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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Pixel art lover, game enthusiast, strange artist. I like making brushes because I find it fun! I don't like charging for my stuff unless I put a lot of effort into it, so most of my stuff is free. I just like sharing things with people :D