Explain in detail how to repair the face of the character:
1. Eyebrow arch
The eyebrow arch determines the three-dimensional sense of the facial features, the high eyebrow arch will make the eyes deeper, the characters themselves have their own attributes, if you want to cater to the character's temperament, the makeup artist will also make adjustments, if the makeup is not in place, you can make up for it later.
It is important to note that there are two pieces of the arch of the eyebrows, one is dark and the other is light
Don't make it the same brightness, after unifying the same brightness, the visual will lose the sense of flow, not vivid enough, the vision will be boring, and it will become three-dimensional. I see a lot of beautiful women who repair magazines, and they are connected here, which is excessive grooming and will become dull.
There is no need to pay special attention to this place, there is no need to deliberately learn anything, the intensity and direction of light are different, and there will be changes, and there is no fixed standard for how to do it. Just remember to divide the light of different brightness into different areas, and don't unify the skin tone and brightness to destroy the overall relationship of the picture.
The purpose of deepening and dodging is: to repair blemishes, to repair the rough skin delicately, to retain the elasticity of the skin, not to unify the skin tone, to unify the brightness, the delicate and clean film is not to unify the skin tone, but to deal with the relationship between light and dark and color appropriately.
Second, the forehead
Let's start by looking at two very important points on the forehead
The forehead is not a spherical surface, it has a turn, the arrow above the picture below is a frontal tubercle, in this place there is a turn, not a curved surface, and the arrow below is concave here, not a convex curve.
The high position of the frontal nodule on the forehead will give us an atmosphere of dignity, wisdom, and longevity (of course, the higher the better), and we have lived under this "culture" or standard for a long time, forming a unity in our human cognition, and the position of the frontal nodule also affects the aesthetics.
If the frontal tubercle is not obvious, it will look unintelligent and fierce, and we will continue to look at the picture below, and I will draw the line below the forehead.
Jiang Shuying's frontal nodules are not obvious, there is no obvious turn, and it feels aggressive, not as gentle as Liu Yifei's appearance.
For example, in ancient times, the more powerful and wealthy people would wear crowns and wipe their foreheads, in order to increase the visual height of the frontal tubercles and make the heads look smarter and longer-lived.
Take a look at Liu Yifei's forehead, whether there are several sides, not a sphere with uniform transition.
Everyone's structure is different, if the person has a frontal nodule then try to keep it, if not, there is no need to force out a frontal tubercle. Of course, if you want to create a character, this character is very aggressive, and you can dilute his frontal nodules, and all artistic creations can be assisted by changing some characteristics according to the attributes of the character.
3. Eyes
Eye retouching is not to repair the structure of the eye, not to take a sketch of the eye structure to retouch, it is very wrong, portrait retouching is not to draw the structure like a sketch.
On the basis of the characteristics of the customer's facial features, we adjust the area and facial features of the facial features occupied by the facial features. Visually balanced, in line with the temperament of the character.
1. The lines of the eyes
The baby's eye lines are relatively rounded, giving people a very innocent and cute feeling, and the girl has a sense of intimacy
Ni Ni's eye lines without makeup are not too sharp or too round, and she will draw a little more rounded when she walks in the pure direction; she will draw slender eyes with a cold and glamorous temperament just like the picture above; and use eyeliner and eye shadow to lengthen her eyes.
2. The area of the eye
Lin Yilian's eyes occupy a small area of the face, and she usually uses eyeshadow, eyeliner, and eyelashes to increase the area of the eyes, and you can also add a little silkworm to the eyes to expand the area of the eyes.
2. The lying silkworm can make the outer contour of the eyes bigger, and the eyeliner can make the eyes longer and change the lines of the eyes.
Like the outer corner of the eye in the picture above, eyeliner is drawn at the end of the eye, and there is a pale color in the middle of the upper and lower eyeliner at the outer corner of the eye, as if the corner of the eye is opened.
Eyelashes, needless to say, upturned up and down a little, Carslan has big eyes.
3. Eye God
We often hear words like this in love-related works: "The sea of stars in your eyes is the bright moon and bright sky that I have never seen".
Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, generally men coax women to be happy, but the eyes can indeed be "spiritual", in the early years of opera art often said: "The play of a body lies in the face, and the play of a face lies in the eyes".
Portrait retouching, eye retouching is by no means the eye structure that the "masters" talk about, so many people hold skulls and use anatomical structures to talk about retouching, just to make others feel profound, and want to get the trust of Xiaobai, even if you want to learn, there is a lot of information on the Internet, and there is no need to spend money to learn these.
Causes of blindness:
1. Not focused
2. The eyelids are weak to cover the black eyeballs
3. The proportion of black eyeballs
4. The spacing between the eyebrows and eyes
5. Double eyelids are too wide.
We retouch images to solve these problems, not to fix the structure of the eye.
1. Without focusing, we can add eye light to the eyes: in the layer adjustment panel, use the curve tool to mention the appropriate brightness, and use the brush to highlight the eyes in reverse
2. Weakness of eyelids to cover dark eyeballs:
In this case, the eyelids are connected to the black eyeballs, which visually makes the black eyeballs larger, and the eyelashes are added to increase the area of the eyes on the face.
3. The area occupied by the black eyeball:
(1) If the area of the black eyeball is relatively small, you can increase the black eyeball, and you will wear contact lenses in reality.
(2) If the proportion of black eyeballs is large, add highlights to the black eyeballs, and the vision will be guided to weaken the area of the black eyeballs on the highlights.
4. The distance between the eyebrows and eyes is improved by eye makeup and eyebrows.
5. The double eyelids are wide, copy the double eyelid feathering about 10, and move the original double eyelid down.
We often see some people praise others for "having light in their eyes", this light is a kind of self-confidence, love, when a person is fully engaged in a performance or speech, the eyes look at a place is very focused, this focus is firm, sincere love, because this love to the emotional place, the eyes will be moist. In summary, after being emotional, the eyes focused and moistened.
Fourth, eyebrows
1. The thickness of the eyebrows
The eyes are the visual center of portrait photography, and the same is true in daily life, just like Jia Baoyu's description of Daiyu for the first time in "Dream of Red Mansions": "Two bends seem to be frowning and not frowning, and a pair of eyes that seem to be happy but not happy." ”
At that time, Lin Daiyu was less than 10 years old when she entered Jiafu (it should be about 7 years old, because the time jump of Dream of Red Mansions is relatively large, and there are several years old) A child less than 10 years old has very light eyebrows, and we call this kind of eyebrows "girlish".
2. The thickness of the eyebrows
1. Choose the thickness of the eyebrows according to the distance between the eyebrows and the eyes, the length of the three courts
Thickening the eyebrows can be shortened, and the distance between the eyebrows and the eyes can also be visually shortened to the length of the atrium
2. Choose the thickness according to the character's facial features
The facial features are small and delicate and suitable for thin eyebrows, and the vision will be more balanced, and it is not that the facial features are small and delicate only for thin eyebrows, but also according to each person's temperament. I often say that there is no fixed standard for art, and that it is necessary to be sensible on the basis of reason. Rationality refers to conforming to visual logic, and sensibility is the feeling of vision.
3. Choose the thickness according to the temperament
Thin eyebrows will make a woman charming and mature, and temperament should also be considered when choosing thickness. Take a look at Zhou Dongyu and Lin Chiling, both of whom are more delicate and small facial features, because Zhou Dongyu's temperament is more eccentric and youthful, and the distance between the eyebrows and eyes is relatively long, and Zhou Dongyu is not suitable for thin eyebrows.
3. The length of the eyebrows
Long eyebrows can modify the face shape, and short eyebrows can focus on the facial features.
1. A face with a wider jaw and temples will visually widen the face, and lengthening the eyebrows can visually create a contrast.
Lengthening the length of the eyebrows will visually shorten the length of the mandible, because with the contrast, you will visually feel that the cheeks are shorter, the high-end point is called "relativity", as the saying goes, "appear", the same is true for the wide position of the temples, the eyebrows and eyes occupy a larger area of the face, and the face appears smaller.
