This is super helpful, I’ll definitely use these in the future! Thank you 
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Update: I got loads of shading pencils for Xmas 
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I use promarkers and watercolour pens personally but colouring pencils are so rad 
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Why doesn’t this thread have more attention!!!?!?? Oh my gosh thank you!! 
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Will this work with other media?
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For digital art it’s a bit different because you won’t have to build up the colours as much if you just use an opaque brush. Also you can blend with a slightly transparent brush so the bit about white and light yellow pencils isn’t needed. I think it depends on which technique you use. Some digital artists fill the picture with only one colour than add shadows in only one or two colours whilst others have multiple layers to build up the skin’s overall hue. If you use the former technique than this tutorial isn’t needed apart from the undertone bit and the bit about different types of light and dark skin. One thing I’d say is when making tan to deep dark skin tones, increase the saturation as you darken the colour so the skin tone doesn’t look ashy.
For painting irl with acrylic or oil paints for example, you don’t want to soak the paper so you won’t need to build up as many layers as pencils but the idea of using specific colours to create undertones applies. Mix green to create olive undertones, use blue to make shades darker etc. Also apply colour theory if the colours don’t look right - if you have a skin tone that looks too reddish, mix green or if it looks too orange, mix blue.
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This is super helpful! Thank you
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That’s a very helpful thread, bumping it!
Wow this guide is amazing
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