PROCESS VIDEO // self portrait
Added 2022-10-11 09:00:04 +0000 UTCIt’s my birthday, so here’s a video of my face! 😂 It’s the full process for the self portrait that I drew last month. It’s sped up to twice the original speed, and it took me about 2 hours to paint this one.
Some things to keep in mind while watching this video:
- This is a typical example of a process where I ‘sculpt’ with color. This is because I’m drawing myself from a mirror reflection and my perception of my face just keeps changing as I’m drawing! The initial sketch just doesn’t work after a while, so I end up just painting over a lot of it and really winging it as I go, taking more of a sculpting approach and trying to use the colors on the canvas as much as I can while doing so.
- I also use the liquify tool quite a lot. I guess that’s the result of focusing less on construction and more on the sculpting technique. This helps me make some basic adjustments to the positioning of the features and structure of the face. I feel like liquify is always a helpful tool to use as long as you dont over-do it!
- Around 36:50 minutes in, I darken the lighter tones with selective color (by tweaking the 'whites') and then I add bright highlights to the face. This is something that happens sometimes when I try to paint a lot of detail: the contrast starts to become too extreme, and it’s harder to really get the highlights to ‘pop’ because they're competing with too many lighter areas. In that case, I find it really helpful to reduce the contrast a bit and then add brighter highlights minimally. That way, they stand out a lot more, without giving an overly shiny or high contrast look to the painting!
Hope you enjoy this process video! And I really recommend doing a self portrait from a mirror reflection sometime, it’s a really fun challenge that creates super interesting results. If you do a similar exercise, be sure to share it over in the discord ~ I’d love to see it! ❤
Comments
thanks so much rose!
Loish
2022-10-24 10:26:14 +0000 UTCHappy belated Birthday!!🎉
Rose
2022-10-21 17:01:51 +0000 UTCEven better!
Mildred
2022-10-19 06:27:02 +0000 UTCi don't think that's lazy at all! every artist as a different moment at which they can say that something is done, i guess!
Loish
2022-10-18 21:24:14 +0000 UTChaha. i celebrate it very low key: by taking a day off and doing something nice with my partner. i get the feeling of not really feeling the need to celebrate it :)
Loish
2022-10-18 21:18:55 +0000 UTCthanks so much shanna!
Loish
2022-10-18 21:18:21 +0000 UTCLovely inside and out (with a few exceptions inevitably). Look at the reactions your portrait got on Twitter. Still think it should become your logo--maybe it changes periodically. ..But that's just me. Congratulations.
Greg Schultz
2022-10-17 18:08:03 +0000 UTCHAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY XXX
Shanna
2022-10-17 12:48:57 +0000 UTCHappy B-Day! Lol I don't celebrate my B-day though. Just want life done with!
Mildred
2022-10-17 03:42:24 +0000 UTCHappy Birthday (belated)!
Rob Callicotte
2022-10-15 20:21:36 +0000 UTCClearly I'm a lazy painter because I look at it at 26 minutes and I'm like, 'it's done'. Haha 🌸 Happy Birthday Loish!
Jehan Khonat
2022-10-14 07:31:40 +0000 UTCthanks so much :)
Loish
2022-10-13 05:38:20 +0000 UTCHappy Birthday 🎂🎈
Toya Crain
2022-10-13 03:23:59 +0000 UTCHappy Birthday Loish..🎁🎂🎉🎊🪅. Thank you for your time and effort in teaching us.
Thomas K
2022-10-12 20:17:52 +0000 UTChappy bday 😍
lorenzo
2022-10-12 18:15:46 +0000 UTCHappy birthday!!! Thank you for sharing your process with us :)
Lynn Zammit Russell
2022-10-12 16:06:04 +0000 UTCHappy Birthday and thanks for sharing your amazing art with us!
Wendigo
2022-10-12 16:02:27 +0000 UTCHappy birthday and best wishes 🎂🥳
Jeff Matkovich
2022-10-12 01:36:45 +0000 UTCHappy birthday! Hope it’s a good one.
Daniel buck
2022-10-12 01:25:13 +0000 UTCHAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! 🥳 Thank you for the video!
Cherice
2022-10-12 00:06:59 +0000 UTCHappy birthday, Lois! Thank you for sharing this video….so clever that you lassoed the first stages into the BG.
Lauri Panopoulos
2022-10-11 19:07:03 +0000 UTCHappy birthday! eat delicious things and have a great time!
JosGonzalezArt
2022-10-11 18:15:19 +0000 UTCHappy Birthday Lois! 🎉🎂🎊🎁 hope you enjoy your day, really appreciate all of your tutorials, thank you for being such an inspiration! <3
Patricia Ally Doria
2022-10-11 18:09:37 +0000 UTCHappy Birthday Lois!! And thank you for the process video <3
Kat Craig
2022-10-11 16:13:25 +0000 UTCHappy birthday, Loish!! Hope you have a wonderful day! 🎉🎂
Flávia Pratti
2022-10-11 16:08:58 +0000 UTCHappy birthday Loish, hope you have a lovely day!! 🎊✨
Michelle Bardon
2022-10-11 16:01:12 +0000 UTCHappy birthday! 🎉🎂🎊🎁
Nahla
2022-10-11 14:28:52 +0000 UTCHappy Birthday! 🥳🎊
Sabrina Schmeing
2022-10-11 14:25:20 +0000 UTCHappy birthday!! Thanks again for everything you do and for inspiring us to push further.
Tom
2022-10-11 14:07:48 +0000 UTCHappy birthday!! 💖
Elizabeth Mahmoud
2022-10-11 13:52:48 +0000 UTCHappy birthday! 🥳✨
chromic
2022-10-11 13:33:13 +0000 UTCHappy birthday!!! 🥰
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2022-10-11 12:26:15 +0000 UTCHappy Birthday! 🎉
Samantha
2022-10-11 11:40:40 +0000 UTCHappy birthday!!!
Kataraqui
2022-10-11 11:21:27 +0000 UTCWish you a very happy birthday, Loish☺️🎶✨🎈
Agniv Kundu
2022-10-11 10:07:33 +0000 UTCHappy birthday, Lois!!! ❤️🥂 Keep inspiring us all!
vessdraws
2022-10-11 10:04:36 +0000 UTCHappy Birthday, Lois!! <3 Wishing you tons of success, abundance, and heaps of creativity and good health, so you can keep sharing your amazing art with us and the rest of the world. Loved your self-portrait when you posted this a while back, so I'm excited to watch the process of it. Have an amazing day!! 🤗 🎉💐✨🎂☀️
Rali M.
2022-10-11 09:56:55 +0000 UTCHappy birthday 🎁🎉
Anabel Bang
2022-10-11 09:55:51 +0000 UTCOmg! Happy birthday Loish! Wishing you the luck, health and happiness ❤️
rinzeart
2022-10-11 09:36:15 +0000 UTCHappy birthday, Loish! 🥰 thank you for giving us this beautiful gift.
Ramón Martín
2022-10-11 09:35:41 +0000 UTCHappy birthday!
Chen-Hsun Chiu
2022-10-11 09:31:38 +0000 UTCHappy birthday🥰
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2022-10-11 09:30:14 +0000 UTCHappy Birthday!
Andrew
2022-10-11 09:26:42 +0000 UTCHappy Birthday Loish🥳🎉 thanks for keeping up the motivation for beeing creative
jonny mue
2022-10-11 09:07:09 +0000 UTCHappy birthday Loish!! 💝
Jani Ferd.
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2022-10-11 09:05:21 +0000 UTCHappy birthday, Loish! 💖🌟🎂
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