+Resource+ Swatches, Plus Colouring / Shading Tips

• I do shading and lighting on separate layers to the base colour.
• Out of sheer habit, most increments I set for things are 0-15-24-33-50-66-85-100.
• Unless otherwise necessary, I do all white surfaces (including sclerae and teeth) with the Material White swatch.
• For soft surfaces like skin, I normally set shading layers to 33% Multiply and lighting layers to 50% Screen.
• For matte surfaces like clothes, I normally set shading layers to 50% Multiply and 66% Screen.
• For glossy surfaces like plastic or metal, I normally set shading layers to 66% Linear Burn and lighting layers to 66% Linear Dodge, have the shading layer glow faintly white, and have the lighting layer glow faintly black.
• For soles of feet and palms of hands, I use the skin shading tone set to Multiply, usually at 15-24%. For darker skin, I do the same but with Screen.
• For natural blush that appears on cheeks / joints, I use the Red-Pink shading tone set to Multiply at roughly 15%, along with a very faint, blurry dot using the Red-Pink shading tone set to Screen at about 33-66%.
• For eye glints, I use a white dot set to 85% opacity, and have it glow faintly with white adjusted slightly to the eye's colour.
• When shading sclerae, I use a 50% Grey and reduce its opacity as needed, usually no more than 33%.
• For lips and nipples, I normally use the Mouth tone set to Multiply, and adjust the opacity accordingly.
• For scars, I do the same as lips and nipples, but with Screen instead.