Hi guys, I hope you are very well.
Today I feel good, quite happy, that happens to me when I have an idea and it comes out just as it was in my mind, this was the case of this drawing, as you know I am trying to practice a little more the theme of making flowers, this time I wanted to make a rose, because it is one of the flowers that I like the most, plus I feel they are a great challenge for all the folds accompanied by lights and shadows that result in a beautiful flower that although it is not completely open you can see in great detail many petals, it is something really beautiful.
As you know I also like to make big eyes in my illustrations, eyes that stand out much more than anything else, for me it is very important that the eyes are the first thing to see when I make a portrait, it occurred to me to make this drawing where a girl holds a rose and the thorns manage to cut a little lips, besides adding some colorations in the face that give the impression that she was crying, but at the same time a penetrating and determined look, it took me several hours to finish, but it was very worth it because it has all the elements that I like to place in the portraits, I am very satisfied, I hope you like it.
First I made the sketch, which I pass to clean to work much better, then I chose the colors to work, this time I wanted very desaturated tones, between browns, pinks and greens, I placed the tones leaving the lights and shadows where I wanted, then I added a new layer to incorporate more colors to the face and finish forming completely everything, lately I am working mostly with hard brushes, something that I thought would be impossible but has worked very well for me, because I try to mix it very well but leaving some texture, I did that with the whole face, torso and hand.
After having all the skin ready, I started to paint the hair for this I used a dark green tone, but then I changed it to a darker tone and decided to use that green tone to give the highlights to the hair, it looked better this way, then I painted with brown the stem of the rose and then I applied some highlights and shadows to give it volume, I also painted a black choker and then it occurred to me to paint makeup dripping down the face, simulating that she was crying.
As the thorns are in contact very close to the lips I thought that blood would fall from the mouth, so I painted blood on the lips and teeth, I also added some red tones in the eyes, nose and cheeks, then I painted the rose, using different red tones to create each fold, I continued adding a layer where I would place some lights illuminating the nose, cheekbone and eyes.
I tell you that the background of the image is a change I made at the last minute, because I had put a dark brown background but I was thinking all day that maybe it would stand out much better with a lighter background, so now I edited the background placing this light orange tone, I liked it better this way, so I finished editing the image playing a little with the curves tool and adding some brush strokes on the edges of the silhouette, creating a little painting effect that I like to place in my drawings, but without exaggerating too much.
Tools:
- Photoshop CC 2019
- XP-PEN deco 01 v2
Herramientas:
- Photoshop CC 2019
- XP- PEN DECO 01 V2
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