RESOURCE // colorful lighting
Added 2025-04-29 14:59:48 +0000 UTCHere's a little resource video about this month’s challenge! In this video, I do a quick review of the artwork posted in the discord, walk you through my process for creating the artwork for this challenge, and discuss common mistakes and tips for tackling paintings like these in the future!
I talk a lot about asaro heads and planes, and I mention a previous tutorial I've done on this topic. You can find my face planes tutorial here! I also mention an asaro head lighting resource on Artstation which you can find here. The artist that I mention on my reference board is Mazarat on Instagram.
I hope you find it helpful ❤ And thank you to everyone who participated in this challenge! If you haven't posted yours yet, head on over to the monthly-challenges channel in the discord server and share your art with us!
Comments
i'm so glad you found it helpful! i feel like these challenge resources are a great opportunity to talk about how hard it can be to get something right. it's just part of the process!
Loish
2025-05-08 10:48:22 +0000 UTCI love to see this process because I have that problem with my one and only study. I was doing it with alcohol markers and at some point same as your first attempt the blending got to messy and I loose my 3D shapes that were showing so nice her jaw and nose with the light. I think the values sometimes are really hard to distinguish with this kind of light colors. So I appreciate to see how you went back and start again to build more stronger your sketch. I think I will do more versions of this practice. Thank you for sharing your process so truthful. 💜
Veramis Spaziani
2025-05-07 17:49:29 +0000 UTCglad you enjoyed it Michael!
Loish
2025-05-06 15:15:05 +0000 UTCInteresting tutorial💙👍🏻—thank you.
Michael H
2025-05-04 11:54:53 +0000 UTCA good tutorial as always! :) I kept thinking that the first painting study result was so similiar to the pocahontas design (such a happy coincidence).
Inês Garcia
2025-05-01 16:54:19 +0000 UTCsorry about that! it's Azamat Khairov over on instagram. https://www.instagram.com/mazarat/?hl=en
Loish
2025-04-30 07:48:14 +0000 UTCThat's a really good point! I think I would use the same workflow (midtone, slowly building up color accents one by one) but I think the main difference would be the midtone specifically, which would be darker and need the right degree of vibrance. I found this interesting article that discusses lighting challenges with dark skin specifically that you might find interesting too: https://www.nilahmagruder.com/blog/2021/08/13/lighting-dark-skin/
Loish
2025-04-30 07:47:51 +0000 UTCWhat's the name of the artist you mentioned around 4 minutes in? It sounds like Mazerat, but I'm sure I'm misspelling that because I can't find them!
Kathleen Cunningham
2025-04-29 22:16:15 +0000 UTCAre there differences in the way you use colour and lighting when people are darker skinned? It’s hard to find colour tutorials that use dark skin as the baseline. Our skin responds somewhat differently to light.
Shauntelle Benjamin
2025-04-29 19:53:50 +0000 UTC
