Today I started drawing without a clear idea of what I wanted for the final result. I started this drawing a couple of days ago, but I just finished painting it today. It was really quite improvised, and I'm very satisfied with how it turned out. Something I really liked was the hair, since this shade is difficult for me to achieve, and I feel like it creates a very interesting contrast with the saturated, warm skin tones. Honestly, it's been a long time since I've seen such a realistic result in a portrait. Despite using very rough brushstrokes this time, the result was quite realistic and good. I hope you like it.
I made the sketch and chose the colors for the skin, for this occasion I used very warm skin tones, pinks and browns, in a new layer I added more colors giving better shape to the face, then I began to mix the colors with a chalk texture brush and a high opacity since I wanted a lot of texture in this portrait, however, by accident I didn't get as much texture as I wanted, but I still liked it. For the background I chose a dark brown color and then painted the hair with an ash color.
I added highlights and shadows to the hair, and for some reason I wanted to draw some sort of branch-like horns, but I chose a brown color very similar to the background, so I had to change it to a lighter color. Then I added more details like reddish areas on the face, blood on the sides of the face, I wanted to add some earrings, and two bright spots under the eyes. I finished by making a color adjustment where I increased the color contrast and saturation.
Tools:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro
Herramientas:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro