Digital Painting and Portraiture for Black Skin

Overview

“As I said earlier, each part of our face has a different color, and even if we don't notice it on people's faces in our daily lives, it's this small step that will make a big difference in the result of a painting. The most important thing to understand and remember during this step is that the middle part of the face is more reddish in color, the upper part is more yellowish, and in men, the hairlines are bluer in color. In this class, I'll show you in practice how I define the color zone of the face of each of the characters in my project.”

In this video lesson Wilno Fakie addresses the topic: Face color zones, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Painting and Portraiture for Black Skin. Learn to depict the diversity of African features in Photoshop with the right tones and lighting for each context.

Partial transcription of the video

“face color zones In this class, we will give more life to our final project, adding the face color zones. I will also explain the importance of having these color zones and say which are the best colors for each area of the face. Let's see together where each of these zones are. I first heard about this subject through my first digital painting course and it was something that completely changed my perspective on painting. To explain this step of my process, on the color zones of the face, I decided to create a model for you to have a visual reference of what I'm going to explain. Here's th...”

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Course summary for: Digital Painting and Portraiture for Black Skin

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (21)
• 436 students
• 5 units
• 25 lessons (5h 21m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing