Oh, and I went over the line art layer with a soft airbrush of a brighter red color than the initial dark brown around the face, hair, and inner corners of the eyes to give the lines a bit of a spark. With a softer ambient light from above in mind, use a combination of the soft airbrush (for soft shadow edges facing the direction of the light) and the default oil paint brush for harsh shadow edges facing the opposite direction of the light. So the top edge is soft, while the bottom edge is firm. For the subsurface scattering effect, paint some intense pinks and blues around the borders of the drab grey shadows.
This is also the stage at which you should plan out or at least consider the underlying muscles. Find out which ones are being utilized for this specific statement and draw appropriately. Acting it out physically is a simple technique to determine which muscles are active. â Excellent! The difficult task has been completed. Step 3: Fine-tune the Drawing ​ Some may refer to this as the inking step, but for me, it just refers to the usage of improved lines and line weights to more dynamically show off the emotion. I can't help myself; I'm a Penciler at heart.
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