Beach Girl (Step-by-step)

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I was able to finish coloring another pending line art today. Here's a step-by-step on how I made it. 

1. I finished this line art beforehand. The photo reference for the girl is already gone so it wasn't included here. But if it were here, you will definitely notice some adjustments I made particularly in the chest region.

2. Next, I put in the flat colors for the skin. I don't remember the name or code for the exact tone because I just rely on my sense of whether or not I like it.

3. Flat colors for the hair. The nails are already included in the layer for the hair so they match. I chose red for the hair color because Yeng Constantino was singing a song about Josephine on the radio while I was working.


4. Then, I colored the straps of the swimsuit, leaving some space for a pattern design.

5. Here I put the pattern design.

6. Now, I color the facial details.

7. After all the flat colors have been laid, I start to put the shading for the skin.

8. Here I added the highlights for the skin.

9. Now I work on the shading for the hair.

10. After a minutes of shading the hair, I kinda got sick of red so I changed it to blue. Since the nails are on the same layer, they also changed to blue. It kinda looked better since it matches with her swimsuit. I also added the highlights for the hair.

11. Highlights and shading for the swimsuit. It gave it a lot more "depth".

12. Don't forget the shading and highlights of the facial features.

13. On the last photo, you might notice that the skin is kinda yellowish. So I added a shade of pink to make the skin look a little more realistic.

14. Now, I colored the line art.

15. Finally, I add a background image and applied Gaussian blur to it.
And that's it. 

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