Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Bruises tutorial

Hello. Sorry I haven't posted much, I have been quite busy and haven't really done anything new.

This tutorial should be really helpful since bruises are used in so many different fx things. There isn't really just one way to do a bruise but this is the way that I do it.

These are just some photos of a bruise I have previously done but this tutorial won't be for this bruise since it is a basic tutorial.




Okay so to start with I use some yellow. I have found it works better to put the lighter colours on first with these bruises. I first use a layer of yellow, covering all of my bruise area. You can apply primer before hand as this makes the bruise last longer if you're using make up. After the yellow I blend in some green. I don't cover the whole area in green since it shows through under the red and gives off a good look. In the photos above I didn't use green, since it is supposed to be a bit more of an newer bruise. The photo above is showing the natural healing process of a real black eye, so can be useful in timing. It is really good to use photo reference when doing a bruise since it gives you a good idea for the colouring.

After the green I cover most of the yellow area in red, apply more in some places so it is darker. After the red you can start on actual colouring, For this part I use dark green, light brown, dark brown and several blues. It is really easy to over do bruises so you need to be careful to only go as dark as you originally plan to. 

In the bruises in the photo I used a lot of red and used to brown to focus in on and define the bones. To make a bone look raised or swelled you should use lighter colours on and around the bone. 



I hope that this tutorial is easy enough to follow and helps anyone that wasn't sure on bruises.Thanks for reading :)

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