When the basic shapes are done, you now can take care of the details, lighting, dropping the colors, balancing black and white and refining the edges. This is all you will have to do every time, painting digitally from the very beginning of the process.

Digital character design and painting

More and more realism:

Digital character design and painting

Face details:

Digital character design and painting



Digital character design and painting

Lighting:

Digital character design and painting



Digital character design and painting




Digital character design and painting



Digital character design and painting

Create a new layer. That is when I'm unsure about the detail. But this time it will be our skin texture layer.

Digital character design and painting

In PS texture can be done in several ways. I will show you how a simple brush can be used to create a texture to any object. It's really a lot of fun. Notice how the picture is changing.

Digital character design and painting



Digital character design and painting



Digital character design and painting