Photoshop: lip02

Continued from: Photoshop: lip01

At last, I finally found the time to continue adding some colors to my Lip01! However, when i reopened my drawing, I realized I actually made some mistakes while using the Gradient map utility...heh (T__T)

If you care to read....let me explain about the gradient map a bit. Gradient map is used to create some effects over an existing image. So, for example, I started my drawing with just black and white. Then, I used the Gradient map to add a layer (with a color gradient between black and light brown) over the black and white image. After adding the layer and applying red color to the lips, my image was like this...

The background became light brown--so, that was okay. However, since I used a color gradient between black and light brown, the shadow around the mouth became black--so, that was not very okay (~_~) I believe the coloring might look a bit better if I had used a color gradient between dark brown and light brown...

So, i removed the black shadow...

...and added in some shadows using a darker shade of brown.

I corrected the lips a bit. Added some lighting effects on the lower lip. Added darker shadow around the lips. Done for now!!! (with a lot of other things yet to be explored) ^__^