I'm going to try to finish this project this week:
I coated the whole face in the skin tone since it got slightly discolored, and it helps I think to give the whole thing a fresh look while avoiding any awkward edges from trying to avoid the details.
I started with the irises, then added the pupils, outline, and the whites. I used a dark metallic red for his lips and as a base for the upper lashes, as if you look closely at the model you can see a bit of red in the lashes towards the bridge of his nose. I created a bit of shading as well for his eyelids. I started to add the eyeshadow, but it was a bit too dark for what I wanted, and I tried to add more skin tone to create the look I wanted, but that's not working either, so I'm just gonna stop for today and let everything set so I can go back and redo it properly.
But since I wasn't done JUST yet, I decided to throw a coat of metallic gold paint to his hair pin. I'll probably add a second coat later, and I'm debating if I want to cel shade it, or just do an armor wash on it to make the details pop. Well, that's a problem for future me!














