[HardCoil]

Reading quatuernius tips in the DID forum and using his color tables i did this test :


I think I'm starting to see what the point is, but man are all those colors intimidating. PLEASE give comments, as I really don't know what to think of this. I used to do flesh tones with just various browns, so this is really really new territory, and I'm not really sure I should go there

[shardik]

quite dope.. now zoom and refine

[HardCoil]

Uhm ok

[Matt Elder]

It is coming along nicely but looks a little too blurred. To get around this, try to use a hard edged brush and lay down colours first. Then go over these and refine with smaller, hard edge brushes. If it still looks a little too hard edged in places, use a softer brush to smooth over the colours. When it is blurred like this, it is difficult for features to stand out and command a strong presence.

[quaternius]

Cool!
Glad to see some experimenting with that color set!
Great to see what you're doing with it. You may already know the following, so I hope I'm not overstepping.
Like Matt Elder said, you might want to try another one and block-in colors to creat the facial planes first. (See Anthony's Loomis thread for the Loomis book to get some great examples of these planes). Just for fun, try starting with the planes in shadow first, then paint-in the planes in light. Once that starts to work you can start to add and blend colors. Although real-life is the best; try using some photo-reference and bring it into Painter to check different areas of light and shadow with the dropper tool and use the HSV scales - you'll see where the values are and be able to compare shadow, halftone and light. It's a great little warmup I sometime play - guess the values; then check with the dropper.

Guess I'm probably writing this for others who might want to try this as well. But it's all good practice, the more you do it the better you get.

Post some more!

[blackguard]

Looks good!

Where did you find the color table??

[Anthony J]

this is what i have
if your looking at frontal faces
its a on its way, but far from complete.
i don't think i can complete it !



thats all i have

[HardCoil]

Thanks for the advice. I'll go through the loomis book when I get the chance. A new experiment :


Am I right in thinking that one shuld use warmer colors on tissue with blood vessels close to the surface, like cheeks, chest, palm and such ?