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top | jeans | shoes | hair

Ok. So this is gonna be my tutorial(s). It's gonna result in a whole doll, but let's start with the top :)

The result will be this:

1. I begin with chosing a base. I will use my own sassy-base since I really like the size of it. Too small bases makes it hard to draw details and too big are more difficult to shade - according to me :) Decide what top you want to draw, I always look at pictures when I draw.

2. Zoom in really close, I zoom in more than shown in these pics. Make a new layer. Draw the outlines with the colour you want the top to have with a 1 pixel sized hard pencil. I follow the outlines pretty much even though I've added some wrinkles on the sleeves.

3. A simple step - I just fill the top with the same colour.

4. Then I lower the opacity of the layer so I can see the outlines of the body, here I'm mostly interested in how the breasts and arms are put together.

6. For this base size, I now pick the burn-tool with a 3-5 pixels big, hard brush, 10-15% amount of exposure and shade the top, mostly under the breasts and the edges of the top. I also shade under the belt and a little to accentuate the wrinkles at the sleeves.

5. Then I pick the burn-tool and choose a 100% hard, 1 pixel brush. Exposure is somwhere between 10 & 15%. I follow the outlines of the breasts, just a little, so I can see them when I turn back the layer opacity to 100%. It's just guidelines. I also added a belt in a new layer, in a different colour, so I can see it clearly. I need the belt so I can see where the wrinkles should be.

8. Now, I pick the dodge-tool with a 1 pixel sized hard brush, and exposure set to 15%. I use is to highlight the part of the wrinkles that bulges out, just a little.

7. I continue using the burn-tool with the same exposure but with the 1 pixel sized brush. I use this one to add some more wrinkles, shade the edges a little more, darken the shades right below the breast and the wrinkles at the sleeves.

9. Finally, I turn back to the layer with the belt, colours it with the same colour that I used for the top and simply shades it a bit in the edges so it'll be visible, using the 1 pixel sized brush and the burn tool. Finished!

GOOD LUCK! :)