Challenge 3 - Compilation

And finally, a compilation I prepared aaaages ago!

Challenge 3 - Day 15

Had a go at a darker skin tone for the last one of this challenge.. I tried to play with the reflection of the background on her skin but I am not sure how I feel about this one..

Challenge 3 - Day 14

I have not posted for a while (a quite long while), however I have been working towards my goal!! Which is, of course, to get into practice practice practice to get better at what I love doing.

I tried a more reddish skin tone, with a bit of make-up on the eye ;)

Challenge 3 - Day 13

Sometimes I don't understand why I pick a hard subject late at night..But finished! Well..Finished what I wanted to draw (nose). I may continue another day and finish the whole portrait.

Challenge 3 - Day 12

Challenge 3 -Day 11

Challenge 3 - Day 10

A zombie

A vampire?

Challenge 3 - Day 9

Yesterday's drawing. It was completely unintentional but it seems I ended up having small cyclopes on paper!

Challenge 3 - Day 8

Challenge 3 - Day 7

Challenge 3 - Day 6

 

I started off trying out different kinds of skin tones. I spent a lot of time researching and finding references for a variation of skin tones. I found it very helpful looking at make-up foundation charts since they need to take into consideration all kinds of skin tones. The downside of relying on the internet is: photos LIE! So I am unsure of how correct those skin tones go. However, it is my only source of reference, so for now it will suffice. 

And now this:

I had SO MUCH FUN making this! I wanted to concentrate on the nose but I ended up expanding a little bit. I wanted to create something different apart from the smooth noses I have been doing so far. It is a little bit mild in the details, if anything I would have liked them to have a stronger impression...I will keep on practicing!

Challenge 3 - Day 5

This time it was all about Sub Surface Scattering! I managed to keep everything (apart from the sketch) on one layer, a feat which I am proud of! I kept saving my progress so I thought I might as well create some brief commentary on it.

Challenge 3 - Day 4

I took a step back from trying to make things look pretty and focused on angles. The teeth~ argh!

Challenge 3 - Day 3

For this day I tried different painting styles I found in various tutorials. Although the end results are similar, having a reference of how each setting creates the details proved useful (and fun!).
The nose on the left looks like it caught a disease! I considered lowering (if not removing) the freckles (those were meant to be freckles) however it is a valuable lesson knowing the amount of details required to create a desired effect. So I left it sick.

Challenge 3 - Day 2

A mixture of pencils and a digital paint-over.

Challenge 3 - Day 1

On to Challenge 3! I thought I would start digitally this time. I created a standard palette to use with some general coloration that I would probably find in most Caucasian skin. I thought I would start with something familiar to me and then explore various skin tones as I go along (which also means the palette will keep on growing).
I tried to setup a mirror but it proved impossible so I will have to do with photos.
But here we go! This marks Day1!