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UPDATE:
This is the main tool for blending I used, also used this solely for step E. :) ---> [link]
I've updated it since then, but this is how it was when I used it for this tutorial. Hope that helps. :D


A friend of mine kept telling me about how they were unsatisfied with their painting skills. And so I was inspired to do this, even though I'm not so sure I should be giving advice in this depth to anyone. ono" I'm still learning how to paint myself. My friend isn't the only reason I decided to do this, however. I remember when I first tried my hand in semi-realism and I went scouring the world wide web looking for tutorials. I found very few, and the one that had the most potential didn't make a whole lot of sense to me and my paintings came out horrible because of my lack of understanding. This tutorial has obvious facial errors and isn't of the highest quality, but hopefully it's easy to understand (assuming you can understand my chicken scratch) and gives you a proper grasp of the basics. It's, in short, just a sketch rendered in skin tone, colored in, then blended. A process repeated with different colors until it looks natural. I did a mysteriously gendered character for you in Paint Tool Sai, but I'm more than certain that this process can be completed with any other digital medium as well. Happy painting, I hope my derpy drawing helped! :]
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~Bersenev May 14, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks for the tutorial *^*
It really helped a lot :3 even if I think I have to practice this methode more ^^"
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well maybe you want to see how it turned out :3

Thanks again
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=TheComicStream May 14, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Oh, yeah, thanks for showing me!
I have to say that I took a peek at the rest of your gallery, too, and this has to be the best one to date. It's a good start to the technique, you should keep it up! :D
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~GertrudeFin Apr 27, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Very helpful! Thanks for sharing! :D
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=TheComicStream Apr 28, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I'm glad it could help you! :D
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~GertrudeFin May 12, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Me too! This is perfect because I have to do a portrait of someone for my art class and now I'm confident it will turn out great! :D
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=TheComicStream May 12, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
:heart: That's great! I'm glad my tutorial could help you feel more confident. Good luck on your assignment. :D
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~GertrudeFin 1 day ago  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you! :D
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=TheComicStream 1 day ago  Hobbyist Digital Artist
<3
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~barananduen Apr 15, 2013   General Artist
This is cool :D I'm just getting into digital painting myself and I've been doing it somewhat differently, but it's really cool seeing what other methods are out there and your end result looks pretty awesome. :D I like that it's not overly technical / program-specific, so that anyone who has SAI, Gimp (I have Gimp) or whatever, not just PS, can try it too without much "translation" trouble, so that's really cool. You also explained it really well and it's easy to follow. :D And no worries that the writing is easy to read, no problem! :D

Just a question - Going from step F to G, what layer mode did you use on F when you combined the two? Just normal layer mode and blend, or did you do overlay or multiply for the layer mode on F?
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=TheComicStream Apr 15, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you, glad it could help you! My process is a bit different now, but the basics are the same.
I used normal layers for the entire thing. :)
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