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First step is to have a (decent) supplies. I& #39;m using Lyra graduate pencil colors which is very affordable and a simple A5 sketchbook! These are the colors i usually use (i tend to use warm colors, you can use whatever palette you desire ofc)
HACKS : Choose the colors you are going to use beforehand by imagining what base colors you& #39;re going to use and what colors you are going to use for the shadows. It helps so much so then you don& #39;t waste your time on deciding the colors!
HACKS : Look up a lot of reference from EVERYWHERE to find your own colors! And it& #39;s OK to use reference if you are not sure about the values and details :)
I& #39;m using this gorgeous picture of the lovely Elton John!
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1. Sketch loosely. I& #39;m using red because using regular pencil will get the piece dirty and smudgy after i try coloring the whole piece with pencil colors :( Don& #39;t put up too much details because we are going to color it in the end!
HACKS : I never try too hard to match the reference. The key is to find the special features and exaggerate it! Example the eyes & eyebrows! Just have fun!
2. Color the skin with the base color. I& #39;m using regular light flesh. My technique is cross-hatching. Color everything evenly, don& #39;t put up too much shadows because it will be orange& #39;s job.
3. I used A LOT by that i mean i exaggerated the orange. I put up a lot of details and shadows with orange (i loveeee the warm tones orange gives) and don& #39;t forget to cross-hatch!
4. Still with darker orange but i only used a little because we& #39;re going to work it on red.
4. Still with darker orange but i only used a little because we& #39;re going to work it on red.
5. Put. A lot of. RED! I used red exessively! I put the red on the darkest shadows and cheeks also ears! Basically everywhere!
6. Light brown on for eyes and eyebrows!
6. Light brown on for eyes and eyebrows!
7. I added only a little black on few strands of the eyebrows and eyes (dont use too much black it& #39;ll ruin the tones you& #39;re trying to build)
Added a little green for the shadows and yellow for the highlight and voila you have the most talented human being on earth sir Elton John! I also did some stuff on procreate and created some variations! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧡" title="Orange heart" aria-label="Emoji: Orange heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💛" title="Yellow heart" aria-label="Emoji: Yellow heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">
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