Customizing: Chakotay is finished

[dieastra]

He's done! I feel very accomplished today. I think I have outdone myself, even if I say so myself. What do you think? Does that look like Chakotay or what? *beams*

I had quite a struggle trying to mix the right skin tone, it always came out too brown and dark. And don't ask me about the tattoo! The black pen I wanted to use for it had dried up but I did not fancy waiting another day and buy a new one... then I realized, the pens for labeling CDs are waterproof as well.

Comments

[shivver13.livejournal.com]

He looks fantastic! Great job on the skin tone. I know what you mean - it's really hard because the color it is not the color you think it is. You think a person looks dark or more pink, and you end up making him too dark or pink. When I used to paint miniatures for gaming, I dreaded doing skin.

And the tattoo looks great!

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I probably could have gone to the craft shop and buy the exact right skintone, but when I am in a crafting mood I want it done as quickly as possible without delays. So I tried to mix it out of the colors I had at home. I knew what I wanted, I just didn't know how to mix it properly! First I used brown and white, which made him too brown and grey. I studied his picture again and realized it needs a warmer tone. So I added a bit of yellow but then he came out too orange ;)

I could not even tell you what I did in the end, just mixing and trying and mixing again. I could not replicate it!

Sadly the paint is too lumpy if I zoom in on his face very closely. It needs to be much thinner on this scale.

There wasn't enough face to draw the tattoo properly! I should have cut off some more hair and make it higher. It was too late when I realized so the top part is a bit crushed. Ah well. I probably will never be satisfied, but that's what every artist does, right?