Unfinished vector, need help at last stage

hey, this is an unfinished drawing im doing, iv been working so hard i think my eyes are going to bleed. My only question is, where can i find a good skin tone pallet? Im not satisfied with the colors I am using for the skin.

other than that, any comments?( but remember its not finished, and not all the lines are staying/inplace, so be nice :stuck_out_tongue: )

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mtdewcrguy/girl2.png

ya, i think the colours do need some workā€¦ have you tried looking at other peoples work and seeing what kind of pallettes they use? (obviously not just ripping them though).

a site i like to look at for arty stuff is www.gfxartist.com and particularly the ā€œeliteā€ section, thereā€™s some cool stuff there, and a bit of vectors too.

the other thing i would say is that it usually looks better if you can define stuff not thru lines but blocks of toneā€¦ particularly, with the nose - i think it would look good if you softened (or removed) the line and just added some darker colour or something to suggest the form of the nose.

keep workin! donā€™t give up in the final stages :smiley:
Stu

hey, Its deffinately important to look other artists work to figure out what you like, and donā€™t like. If your working with illustraator you can open a set of skin tones in the swatches pallet, if you click on the arrow i think? Also iā€™d suggest you not use a black out line, use a contrasting colour instead to bring out the shape.

As ilikepie says, use blocks of tones to suggest the shape of a nose, ie the shadow of a nose or the nostrils.

in illustrator there are premade palletes that you can use, try looking at the skintones one :slight_smile: