It took me about three hours playing between procreate and Photoshop to get something even close to right for the skin tone of this piece. By turns it looked jaundiced, oversaturated, dull, undersaturated or just bad. I’ve learned two important things. Part of the reason the final product looks so strange is that I’m using too much contract in the pieces. The shadows are too dark, the lights are too light. While this might seem unintuitive, it’s a problem of how the the color layer works that creates something rid looking. in order to fix the problem you have to apply another layers to try and play with the warms and cools of the piece. Honestly, it would be easier to just work in color from the get go and work the lays just based on tone and saturation. But I’m hear now and i’ll just have to deal with it. so far it’s ok, but I really don’t like relying on photo shop for these kinds of alterations. Feels a bit like cheating.
I do still feel really good about the silhouette and the over-all composition. I’m especially happy with how her face is turning out. The original line art has touch of madness to her lips, but I think I’ve managed to add just that trace of a grin that i was looking for. The hint of gleeful madness that, balanced against her brilliant mind and deep compassion really makes Harley stand out as a character.
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