2. Modify the distance between the eyes
As mentioned yesterday, we need to adjust the proportion of facial features according to the idea of makeup. Makeup is not plastic surgery, we can't liquefy the eyes when the eye distance is wide, because makeup adjusts the distance of the eyes through eye makeup and eyebrows, then we should also improve the picture through eye makeup and eyebrows, rather than liquefiing the eyes
5. Cheekbones/cheeks
From the ears to the temples, it is a process of slowly concave until the cheekbones are raised, so when retouching, don't make this place as flat, but have a concave surface and bulge.
What I drew on Liu Yifei's face is the concave part, and the line that extends to the corners of the mouth is the place where the two bones intersect; when repairing the cheekbones, don't make them as flat as here, there is a transition; of course, the original pictures taken by portrait photography are clearly distinguished, mainly because many people have flattened this place in the later stage, not the camera.
There is no need to study the bone structure of portrait retouching, and when creating portraits in realistic painting, the cheekbones are also drawn with reference to real people or photographs, not to the bone structure of the skull.
The first high point is near the ears and the second is under the eyes.
Many "masters" talk about retouching pictures, holding skulls, muscles and other structures to teach, so that the learning feels high-end and in-depth; the fact is that it is useless; there are muscles on the bones, collagen and skin on the muscles, and different people have different bones, muscles, and collagen filling.
Find out where these two high points are and where the bones meet; when retouching the picture, you can brush the high points a little bit according to the light source; don't brush hard if there is no light and shadow.
Whether we like it or not, we are particularly seriously influenced by Western culture! For example, the retouching and makeup we are going to talk about, the characteristics of our bones are different from those of the West, and the knowledge of foreign retouching and makeup cannot be rigidly copied.
Oriental facial bones are suitable for raising the highlights, not suitable for adding shadows, like many celebrities' makeup will add highlights around the eyes, and many retouchers feel that the piercing eyes are trimmed, but in fact, it is used for focusing, especially around the corners of the eyes.
Masseter muscles, cheeks have a great impact on temperament, in ancient times, the ladies ate very slowly, the mouth was also very small, the food was particularly soft, the vegetables would be cut very small, and the food was also small; the purpose was to maintain an elegant temperament, avoid using force to make the masseter muscles develop, the face became loose, and looked like an animal, very barbaric and rough.
Therefore, the wide cheeks will give people a very unrefined, rough, and temperamental image, and retouching and modifying the cheeks is very important to the image change of the character.
The masseter muscles of beautiful women are very flat, there is no obvious shadow division, very light, such a temperament will be delicate and elegant, if the shadow of the cheek raiser here changes too much, and the muscles are more developed, it will look rough and eat more, like a beast.
In the above three pictures, the muscles of this masseter muscle are too developed, these people may think that there are masseter muscles here, and deliberately make a masseter muscle, but this is to repair the man's masseter muscle to the woman's face, which will increase the sense of beast.
The masseter muscles of the beauty should be a little bland and make a turning surface, that is, from the place where I painted, the shadow slowly fades, don't be too deliberate, there is a light gray side here. If it is like the three pictures above, it is too beastly, too fierce, especially edible, and the masseter muscles are too developed and not beautiful.
VI. Nose Child
The lines of the nose have a great impact on the temperament of the characters, the atmosphere of Dong Jie's facial features is always cold, and the temperament of Leng Qingqiu in "The Family of Gold Powder" is very consistent with Dong Jie's facial features, and the nose also plays a key role.
Let's compare the lines of the nose
1. Nose bridge: Dong Jie's nose bridge is a little higher and more slender than Liu Yifei's
2. Nose: Dong Jie's is smaller and more delicate than Liu Yifei's
3. Nose wing: Dong Jie's lines are clear and three-dimensional
Liu Yifei's facial features are not delicate when taken out alone, but when put together, they have the beauty of yin and yang; Dong Jie's nose is more delicate than Liu Yifei's, the lines are harder, and the temperament is colder and harder. The temperament is colder than Liu Yifei, of course, it is not just the nose, but the nose does affect the temperament.
