

(Advice: the bigger the brush is, the faster and cleaner it blends.)

Using the Blend tool, try to smudge it from the edges only to make it look soft. I’ll use the same Watercolor Brush as for shading!Īdd some blush on the cheeks and any other parts you like For blush, I like using light reddish tones.Ĭhoose your tool. You can add it on any part of the body depending on your style!Ĭreate a new layer (BLUSH) over the previous layer (SHADING)Ĭlick on the icon for Clip at layer below. Using Soft Airbrush in a light tone, I color the bottom part of the shadow to make it look more realisticīlush makes your drawings look softer and cuter.Using Turnip pen in a dark tone, I draw the shadow under the hair.On the forehead under the hair: I will explain this part in the next picture.On the neck: The light is coming from the left, which means the shading should be on the right side of the neck.On the nose: I use the bright tone outside the ears and dark tone inside.On the lips: I like coloring the lips darker from the middle and brighter toward the edges, this will make the lips look very soft.On the eyes: First I use the bright tone around the eyes and then add the darker tone on the top and bottom eyelids.Usually, I use two tones and sometimes mix between them to create more tones. The colors you choose for shading should be darker than the base color. It will make your drawing more pleasing to look at and less boring! For the shading part you can choose whatever brush you’re comfortable using! I personally enjoy using the Watercolor brush the most.įor shading, it’s always good to use more than one color. This will confine the coloring inside the base color area only, which makes the coloring easier without worrying about it going out of the lines!Ĭhoose your tool. To be able to shade, you have to ask yourself: where should the light come from?įor this tutorial, I want the lighting to come from above on the left corner.Ĭreate a new layer (SHADING) above the first layer (BASE)Ĭlick on the icon for Clip at layer below. These should be hard brushes so you can color the area completely without leaving any transparent areas. There are many other brushes that you can use. For the base color, I use Turnip Pen on 100% Opacity. If you give your folders and layers names, it will be easier and faster for you to find your layers.Ĭhoose your tool.

SKIN HIGHLIGHT BRUSH PHOTOSHOP SKIN
Make sure to keep the Skin folder at the very bottom, because we want to color under the lines and not over them. This is because we will add darker shading later!Ĭreate a new folder (SKIN) and add a layer (BASE) to it. The base color should be brighter than the final skin tone that you want to have. I will be explaining more about them later!įill the area you want to color skin in with the base color first! Make sure you don’t color outside your lines. The following picture shows which colors are used for what part in the face. It can be very light, very dark, or somewhere in between! I usually use light-reddish color tones for my drawings, so I decided to choose this palette for today’s tutorial as well. I hope you enjoy the tutorial and find it helpful! Coloring skin is one of the most important parts in a drawing! It can be very hard sometimes, especially if you can’t choose the right colors and tools for it! That’s why I decided to make a small tutorial showing how I color skin using Clip Studio Paint.
