Adding texture to skin

[sergio2263]

Hello All,

Sorry another question I have smudged the little girl face but it looks too smooth as I am trying to achieve a portrait painting. Is there a way I can add some texture to her skin to make it looks more painterly. I am not very good with corel painter yet i've used photoshop for her skin.

Any advice would be much apperciated.


Thanks very much guys



helen

[Aladdin]

I am afraid you might have to start all over. There are many aspects to smudge, however, the two most important aspects are brush pressure which should be set at around 7~9% and brush type, not all brushes are geared for smudging.
(hair and lips need to be done, looks like you did not touch them), her eyebrows are smudged with the same brush as her skin, they look awful, sorry, but this is the truth. You need Skin brush, Hair brush and various other brushes, they are all available free. each part need different brush pressure.

If you did not spend 3 to 4 hours smudging her, you did not do good job.

Sorry for being harsh, but we all come here to learn.

[sergio2263]

Originally Posted by Aladdin

I am afraid you might have to start all over. There are many aspects to smudge, however, the two most important aspects are brush pressure which should be set at around 7~9% and brush type, not all brushes are geared for smudging.
(hair and lips need to be done, looks like you did not touch them), her eyebrows are smudged with the same brush as her skin, they look awful, sorry, but this is the truth. You need Skin brush, Hair brush and various other brushes, they are all available free. each part need different brush pressure.

If you did not spend 3 to 4 hours smudging her, you did not do good job.

Sorry for being harsh, but we all come here to learn.

Thanks for your reply no please don't be sorry I don't mind any critique at all but I think you got my question wrong. I put this image here because I want to know how to add a little texture to the face and not about how to do smudge painting I yet to actually start working on the image I have various correct brushes and are aware how to use them. My questions is on how to add a little texture the skin because the skin looks too smooth so if anyone can help about adding texture to skin I would be most grateful.

Thanks in advance


helen

[Wyk]

New Layer > Fill with Light Gray
Add Noise > Amt 12 / Uniform
Emboss > 1 Height / Amount depending on your taste.
** Set layer mode to Linear Light.

Play around with the opacity and blur out certain strong regions to get proper skin texture effect. Also painting skin tones on this layer with about 20% opacity brush will make it seem more natural.

Attached an example. Didn't bother too much but just to give you an idea of what it will look like.

[sergio2263]

Originally Posted by Wyk

New Layer > Fill with Light Gray
Add Noise > Amt 12 / Uniform
Emboss > 1 Height / Amount depending on your taste.
** Set layer mode to Linear Light.

Play around with the opacity and blur out certain strong regions to get proper skin texture effect. Also painting skin tones on this layer with about 20% opacity brush will make it seem more natural.

Attached an example. Didn't bother too much but just to give you an idea of what it will look like.

Thank you it is much appreciated this is what I was after I shall give it a try and see what happens.

cheers


helen

[pellepiano]

Why not use the original texture ? Put the original on top layer, do Highpass with a radius of 3 or something like that and set the blending mode to Overlay and lower the opacity. Mask out parts that are not skin.

[sergio2263]

Originally Posted by pellepiano

Why not use the original texture ? Put the original on top layer, do Highpass with a radius of 3 or something like that and set the blending mode to Overlay and lower the opacity. Mask out parts that are not skin.

Thank you for your reply appreciated it yes I shall try that didn't think about it but then I want the skin to have the texture of old painting like Bouguereau
style texture. I shall have more play about.


helen

[pellepiano]

Then maybe use the texture from those paintings =) ( with highpass method ).

[sergio2263]

Originally Posted by pellepiano

Then maybe use the texture from those paintings =) ( with highpass method ).

Yes will do and thanks for showing your method.