New Set of Brushes

Hey everyone, decided to revisit the drawing, sketch, doodles I did in my last post and paint one. Of course I picked the Asari, because Mass Effect is an awesome universe. Two things were going on here, a "new" set of brushes and the painting was more of a value practice. So I kept it to greys and practiced how well I could convey lighting and texture.

In truth these "new" brushes aren't so new, I've had these brushes for awhile, but never sat down to really attempt using them as they were intended. These brushes come from Shaddy Safadi, and I love the infographic-guide-thing that he put together for these brushes.

More details can be found @ http://www.shaddyconceptart.com/download

So here's what I did with those brushes, I was really happy with how they achieved a painterly look. I know it'll take some time until I am able to use these brushes efficiently, it's why I decided last summer not to touch them, and stick to learning the fundamentals. Thankfully I can say I think I'm ready to start using these tools more often. It didn't take all that long to really get the value study going, I spent most of my time noodling with what I could do with the brushes.

Didn't bother removing all the lines, and Asari eyebrows.. what are they?  Not hair, that's for sure. Left that untouched.