago--big learning curve but so addicting and fun! What a treat to see the steps broken down by one of my favorite artists! Thanks again!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Oiamore [2017-03-22 22:28:26 +0000 UTC]

This was an absolutely fantastic tutorial and was so so helpful for me getting into digital art. Thank you so so so much.
I did create my first proper drawing using this tutorial here is the link to it oiamore.deviantart.com/art/Gir… .
 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

loish In reply to Oiamore [2017-03-23 16:23:37 +0000 UTC]

so glad you found it useful!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Oiamore In reply to loish [2017-03-26 19:50:58 +0000 UTC]

It was thank you, the best tutorial that I have found in my personal opinion and has really helped me when I was stuck with my learning

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TripTheWideSky [2017-03-21 18:09:30 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial!!  Thank you so much!    

👍: 0 ⏩: 0


| Next =>