Good evening, everyone.
Today I wanted to draw something very much in my own style, highlighting the eyes and the blood. Above all, I used a warm, yet soft, color palette. I really liked the result. The eyes capture me, and the background is a combination of brown colors with brushstrokes that were later modified with a blur, giving it an effect I thought was very beautiful. In this drawing, I wanted to paint a black crown of thorns. It's something I've done before, but I haven't done it in a while, and I thought it would be a bit difficult. However, it turned out to be quite simple and well-placed (or so I think, haha). I hope you like it.
I made the sketch and began adding colors to the skin. This time, I chose very light, slightly saturated skin tones. On a new layer, I added more colors to give the face a better shape and then began blending these colors, leaving the skin smooth. For the hair, I used a light brown shade. At first, it was going to be black, but I remembered I'd make the crown black, and then it wouldn't look right.
Then I added some highlights and shadows to the hair to give it shape and as I always like to deepen the features a little more, so I applied reddish tones to the cheeks, the area under the eyes and the eyes, I also painted blood where the crown of thorns would be. I changed the background to a very light brown and I thought of making brush strokes with different shades of brown to then add a motion blur. I drew a simple crown of thorns with black and to give it volume I painted some white dots in some areas of the crown. Finally, I added some points of light in certain parts of the face and eyes, I also edited the image adjusting the saturation / contrast and exposure.
Tools:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro
Herramientas:
- Photoshop CC 2022
- XP-PEN Deco Pro
Happy Sunday! Sad I am just getting to see this stunning piece, I wish I had seen it earlier to bless my screen my day and gain more knowledge. I love people that paint or do other kinds of art asides the hyper realism with pencils even your concept is crazy and scary if I were a kid lol
I like the result too! You may think it is simple but that is the pro spirit I've been starting at it and it's really breathtaking.
Hmmm oh I see you are really talented because it's not even on paper but you manage to depict such deep tones, your choice of colors too are amazing that's why we can clearly differentiate between the skin hair and crown without looking twice. I am not just wowed but also challenged to come up with something of a different kind from what I have been doing. Lately I started drawing with solely pen no pencils but it's been nice now I would try to do something abstract or like a character or something like an NFT character I don't know if I can share that on here too
I thought it was a photo first from the thumbnail! So good!