Anatomy Quick Tips: Skin

Summary by Krater

Sinix explains how to paint skin tones digitally by balancing contrast ranges, hue variations, light reflections, and subsurface scattering across different skin colors.

From the video

Answers: How do you paint realistic skin tones digitally?

• Skin value and contrast range
• Hue variations in skin tones
• Darker skin tone rendering techniques
• Subsurface scattering in skin
• Hard and soft edges in painting skin

What it concludes

• Beginners should use lower contrast ranges when painting skin.
• Darker skin tones have more red in them and reflect more of the surrounding environment.
• Hard and soft edges should be balanced similarly to line drawings when painting skin.