Coloring Bright Highlights

Franz February 20, 2013 11
Coloring Bright Highlights

  Hello everybody!

I’m here today with a little tutorial to explain how i color the hair and the clothes practicing bright highlights.

The base concept is to go from a very dark colour to the almost totally white on the lightest zones.

I chosen the lovely Helven Samanah as “model” for my step by step :)

THE HAIR

I start with her hair using this color combo: E21-E25-E29-E49-E50

 First I go with the medium-light colour to define where the shadows go:

E21

 1

E25 2

 E21 again

don’t blend but just continue the darker lines to make them longer: 

3

E29 on the darkest zones: 

4

E25 again and again just continue the darkest line to make them narrower and longer: 

5

the same again with E21: 

6

Finally add E50 on the lightest strands, but be careful to not blend the darkest ones, use just the point of the brush;

 if you like you can also leave this strands totally white.

Add somme accents on the darkest portion of the hair with E49 if you like, be very light-handed:

7

 

 THE DRESS

Here is the colour combo i’m going to use: V000-V11-V15-C7-100:

I start again using the lightest colour (V000) to define shadows (sorry, the colour is very light :) :

  d1

 V15:

 

d4

Blend with V11

d5

and with V000:  

d6

Again the same: V15-V11-V000:

 

d7

From now on, i’m going to work on the skirt only; 

add some C7 on the darkest zones:

d8

 V15:

d9  

V11 and V000 

d10

 Add some extra shadows with black (100):

d12 

blend a little with yout medium color (V11):

d13

Here i’ve coloured up the upper part too :

d14

and here is  the image all coloured up:

fine

  That’s all, hope it can be useful!

Just below you can see the list of copics i’ve used and have a link to the fab Mic products i used :)

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COPICS:

Skin

E11-E21-E00-E000-E0000-R20-R00-R000 for cheeks;

Hair

E50-E21-E25-E29-E49

Dress :

V000-V11-V15-C7-100

Wings and Boots :

V000-V11-V15-BG000-B0000

Eyes

B93

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MAKE IT CRAFTY PRODUCTS:

Elven Samenah

Make it Colour Blending Card

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Here you can find more of my creations if you like =)

Goodbye, Franz.

11 Comments »

  1. Lora February 21, 2013 at 1:13 am - Reply

    Thanks, you make it look easy.

  2. Dreamlaine February 21, 2013 at 11:19 pm - Reply

    Thank you so much this is fabulous.
    Laine

  3. Eulalia February 21, 2013 at 11:41 pm - Reply

    Franz this is a masterpiece and you are a wonderful artist.
    xoxoxo Eulalia

  4. Suzi February 21, 2013 at 11:55 pm - Reply

    Wow!! brilliant Tut. Your techniques are fabulous, Thank you
    Hugs
    Suzi x

  5. Kimberli Sarsfield February 22, 2013 at 6:34 am - Reply

    Wonderful work of art and great tutorial! Thank you so much!

  6. Janine February 23, 2013 at 9:13 am - Reply

    Thanks for such a wonderful tutorial. Your colouring is fabulous – something to aspire to!
    Hugs, Janine x

  7. Carla Suto February 24, 2013 at 10:46 pm - Reply

    Fantastic tutorial, Franz! Gorgeous coloring!

  8. Maryann March 1, 2013 at 10:19 pm - Reply

    Awesome coloring. Who just was this clever LOL.

  9. Michelle March 1, 2013 at 10:21 pm - Reply

    Wow that is amazing!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful tutorial!!

  10. Annette Fletcher March 8, 2013 at 10:33 pm - Reply

    Thank you very much, really helpful

  11. jacqui April 21, 2013 at 8:01 am - Reply

    I love all your colors that you choose in every tutorial they are absolutely fabulous x

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