>>3767040for the hair i'd recommend trying
>solid paint bucket base colors>make it a gradient going from lighter to darkerUsually looks good, and is ez to do. Also
>hard shines, you figure out the right patterns, and where they go.>hard shadows (gotta be quite frugal with hard shadows)>change the hue of the shadows to be slightly bluer, purpler, or just lower / different. You can do this on all shading, and it usually looks good.>Light shines and light shading - basically use the water color tool to shaden the edges and bring out the middle. >refractions - basically add a bit of light in your hard shadows. If it is next to skin, make the color closer to skin color. >Over all a glowy bloom effect is not a bad idea here, you're just adding a bit of brightness around the whole skin/hair area, especially the cheeks.>blush, because blush.When you do all or most of these things, especially the hue, refractions, glow, and/or bringing out shading, really can make it look good once it's all together. can look too amateur before it starts looking good.
I tend to separate all the layers.
Pic related is lots of gradient, hard shines hard shadows. Slight refraction at the bottom of the shadows if you look closely, and believe me it does make a difference. I did use red, but the shines are a different hue; it's purpleness is most pronounced on the left ponytail's end.