2. The background of the characters
Xiaolongnu and Wang Yuyan played by Liu Yifei are all characters with cold temperaments, but they are all classical beauties, and in our ancient classical beauties need soft lines, like the shoulders of beauties are now "slipping shoulders", not very modern straight lines, and the lines of facial features are also soft.
Liu Yifei's nose has a "hump", which makes Liu Yifei's temperament more noble and cold, but it does not meet the standards of classical beauty.
It's the same with our portrait retouching, we need to slightly modify the facial features that don't match the temperament according to the temperament of the character.
I've always said that retouching is not necessary, and that you can learn the structure with a skull
1. Many people may raise the bar, if the photo is lost in some places, there is no way to make up for it if you don't understand the structure; in this case, we can copy, or refer to other intact pictures, compare and repair, there is no need to learn the structure of the skull. If this happens, there really isn't a need for photographers.
2. No matter how well the skull is learned, the structure is not just the skull, the innermost layer is the bone, and then the muscle, the muscle is fat, and the fat is skin. The facial features we see are not the structure of bones, but the structure behind bones + muscles + fat + skin.
How to fix the nose?
(Original picture source: Zi Xiaowei)
Because many people's nose tip is relatively round, we can properly adjust the position of the nose wing and reduce the nose tip, but we can't fix it too much, we should try to maintain the original structure and beautify it a little.
(Original picture source: Zi Xiaowei)
The shadows of these two nose wings are wider, and the nose tip will appear round, and you can add a little shadow to make the nose look a little straighter.
2. Adjust the proportion of the nose occupying the face, the size of the nose we can't liquefy, nor can we use deformation tools to shrink, the nose is big or small, is a person's characteristics, we can only through the "illusion" of visual deception, to make the visual feel that the proportion is coordinated. Details link: Portrait commercial retouching: how to repair the nose (note: the content in the link, there is a paragraph that needs to be paid for only one or two dollars to see)
7. Mouth
The key to a mouth trim is volume, lip shape, three-dimensionality, moisturization, and the irregularity of the side of the mouth.
The mouth should be in the line between the nose and the chin, and pay attention to this liquefaction.
1. The volume of the mouth
The volume is determined according to the proportion of the facial features, so that the volume of the eyes, nose, and mouth is balanced, and the volume of one of them is not too prominent.
2, Lip shape
If the mouth is too small, expand the lip line outwards to thicken the lips, and if the mouth is too thick, use foundation or barrier cream to narrow the mouth.
As shown in the picture below, the mouth is visually much smaller because it is occluded.
3. Three-dimensional effect
Lip beads: The raised part of the upper lip in the middle, brightens the lip beads, darkens the sides of the lip beads, and the middle part of the lip peak in the picture below
A key part, look at the picture above, the lower lip is flat here, don't make it too full, without this plane, the mouth is like a sausage.
Again, don't take the structure of the sketch to retouch, try to keep the characteristics of the characters, and modify the characteristics of the characters slightly to achieve beautification. Everyone's mouth is different, and if you measure everyone with the same mouth structure, you will become a thousand people, and we need to understand the principle behind it, because what makes it beautiful.
Or what I said before, there is no need to learn sketching for retouching, the camera has already expressed the structure we want to repair very accurately, everyone's structure is different, we must maintain the characteristics of the character, and slightly repair the structure that should not be beautiful
When trimming the skin, it is divided into several different light areas, I mean, do not deliberately transition the light and shadow of the whole face, but divide the different brightness of the face into different light areas, and make the brightness of each light area even, and get the relationship between black and white accurate.
In the later stage of portrait photography, there is no need to learn the set of painting, they have to grasp the characteristics of some characters, or the characteristics of things, in order to paint the like; the camera we do photography has helped us do it, what we want to do is a hyper-realistic state, that is to say, the works we want to create.
On the basis of ensuring authenticity, we can modify it appropriately according to the temperament to be expressed.