This was a portrait I worked on for a friend. I used a realistic skin tone, but went for more of a comic book feel with the intense blacks. I spent about 18 hours give or take before I gave up on the project, because it was an absolute wench. Anyhow, as you can notice I used the Kuler™application for skin and hair hues. I used the pen tool for most or the skin and hair. I wouldn't recommend using the pen tool for hair detail on a project. It added at least 2-3+ hours of editing to get it right. I used the pencil and paint brush tools for the shirt and background.
Overall, the project was a lot of fun. Especially because I used a high dpi mouse for this one instead of the WACOM pad. I think that if it became any more realistic it might lose the power of its imagery. The high detail/ high contrast is the stylized look I was going for. The hue matching was spot on thanks to 8 different brush libraries gathered by Kuler™.
Well, that's all for now, check back tomorrow for another illustration/ design.
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