Transformaton - Photoshop - Amalthea's Face

On the 7th of Febuary, for "Specialist Skills" we were told to draw (simple outline in pen) something related to our chosen theme so we could colour it using photoshop. I decided to draw Amalthea's face; I thought I should do something simple since I tend not to actually draw and colour on photoshop.

 

1. So, this is the original sketch; did not like it at all. As much as i wanted to draw a much prettier and detailed picture however, I thought it was sensible to keep to this one (Also we only had the one class to go over it).

 

 

2. When I started colouring it; trying to use the bucket tool whenever I could; I felt much better about the picture. I used the smudge/blend tool for the eyes and for the diffeent shades of her skin. 

 

 

3. I'm very proud of the face, I was using the college computers at the time and could only use a mouse, but I believe the features turned out very well. I was pleased with the lips (Thats whats new about this picture) but after I reached this point I felt confident enough to continue the drawing, while not constantly saving it when I added something new.

 

 

4. The finished piece!

 

 

Like I said, I stopped saving it at different points of development because I felt confident I wouldn't make any mistakes. All that was left to do was the hair and the mark on her forehead anyway. I went a bit nuts with the hair; I finished it later at home where I had access to an electric-sensor-pad-pen-thinie-for-photoshop (...I don't know what its called; it's my sister's) and because it was so much easier to use than the mouse for drawing on photoshop, I ended up just colouring it as though I was using pencils (And I used the smudge/blend tool a lot too). I like how it looks almost as though it was done using acrylics and even though its not as neat as how I originally drew the hair, the only thing I was disappointed about was that I had trouble keeping the original curls and swirls of her hair (All the swirls have blended in together, they're no longer as distinctive as they were supposed to be; still love it though!)

 

I'm very pleased with how this has turned out, I think it's quite pretty and I liked how I could zoom in for all the extra details, so I believe this is something I will use again for my future works.