I think my eyes are bleeding.

From working on the computer in the dark. So after a little research I discovered why I was having so much of a problem with skin. Being self taught there are a lot of artistic basics that I do not know. And in this situation, I wasn't using the correct palate. I had no idea the amounts of orange, red, blue, green, and yellow that is used to create the skin's tone. So I found a tutorial on a concept art forum and knocked this out in about 4 hours.

I did everything on the same layer and I only used the hard edged round brush set to pressure. I did lower the opacity to 65 for most of it but bumped it up to 100 for the highlights. My generic canvas size in photoshop right now is set to 30x30 inches (300 dpi) and I worked this at 8% (about a 6x6 square-subject matter itself around 3 inches). I didn't zoom in to detail the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or hair so I wouldn't focus on anything other than the skin. Overall I'm pretty happy with it simply because it recognizes an understanding and utilization of these new principles. Working with people is also new to me, so these projects are a double challenge.









Skintones Round 6. Hair: 1. (click on image for true size)