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Published: 2011-09-08 23:45:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 20948; Favourites: 267; Downloads: 126
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Description Skin practice. I'm finally getting better at picking darker tones. This started as just a random sketch because I wanted to draw a pretty girl and voila...lol Her left eye is ...more than a bit unfinished. lol Because I'm lazy right now.

Can't think of a title...any suggestions?
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LeonardLLL [2022-01-23 19:26:26 +0000 UTC]

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NativeStew [2022-01-12 23:20:13 +0000 UTC]

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rhunel [2017-06-18 21:24:22 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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queensolo [2016-10-12 06:20:17 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful Work

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segurolaf [2016-03-28 18:31:19 +0000 UTC]

Muy bueno !

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I-Am-A-Flying-Bird [2016-03-19 08:05:25 +0000 UTC]

Lovely

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ParisisL [2016-02-24 17:13:15 +0000 UTC]

Been trying to learn how to paint darker skin last couple years also, and I dare say you have absolutely nailed it here! Gorgeous work.

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RaSen In reply to ParisisL [2016-03-21 23:46:48 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thank you! Dark skin is pretty hard to get right. I don't think I'm 'there' yet, but I definitely appreciate the vote of confidence!

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SuzanneMagdy [2014-07-14 07:51:35 +0000 UTC]

it's amazing ,try to finish the left eye when you're not lazy
ummm how about Elma as a name

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Paine128 [2013-07-03 01:47:42 +0000 UTC]

Really pretty!

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RaSen In reply to Paine128 [2013-07-03 21:58:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Paine128 In reply to RaSen [2013-07-03 23:57:07 +0000 UTC]

np!

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Cheraldin [2013-06-07 14:54:46 +0000 UTC]

Title: pretty in chocolate<3

I love the dark skintone a lot, it must have been hard x.x So you have my deepst respeckt for making it that damn good!

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cosetteval [2013-02-09 22:53:45 +0000 UTC]

So beautiful!

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RaSen In reply to cosetteval [2013-02-10 03:41:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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anbmjj [2012-09-18 00:46:56 +0000 UTC]

mmh, [title suggestion] look away ebony, or ebony beautiful. eah idk. So good!! :< So like I didn't know you had trouble with darker skin tones. Perhaps its harder cause when your choosing colors they stand out more if it doesn't fit. (I'm no artist so I'm just guessing.) Well I know you'll do a wonderful job on my portrait... if you can (I'm too am of the darker complexion, lighter than her... I think. Or maybe the same. :I)

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RaSen In reply to anbmjj [2012-09-18 00:58:29 +0000 UTC]

Well I've gotten ALOT better at darker tones since I painted this, but it's less of a color picking issue and more of a tonal value issue. Like if the background is contrasting the color comes out great but if I use the same colors with a darker or more pigmented background the skin color comes out too light (which just looks weird to me) and I usually darken too much to overcompensate. It's just finding the right balance really, but lately I've been color picking skin from photographs to get palettes that are more accurate. That's definitely helped. Personally I actually much prefer to paint darker skin tones because they look so much more vibrant and alive. When I'm painting a light skinned person I tend to desaturate way too much so my colors can come out flat. Darker skin is much more dynamic and "alive" to me. I wish more people would commission it honestly because the only time I get to do it lately is when I'm doing my own characters but I have less and less time to do those at the moment. So, not gonna lie, I'm kind of excited to do your portrait. lol

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anbmjj In reply to RaSen [2012-09-18 02:58:52 +0000 UTC]

asdfghjkl!!! YESS!!! lol, like legit.. you just made my month. Oh I understand what your mean, with the balance issue and stuff. Really happy to know you think similar to what I feel about the vibrancy of brown skin. Now all I have to worry about is choosing the right photo. I've have a draft email for several photos but I've got so many with different looks that I have to narrow it down @_@. UUAWAH. ^__^!!

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RaSen In reply to anbmjj [2012-09-22 00:10:23 +0000 UTC]

ahh, yay. Glad I could make you smile. Got your email! I'll let you know when i start on everything. My internet is back up so, I don't know if you got my reply or not, but let me know what hair you had in mind and how much makeup.

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nikki-nekochan [2011-12-03 05:23:46 +0000 UTC]

*flails!* this is amazing!

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RaSen In reply to nikki-nekochan [2011-12-03 06:38:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! <3

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tashdogg [2011-09-28 13:02:48 +0000 UTC]

this kinda looks like a mix of 2 friend of mine :'D
i liek it.

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RaSen In reply to tashdogg [2011-09-28 20:15:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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darkness-visual [2011-09-10 03:29:37 +0000 UTC]

Wow...this is great! Unfinished or not.

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RaSen In reply to darkness-visual [2011-09-12 23:32:27 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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MayonakaSun [2011-09-09 10:13:31 +0000 UTC]

Wow, just wow. You always amaze me hehe ~
She is pretty, her lips and eyes are sooo realistic.

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Everyless [2011-09-09 00:40:59 +0000 UTC]

;O; BEAUTIFUL.

Title? ...um... "what beauty sees?" I haven't a clue...I'm to amazed at how amazing your work is.

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DeadDollsSociety [2011-09-09 00:18:33 +0000 UTC]

Seriously, this could be a photograph that has been retouched to look like a painting. I love her nose, I want to touch it D:
That finished eye looks so ajkflnekjfnjanfe PRETTY.
I'm shy with naming other people's works, but it could do with her eyes and the way she seems to be looking at something.

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