Face color zones

I was going to make a cartoon portrait...but then it turned into a semi-realistic portrait / my style...then I decided to go ahead and do a color zone study :D haha hope you enjoy!

Temperature zones of the face

Why do you do this to me There’s a reason behind color zones, but James Gurney does a much better job at explaining it than I do. Keep in mind this doesn’t cover lighting, just the local color of...

Using Color Zones In Portraits - Alvalyn Creative

Oil on Canvas Painting 🌟. Testing out different colors in different face zones. #oilpainting #oilpaintingideas #figurativepainting

I did this as a demo for my Illustration 1 students to explain how I make the jump to a full color palette when working from black and ...

I did a quick study to remind myself of the color zones of the face, as well as document it for my readers. The 'base skin tone' layer and 'subdermal color zone' layer were combined using an Overlay blending mode (and a fair amount of hue/sat adjustment on the color zone layer to make it mesh nicely). The skin on the right hand side was the result. Don't assume this is all there is to skin color, though! The result on the right is still missing crucial aspects like ambient lighting…