I tried to keep the hand and chest area as realistic as possible colour wise, so as to accentuate as much as possible the powdered face and made-up look. The hand and chest were done exactly like the face, except for some specular added on the hand with a hard edged brush. I think one of the most important things is being able to zoom way in, and also being able to see the subtle “in between” tones and reflections that make an object or living thing look real.
Here you can also see how I was proceeding with the collar. And I flipped the canvas, again!
I also created a level on top of the face level and fixed some issues that looked “off”, added some final chiaroscuro here and there. Then I let the face go, either I stopped or I would never be satisfied with it.
Another problem that I fixed was the eyes, they looked too “glass-like” so I lightened the irises and they seemed to come out nicer that way.
All that was left now was the last part of the necklace and the collar.
That’s it. I think it took me over a month working off and on, but I really have no idea how many hours. Next time I will try and count! About system specs etc, I worked with a trust tablet with photoshop CS2 and I use a pentium4, 2.6 GHZ, 2 GB Ram, Geforce 6800 and 2 hard disks of 80 GB.
Thanks for reading and I hope it was useful! Feedback of course is always a joy for me!
Related Links
Vivien's Website: www.vivienhulbert.altervista.org
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