{"id":496,"date":"2022-11-22T21:11:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T20:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/?p=496"},"modified":"2022-11-23T01:12:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T00:12:36","slug":"halloween-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/archives\/2022\/11\/22\/halloween-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Around Halloween, it was time again for a new five-day portrait challenge from Paintable. Last time, this spring, was my first time trying it, and also my first time painting a portrait<\/a>. At least in a serious way. Would I get a better result this time? Only one way to find out: I had to do it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The task was like last time, except for one twist. Since Halloween was approaching fast, the final portrait should be of a monster; zombie, vampire, witch, whatever. Either make the monster from the start or take the finished painting and make it into a monster. I decided to make a vampire. A female one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start sketching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So I got my model, placed some lights where I wanted them to create the mood, and then I was ready to take the steps as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Starting out with a clean sketch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And block in colours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Light, medium and dark skin tones. That’s how it’s usually done at this step. And I started that way, but \u2026 this time the lighting was more complicated. I had used both red and blue lights, and the shadows, were bluer. I had to fix that, so in my next step, the blue shadows were added in addition to the smoothing the colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OK, this is more like it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With the colours I wanted in place, and smoothed out for a natural result, things are looking good. I still have to do something about that hair, and there are details that need to be taken care of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Got her some jewellery and coloured contact lenses \u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hair straightened out and made look more like hair. Earrings were added, in the shape of bats, of course. She’s a vampire, after all. Should the eyes stay blue, or should they be more mysterious? Red or yellow were too common for monsters \u2013 I made them purple. The teeth were still too white, so I changed those, too, slightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also added the lighting to the background, and some other details, slightly out of focus. It’s already a lot better than the one I did in spring, but I want a final touch-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finished. My own Vampirella.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I wanted the hair to look even more like hair, so I spent some time brushing it. Digitally, at least. She got some slightly lighter irises, and some cute freckles were added. And a slight trickle of blood from the side of her mouth, after the free lovebites she’s been giving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am I happy with the result? Indeed I am!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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