Author Topic: skin tones (Read 3171 times)

orm1 · « **on:** 22 June 2015, 12:47:40 AM »

Does anyone have any tips for painting skin tones I've got a method for white skin tones Vallejo shadows flesh, flesh base and flat flesh.

Does anyone have tips for black and Hispanic skin tones

Thanks

Braz · « **Reply #1 on:** 22 June 2015, 02:31:41 AM »

There's a great reference here for all types of skintones:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1310-ethnic-skintones

Henrix · « **Reply #2 on:** 22 June 2015, 10:40:00 AM »

What irks me about that article, excellent as it is, and that we all share as soon as anyone asks, is that few seem to realize what it really teaches us.

The excellent method he uses.

He takes a photo and examines the colours in it with the colour sampler tool in a photo editing program.
Usable not just for skin colour, but about everything.

Here's examination of a photo of Akira Kurosawa as an example of typical japanese skin:

orm1 · « **Reply #3 on:** 22 June 2015, 12:41:12 PM »

Thanks

Mindenbrush · « **Reply #4 on:** 23 June 2015, 06:25:36 PM »

http://sdean-forum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=23533.0

Cubs · « **Reply #5 on:** 23 June 2015, 07:00:52 PM »

Jeez, that CMoN article is a hell of a piece of work!

For my own part I have a blend called European Flesh, which is kind of peachy in tone (but with a definite grey-purple hint in the base colour).

Then I have Middle East flesh, which is a general colour for Mediterranean, Latino, Native Americans (north and south), Persian, you get the drift. It's got less peachy-pink colour and more brown-yellow colour than the Euro one but isn't really any darker.

Then for African, Aboriginal or dark Subcontinent skin I usually use one of two of my brown leather shades. There's one I labelled Italian Yew (when I was painting longbows), which is a rich, polished brown I mostly use for good quality leather and then one labelled Chocolate Brown, which is pretty obvious.

If I need to do something outside of those ethnicities I just add a splash of colour from something else, or skip a layer (I recently skipped the dark base coat of the Euro Flesh when painting Viking shieldmaidens).