this is the recomposed sketch from about 4 or 5 that I kept adding to and redoing. I wanted a more detailed sketch before painting to help facilitate the painting process.The finished sketch took almost as long as the painting of it.
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after the sketch I used a ps dry brush to get a textured background
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darken with deeper colors of the dry brush and paint the dress
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start the facial colors , I put the eyes in but did not like the color so I am painting over them.
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just working on facial toning
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more toning
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finish the face and hair ,except for details
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put in hair details ( frizzy )
then adjust colors, done.