Coloring Desdemona's Eyes and Makeup Tutorial

Due to the coming Autumn season, I have chosen to step down from the RSD EDT
to get all of my ghosties and punkins in a row. This is my busiest time of year,
both creatively and personally, so I had to cut back a tad on my DT commitments.
I look forward to possibly doing a guest DT spot for RSD, sometime in the future.

   I'd like to end my EDT membership by wrapping up on my coloring tutorial

for the beautiful RSD June freebie image, Desdemona.

In my previous tutorial here, I showed the versatility of skin tones,

and how they can completely transform an image.

Now I am going to show you how I color hair, makeup and eyes.

I have no formal or certified training with Copics. I just like to color.

I start out by using my darkest color, E09.

I try to fill in the darkest shadows of her hair.

I look for the inside of curls or the place where her hair comes

out from behind or under another layer of hair.

Next is YR09. I use it for her next medium shade.

I basically just follow the shadows and keep pulling color out

from the last color used. 

Next is YR07. I just keep pulling the colors into the light.

YR04 for the lightest orange shade. 

Not sure why my scanner went so light, but I have added Y35 and Y38

for my lightest golden tones and highlights. 

Here she is with her eyes, flesh, and make up colored.  

And now for the eyes and make up.....  

I began with B04 for the darkest shadow of her iris. Her eyelid will cast the darkest

shadow at the top of her eye.

Next, I added B02.

And now, B01.

Lastly, I use B000 to blend all of the Blue shades together. 

I wanted a little more contrast, so I added B06 to darken up her

iris a bit more at the darkest point. 

Lastly, I used B66, B63, and B60 for her eye make up and lip color.

I also use the lightest skin tone (this one is E30) to blend it all out and make it

appear sorta natural despite the unnatural color choices.

Here are some other color samples using the very same techniques each time.

I used YRs for the purple version, RVs for the green gal, and BGs for the red chick. 

I am loving how the purple skinned chick came out.

Must be the Hallowe'en colors....

I used YG and V for the pink flesh tone, and V and RV for the blue/green flesh tone.

Well, that's gonna do it for me today. I will miss working with the entire RSD 

family, but I'll be stalking all of them on their blogs and facebook pages.

   

  

Pick a skin tone, any skin tone!

I guess it's high time that I share some of my Copic skin coloring

techniques and ideas with you.

I have chosen to use the lovely RSD Sparkle and Glitter freebie image for June, 

Desdemona .

I begin by printing her on white Papertrey Ink paper. I pretty much use

Papertrey paper exclusively. It's great for blending Copics.

I start with E02 in the darkest shadows, like the cheekbone, inner ear,

side of nose, breast cleavage, under lip,and under the jawline.

Next, I use E01 to blend out the shadow a bit.

I basically go over the same spots, but blend out a bit with the new shade. 

Now I use E00, using the same technique. Just keep following the 

other colors, while blending out into her face more with each new color.

Finally, I use E000 to fill in all the highlights and to blend all of the

layers together.

This basic technique is how I color all of my faces.

Regardless of the color scheme, this is how I always color, going dark to light.

I may come back in with another darker shade (in the same color family) to

add more depth and shadow, if I'm not getting enough contrast.   

Here is Desdemona in (my favorite) YGs - 17, 23, 03, 01, 00, 000 

and Warm Grays - 6 thru 1. I use the colorless blender as might lightest shade

to blend all of the grays for an even and smooth blend.

You can click on the pics to see them closer if needed.

Using B06, 04, 02, 01, 00, and E39, 37, 35, 34, 33, 31, 30.

Using (another favorite) BG15, 13, 23, 11, 10, 000 and 

RV14, 13, 21, 10, 00.

And lastly we have Desdemona in V17, 15, 04, 12, 01, 000 and

in R29, 27, 24, 22, 21, 20.

She reminds me of a character from the old Star Trek episodes 

I used to watch with my Dad. I think that lady was either blue or green. 

The colored skin gives her an entirely different look each time.

Very exotic! And kinda alien-like.

I'll be back soon, with another tutorial on her eyes and make up,

and finally, a third tutorial on coloring her gorgeous hair.

Stay tuned!

Did someone say, Freebie"?!

Everyone likes a freebie, don't they?

Crafters especially like freebies.

Today, Rick St. Dennis is giving away two free digital images.

Over at the Airless Chambers blog, there is this killer skeleton image.

Grab him, make a project using him, and enter it in the monthly freebie

challenge to win more free images. Win, win!! 

I colored this dapper fellow with Copics, and then fussy cut him out.

I added a couple of bones from a previous "RSD blog only" available set,

and a square of this cool, self adhesive, "Magic Mesh" to finish it off.  
I am really new to this magically adhesive mesh, and wish I had 
applied it with some dimension. Next time....  

Then, if you pop over to the Sparkle and Glitter blog, you can pick up

this beautiful "Desdemona" image.

I colored her up in purples, teals, and golds. She is such a beautiful image,

that I may have to color her up in various color schemes to see which one

I like the best. It's amazing how diverse an image can be by just simply changing the paint job. 

I finally found the perfect opportunity to use one of my precious,

handmade by Andrea, sheer fleurs. It goes beautifully with this tag.

So how's that for some awesome freebies?

Make sure to get them, and then play along with the monthly challenges

on each blog for a chance to win more free images. 

Please play fair, and don't share the images. 

Direct your friends to the blogs so they may get the images and some inspiration for themselves.