Rihanna Digital Painting by Kyle Lambert,UK Web: www.kylelambert.co.uk
Step 4 -
Once happy with the position of all the features, I will then start to mix unique colors for different areas of the photo such as the lips and eyes and begin to add more complexity to the range of skin tones. In this piece I used quite a large soft edged brush to achieve a smooth soft skin surface.
Step 5 - The final stage is the part that takes the longest time to do. To achieve the photo-realistic quality in a painting, there is no secret. It is all about zooming really far into your painting and then treating each tiny area like a mini painting of its own. Typically for the last 4 hours of a painting like this I use a 1px brush and paint in each hair, wrinkle and highlight individually.
My Big tip for painting images like this is that it should look right when you are looking at it at 300% zoom and 13% zoom. So when working on detail, don't forget to zoom out and see how your details affect the entire image.
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