Greetings to everyone, I hope you had a good weekend.
Although drawing is something I enjoy very much as a hobby, it also serves me to let off steam when I feel sad, today I wanted to reflect these strange emotions that I have had these last weeks, where I can highlight an increase in my anxiety and depression that has also been reflected also physically because I have suffered from many headaches and general discomfort for feeling emotionally bad, is something that usually happens to me very often but this time is stronger, there are days when I really do not feel like doing absolutely nothing, where inspiration is completely lost and u do not know how much it has cost me to finish a drawing or a makeup with this mental break I have, however today I decided to vent a little with this portrait where I try to reflect that behind a smile sometimes hides pain and well .... I hope you like it.
Proceso/Process
I started my sketch and choice of colors, this time I wanted desaturated colors for the skin since this range of shades combines quite well with my mood, so I started coloring with some pinks, beige, browns, adding lights and shadows, in a new layer I added more colors to give the shape completely to the whole portrait, I started to mix the colors leaving a softer skin but with a little texture, for the hair I put a dark brown color as a base.
Then I added more tones to the hair to give it volume, I painted the eyebrows, eyelashes and the mouth, I wanted to emphasize the eyes with reddish, orange and yellow tones around them to give it an exhausted look, I also added reddish tones inside the eye, a little bit of redness in the nose and cheeks, for the background I tried a lot of colors, I really didn't like any of them so I decided to make a mix between the skin tones and a pale blue using a brush with an oil texture, I edited the image adjusting a little the colors giving it a cooler tone and also adding some brush strokes with a "dripping" effect and of course I added some highlights in the eyes, nose and lips.
Tools:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro
Herramientas:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro