Greetings everyone, I hope you're all well.
Today I finished this drawing with a bit of a headache because it took me a while to do it, but I really liked it and feel like I'd love to do more portraits in this style. I decided to use a very light background, something I don't usually do very often. I also wanted to create a very delicate face with very pale skin, light eyes, and dark hair, a combination I personally love a lot. At first, the background was going to be completely white, but then I wanted to add a bit of a fog effect, and I loved it even more this way. I hope you like it.
Proceso/Process
After completing the sketch, I started painting. This time, I chose very pale skin tones, mostly very light pinks, with some reddish tones around the eyes, nose, and lips. On a new layer, I added more colors, giving the face and neck a more defined shape. Then, I began blending the colors, creating a cleaner result. On the neck, I painted with black and lowered the opacity to create that sheer fabric effect.
I painted the hair a near-black color and added highlights with dark blues. Then I painted the eyebrows and eyelashes, and detailed the clothing by adding lace. For this lace, I used brushes with this texture, and after trying several of these brushes, I found the one I liked the most. I painted a cross earring on her ear and then added a bit of "mist" using a smoky brush and combining it with different shades of gray. I changed the background to white and detailed the face a bit more by adding more reddish areas. I finished by adding some highlights to the eyes, cheekbones, and chin, and also made a color adjustment, giving the skin a slightly pinker hue and improving the contrast.
Tools:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro
Herramientas:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro