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Figured it's about time I post the processes that go into painting a set of eyes. About every 1-3 paint applications, I paused to snap a shot so multiply that by 2 and that's how many layers of paint go into a set of my eyes~
Custom will be of the character Sebastian, the demon butler from the anime Black Butler. He will be part of a group of 4 characters from that series~
The reference I used for these eyes is this:
With references, I use them as guidelines for the lines of the structure of the facial features.
After I get the foundation constructed, I go in with my own skills and methods and pretty much blend the pigments in my own style until I've achieved personal satisfaction.
What reflecting on this showed me, is that art is built on imperfections.
Don't be afraid to be messy, all of my methods are messy and built on imperfections.
Over the years with practice I've merely built more layers onto the original impatient messy layers I started out accomplishing as a beginner.
No human hand in existence is perfect enough to achieve perfect strokes, strokes have to be built up to create an illusion of perfection~
Any rate, that's my experience, am glad to always share~
Custom will be of the character Sebastian, the demon butler from the anime Black Butler. He will be part of a group of 4 characters from that series~
The reference I used for these eyes is this:
With references, I use them as guidelines for the lines of the structure of the facial features.
After I get the foundation constructed, I go in with my own skills and methods and pretty much blend the pigments in my own style until I've achieved personal satisfaction.
What reflecting on this showed me, is that art is built on imperfections.
Don't be afraid to be messy, all of my methods are messy and built on imperfections.
Over the years with practice I've merely built more layers onto the original impatient messy layers I started out accomplishing as a beginner.
No human hand in existence is perfect enough to achieve perfect strokes, strokes have to be built up to create an illusion of perfection~
Any rate, that's my experience, am glad to always share~
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