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BLUSHING HIGHLIGHTS IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
Sometimes when digitally coloring, the tones of the skin ends up looking murky and/or dull. To help solve that, this tutorials takes care of the highlights!
These things may seem insignificant, but it's the little things that really make art pop.
This technique however, can also be applied to the raw drawings as well -- you just need to substitute some tools!
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 Places that are good to highlight include the lips, the tip of the nose and the apples of the cheek.
First, take a light pinkish color and using a soft airbrush at an opacity of around 30-40% highlight the areas you’re adding the “blush” to.
If you want the blushes to be less subtle, feel free to use a more neutral shade than pink.
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 To blend in the pink to match the rest of the skin, go to your layers window and set the layer to Multiply.
The result to be similar to the example on the left.
If you feel like your blush is too dark, simply take a soft erase and lighten the area.
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 The last step is to add highlights to your area.To do this, take a solid round paintbrush at full 100% opacity. Dab a dot on your blush. Sometimes, it’s also effective to dab a second dot much smaller than the first beside it.
For dewy lips, run your stroke at the center-bottom.
The key thing is DO NOT SMUDGE!
Whatever you do, keep your highlights clean and crisp.
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 Once I've gotten my desired areas "blush-highlighted," I take my Pen Tool and stroke a few lines around the edges of the face.
I usually make these highlights a very bright and vibrant color. Blue seems to work nicely.
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