Looks like someone has a friend on the other side…
Archive for June 21st, 2016
By Moose
I know this is kind of an Eastern thing because I see this in Manga and anime all the time, but you really need to be careful when using radial highlights. I see guys overuse radial highlights and the end result is very amateurish diseased looking skin.
Here is the flat colors and I randomly airbrush a little red orange into her skin.
This is what I mean by painting freckles. Instead of focusing on the entire form, I added the shadow color around the highlights thus making it look like she has pimples or something.
Here I used the shading around the form itself and then added the radial highlights. It’s a slight difference but it IS a difference. So unless the characters you’re painting are in a concentration camp or are zombies, you may want to be careful. Pimpled skin isn’t usually very sexy.