038. Tutorial 5 ♥ Effect - Adding Lipstick
Program used: Photoshop 7
Involves: color layers
Translatable: Yes
Steps: 3-4
Difficulty: Super Easy
I'm starting out with an image of Namie Amuro. As you can see, her makeup here is very natural.
The first step is to choose the color for the lipstick. Now this may seem like an ugly color choice, but please trust me. Any muddy, darkish shade of red, pink, or purple will do. (The darker the color you choose, the darker the lipstick will be).
Next zoom in to the lips, and start drawing with the color you picked. Be sure to trace the lip-line as close as possible. You don't want to add the color anywhere where you normally wouldn't put lipstick (unless you are going for a special/unique look).
The next step is to change the "mode" of your layer. Here is Namie with her lipstick set to "vivid light"
I really like this, but I kind of wanted a darker red than that. So I duplicated the lipstick layer, set the bottom one to "overlay" and the top remained at "vivid light" (in this case both are 100%, but you can alter that to your linking). And this is how it turned out:
** A good tip; If when you change the mode to "vivid light" (or whatever mode you choose) and you notice the lipstick you drew on is off the edge of the lips a little, you can use the smudge tool (set to about 25-35%) to move the lipstick back onto the lips. You can also use this technique if you want to smooth out the edges. It works great in combination with the blur tool (set to 10-20%).
also using this technique:
