Basic natural face-up tutorial [Show me your results :3]

Basic guide for faceups.

Made with a quite natural faceup.
I will try to add little add ons.
Like smokey eyes, colorful makeup and dark colored lips.


Info:
Questions.
Do not pm me please! But post in this thread.
Mold.
Zaoll muse
Materials.
my brushes are collected over time.
I noticed one of my most used brands is one not sold online.
But only that one store because it's their own line.
I hope to be able to make a deal with them.

My paints and pastels are mixed brands.
I paint and colors i used for paintings that i thought be good for faceups
ended up in my faceup box lol.
[most are reeves tho]


Please do post what you've made using this.



1.Sealing.
Using msc:
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Preparation:
Put the msc in some warm water,
and let it rest for a bit.
Take it out and shake it
to check if the ball inside the can moves smoothly trough the bottle.





Sealing
Hold the head in front of you,
[you can also put it on some sort of ..stick.
But it's better to hold it mid air and not put it on the ground]

Take the msc bottle in your other hand,
hold it about half an arm away from the head.
In other words close to your elbow area.

Spray a good solid layer over the complete head.
One layer on the inside of the head might be smart too.

Don't spray to much,
just make sure you press all the way and give the face a even cover.
Let the head dry completely,
until it doesn't shine anymore.
2 or 3 layer will probably give you the best results
if your new to this and use acrylics and pastels.


You can seal during the faceup when ever you want.
This faceup was done in one layer for this tutorial.

Don't forget, the sealer takes longer the dry the more layers you use.




Other sealers:
Testors.
Gets darker when you use more layers.
Gets dirty quite quick, and it is best to not use it on vinyl.

Gamer workshop. [warhammer sealer]
Make sure you have the one made to use on resin!
Never used this, but ive seen dolls this has been used too.
Darker colors pastel don't seem to hold well on it on each ive seen.

Zoukeimura.
Never used this,
but heard it works very well on tan dolls.
Because it doesn't make the resin lighter like msc does.
Besides that some people prefer msc and others Zoukeimura.

UV protecting sealers.
Same as msc but with a UV protect.
But there have been some problems with most uv protecting resin sealers.
Like the sealant it self turning yellow instead of the dolls resin.
And other things.


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Pastel works


Blush.

Take a brush with soft but strong hairs.
[so they won't bend like makeup brush hairs do]

Take a soft color.
Like pink or brown.
I am using a soft pastel color red.
Make sure their is not to much on your brush.
Test it on a piece of paper.

Carefully apply pastel around the eyes,
the chin, the tip of the nose, upper lip and cheeks.

eyes



cheeks


Upper lip and nose tip.





Lips.

Apply a little pastel in the color you want to lips to be
on the lips.
Use a flat, wide brush.
So you can fallow the edges of the lips properly.
On this faceup i am not gonna fully color her lips.

Use more pastel on the edges of the lips.
And blend it with the color already applied.
You can also put this darker color between the lips.
But as this mold doesn't have need for this ^__^'





Don't forget to apply pastel under the lip, so the lip looks fully colored :B






Mouth corners.

Take your thin flat brush and take a dark brown color.
Carefully brush the brush from the middle in between the lip to the corners.
Make sure tho there is only pastel on the tip of the brush.
Clean it on paper first to check if there is no pastel left to mess up the rest of the lip paint.

If the line isn't dark enough, take a thin brush with hard hairs and mix some red with black.
And apply it where you would like the pastel to be darker.
Inbetween the lips, blend it with the lip color.
[but this mold doesn't have that >3<]




You can use a soft fiber brush to remove pastel on places where you don't want it.
Or to lighten it where it became too dark.





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Line work.

Preperations:
Take your acrylics, or water paint.
[water paint needs pastel to bind to because it doesn't bind well on msc which is too smooth]

Apply a little on a peice of paper,
and add a lot of water.

Test your brush lines a bit.


eye Lid lines..

I like to use pastel for this combined with line work,
because it looks more natural.
Take your thin flat brush again and put a little dark tone pastel on the tip.
Now softly press your brush tip in the eyelid line fold.






Eye makeup.

Take the thin flat brush,
and put a darker tone then your blush on it.
[you can take black or brown..but lighter colors would do great]
Now carefully apply it on the edge of the eyes, so it creates a thin soft line.
This isn't possible on all molds tho.

You can manipulate the shapes of the eyes with this a bit.
Especially by pulling soft lines into the outer eye corner.







Eyebrow background.

Use the thin flat brush to draw a rough eyebrow shape.
Use a very soft tone for this.
It is just a sketch so try to make it hardly visible.
In this case she is gonna get soft white eyebrows,
so i am using a darker color then i would usually use.






eyebrow hairs.

Take a lot of water/paint mix
and take a thin brush.
Carefully apply thin lines with the tip,
try to paint lines from the inside to the outside.

Brush the hairs slightly up and then softly angle them more horizontal.

This girl has short white eyebrows.
I will try to do a more detailed tutorial on them when i find a photographer lol.






Lip lines.

I used my hand as a pallet for this,
because the water dried out before i could get too the lip lol.

Use a good bit of water. Mix the water with the paint well,
so the color is as strong as it can be mixed with a lot of water.

Now make sure there is no dust in your brush,
and then slowly with only the tip of the brush apply a line from in between the lip to the edge of the lip.







Eye lashes.

Unlike the eyebrows and lip lines,
you can take a bit more paint this time.
I often first apply a lighter color paint and then paint a bit darker over it
to make it look like it softly blends lighter to the outside.

Softly stroke your brush, you might like to stroke a bit up so you get a soft bend in the eyelashes.
Work from the outer corner down the eyelid edge.







Upper eyeliner.

Same as the lashes,
less water and better to use a darker color.
This will make the eyes beam more :3
You can make the eyeliner thicker,
but make sure it doesn't come to close to the eyelid fold.


For the eyelid line mix a bit of brown trough black and apply a lot of water,
and then slowly and softly draw a line in the eyelid fold.



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Finishing.


Testing.

Were done with the rough basics.
So lets test the eyes and teeth ;3



as you can see.. the eyelashes look really painted on.
But were gonna fix that



Blending.

Take the flat thin brush again,
and put a bit pastel color close to the eyelashes [natural color tho] on the tip.
Softly brush it along the lower eyeline and lashes.



Also,
put a bit of red by the tear duct while your at this.
Better to do this after the line work on soft and natural faceups.
You can spread it a bit over the lower eye lid as well.






Teeth part.

To make her teeth part look better in her mouth,
i am gonna use pastel to color it a bit.
Using white pastel for her teeth..and a mix of black and red for the rest.







Tattoo

Well,
this girl was gonna get a big elf like white tattoo.
As it is white you can not draw a sketch first.
Maybe with white water paint pencils.

Take the some white paint and blend it really well with water.
Make sure it is thin..but still gives of a fairly even color.

Now, it is smart to draw concepts on the face in photoshop..or drawings.
So you can see how the tattoo is shaped and how the ends and beginnings are.






[lol quite hard to photograph]


Now remember to seal 3 layers when your done,
so the faceup is well covered.
Let it dry for a good while in between layers.


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Finished:


Gloss.
When you gloss,
make sure you have a brush that you can control well.
One slip and you ruined your work.
Apply the gloss on the lips and around the eyes.
[not the eyebrows D:]







I hope it will help..someone lol
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Which brand are you using and how do you apply them?
^__^

 

Just take them and draw on a paper with them,
and then take the pastel of the paper.

If the pastel just lays on top of the face because you powder it on,
you will spray it off with the sealer.
So you got to..sort of..rub it in ^__^'[sounds quite rough]
Just brush over it with a clean brush when your done,
it should stay on ..if not the sealer would probably have sprayed it off.

try to.. just take a bit of a brighter color then what you are aiming at.
Because your not working on paper, pastel often takes another color then the pastel itself is.
So don't be afraid of very bright colors.
Just try a very extreme faceup with a lot of colorful pastel work to test what works and what not.

also layer the colors,
Take a soft color first.. then work a bit darker/brighter in the center..or well where ever you want it to be darker.
You can seal during blushing, and then blush again.
This often makes the color stronger.

It sounds silly,
but for faceup.. cheap and basic pastel works the best.
It has less fancy stuff added too it.
Like more expensive pastels do, so it binds better to paper.. and fancy things like that.
Pastel is simply not made to do faceups with,
and so the quality of pastel is not graded by how good it is to do faceups.
But how good it is to make art mainly on paper.
You really got to remember that when you go out to buy pastels.

=3= no clue why i made this reply so long. lol

 

xobrittuhox:
What sort of acrylics are you using?
I think you still need more water, and use a very thinned out black color and color it with pastel after it dried instead of using a brown color paint and applying it.
The brushes you use might play a role..and you probably need a lot more water...
and try to cramp less eyebrows on one area.

+ in most cases it looks better and more natural to make the eyebrow one tone darker then the hair color.

I hope to update with a detailed eyebrow tutorial...
and start selling some faceup tools ^__^''

 

Chalk... oil damages resin.
If your new to faceups,
you better buy cheap ones.
Cheap ones have less ingredients added to make it bind to paper and what not,
and give less stains.
[if it powders on other places on the faceup..more expensive pastel stains are harder to remove.. so give a less cleaner result]

 

I think the lip is not fully covered,
i already putted a note in the tutorial to keep in mind to fully paint the lower lip.
Now it looks like she didn't put her lipstick on properly.
[and so as if she is wearing lipstick, which is not natural]
and try to cover the lips less solid.
So they look less makeup like.

Don't be afraid to use dark tones, even if the faceup is natural.
The faceup in the tutorial is natural..but i still used black.
Just blend it with the lighter tones and the black will turn into a shade like brown.
Don't be afraid to use a bit more paint for the lashes.

For a first faceup it's really good XB,
and i bet the above points just need a bit more faceups and you will add this yourself.

 

Yes thats indeed the wrong kind,
the translucent going acryl that is.
Big tubes and pots often aren't the right kind to mix with water.
And when using for painting often require a few layers for dark colors.
Which you can't do with a faceup.
+ thet these paints often don't apply smooth, but create quite a thick layer.

Arienh's Zaoll Muse.

 

Iules: ~ Well they look really good to me ;3

Good news everyone,
Blackrose is gonna visit me..probably soon... and i am gonna ask her to make some pictures
of me painting eyebrows to make a eyebrow add on.
Tho i will probably make a separate thread for this because quite a lot of people seem to ask help with eyebrows XB

 

I actually think you shouldn't start using water color pencils,
you might have heard chantal tell you about the AED default faceups and that she was a tiny bit bothered by the lines being done with pencils.

It is something that will always be visible and will always bother you.
So just keep using paints for that.
Practice makes skill,
so. If you need smaller brushes for paint work you can look in my tiny shop.
I sell some good not over expensive brushes there >__>''

For blush detail,
well i must say i haven't found anywhere else where they sell the brushes i use.
I am not sure when the next doll fair is,
or any possibility to meet.
Because i can just buy some of the brushes i use and give them too you.

I use them for tiny's and big dolls all the same.
So they should do just fine.
If i can get a deal with that brush company i will probably start selling them right away in my little store.

But i got..quite lucky on a really small deal with the brushes i sell now,
but they don't sell brushes like that.
I will check with them to make sure next time i run by them... next week friday.

*long post lol*

Anyway,
i don't think you should be disappointed with your work.
It doesn't look bad at all for a tiny faceup. Especially on a Tiny!

 

Yes that is dangerous,
because the resin in the sealer will bind to your dolls resin.
And will be close to impossible to remove.
I think i had a doll over here ones that was sealed with resin containing sealer.

And she had a complete chunk in the shape of Europe on her forehead i just couldn't get of and had to sand it.
[she had some more smaller spots...but because it was shaped like Europe it's carved into my memories LOL]

 

wow,
i am very impressed with the work you all did

Just keep faceupping!
You works really cheer me up!