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It's interesting to practice different ways of going about painting. tried something new with this reference. its abit easier to scale proportions. and choosing colors that fit a specific tone. For this one; i painted the dark tones with a normal skin color. i worked my way outwards from that, going towards the darker spectrum first, heading more towards red from yellow as it got darker and more saturated. once i feel ive reached the darkest, most comfortable shade value, i add highlights, going to the brightest tone i need, and blending it on the figure. lowering the value in certain areas to emphasize other areas. after this point i adjust the painting by solidifying shapes and blends. now i go into color balance and add a bit of red to the midtone, a bit of cyan to the shadows, and a bit of yellow to the highlights. this intensified the color contrast. last but not least i use a hard light layer with highly saturated colors to emphasize light effects on the more appealing features, in my opinion the eyes and mouth.

Description
It's interesting to practice different ways of going about painting. tried something new with this reference. its abit easier to scale proportions. and choosing colors that fit a specific tone. For this one; i painted the dark tones with a normal skin color. i worked my way outwards from that, going towards the darker spectrum first, heading more towards red from yellow as it got darker and more saturated. once i feel ive reached the darkest, most comfortable shade value, i add highlights, going to the brightest tone i need, and blending it on the figure. lowering the value in certain areas to emphasize other areas. after this point i adjust the painting by solidifying shapes and blends. now i go into color balance and add a bit of red to the midtone, a bit of cyan to the shadows, and a bit of yellow to the highlights. this intensified the color contrast. last but not least i use a hard light layer with highly saturated colors to emphasize light effects on the more appealing features, in my opinion the eyes and mouth.