Realistic Skin Colors + Reference

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Need some ideas for skin colors? Check this out!

I wanted to do some skin color studies, so I made this big old palette from pictures I had on my camera. 

I usually edit color palettes down to be easier to use, but I think keeping everything like this gives you a better way to experiment.  This was made for more realistic portraits, so there are several greys you wouldn't use in cel shading.

I also included some clusters of colors: this shows how many variations show up across your skin.  Feel free to use it as a reference or delete it!  The clusters don't show where the skin colors go, as there are parts of the skin that are more red, yellow, or blue-grey depending on where they are on the body (like fattier areas tend to be yellow and places where more bloodcells show up are redder), so I apologize for that.  Hopefully it can be helpful anyway ;w;


Thanks for looking, hope you guys have a nice weekend. :D

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Content ID:1895108

Published : 3 years ago

Last updated : 3 years ago

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Hi, I'm Saturn and I enjoy Pixel Art & making CSP assets too much. Most of my stuff is free, but I also have some fancy brushes you can buy in my links. Feel free to check it out, but no worries if you only use free stuff. It's meant to be used anyway! :D