Tan Skin Tone
October 30th, 2006 Filed in: Tricks & Tips Jump to comments
Someone emailed me and asked how to make the golden/tan skin tone as seen in many movie posters and magazine advertisements. Believe it or not, the effect can be achieved by just couple mouse clicks. Here is a quick Photoshop tutorial to show you how to make a tan skin tone effect and apply makeups on the model. Let’s take a look at the image below, the left image is original photo and the right is final image.
Before & After
1. Overlay Layer
Open the original document that you want to apply the effect. Go to Layer > Duplicate Layer (or press Cmd + J) to duplicate the original layer. Set the duplicated layer Blending mode to Overlay. Then adjust the Opacity to 70%. The Opacity may be vary, depend on the brightness and color of your original photo source.
2. Highlight Spots
Select the original layer. Choose the Brush tool, set brush Size = 200px, Mode = Color Dodge and Opacity = 10%. Use the Eyedropper tool to pick a sample skin color from the image (Option+Click on the image). Gently brush on the areas that you want to be shine.
3. Eyeshadow
Make a selection around the eyelid, go to Selection > Feather (Cmd+Option+D) to feather the selection by 5px. Make a new layer and fill the selection with a light pink color. Then set the blending mode to Hue.
Make another selection slightly smaller than the pink layer. Again, feather it by 5px. Fill it with a blue purple color and set the blending mode to Darken.
4. Eyeliner
Make a selection of the eyeliner. Feather it by 3px. Make a new layer. Use the Gradient tool (pick a green color, select Foreground to Transparent), then drag from the lower corner to the upper corner of the selection. Adjust the blending mode to Multiply.
Final
Use the same technique to finish off the left eye. You may also use this technique to apply the color of the lip, blush, etc.
November 29th, 2006 at 5:54 am
Dropping by via blog hopping. This is just a wondefully made tutorial! And it is surely of good use to me! Thanks for the awesome tutorial!!!
November 28th, 2006 at 10:34 am
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November 25th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Nice simple tutorial. Good job!
November 25th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
gracias por tus tutoriales, me sirven muchisimo… comment me please
November 23rd, 2006 at 7:38 am
You’re my hero!!!! Will you post more tutorials? Please!!
November 19th, 2006 at 10:28 pm
hi, very useful tips…
thanks a lot..
November 18th, 2006 at 8:45 am
Done a good job. u r helping many designers to develop their talents. Best Regards
November 16th, 2006 at 10:59 am
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I like your design very much. And i think a lot of design elements are from China and the other Aisa country. And you bring all these elements and the fashion design elements together. It’s quite difficult, i think. Learn from you~!
November 14th, 2006 at 3:56 am
nice work.im a fan of ur work.waiting for more tutorials soon.take care
November 14th, 2006 at 2:21 am
thanks, nice work….