Commission #3 - Adelias (Peachy)

Adelias (Peachy)

I have in my hands a beautiful CP El. This is such a beautiful sculpt and I'm glad to be able to give him a faceup. As you can see there is a bit of paint left in the corners of the eyes so I need to clean him up a bit too before I start. The mouth has been modded a bit and the sanding is still apparent so I might use a very high grit sandpaper to wet sand it smoother once I get permission from the owner.

The request is for a grey/black shadowed look with very thin black upper eye line just for definition. The rest of the face is kept rather natural but the expression should be pleasantly pleased. He is normally shy and quite intellectual. He came along with a black wig and dark grey eyes.

8/4/2011- Adelias is a previously modded head and after cleaning. (I cleaned him 3x O_o. Seems like he wasnt sealed completely before painting.), I noticed some discoloration and scratches. I would have sanded down some of the scratches but decided against it in the end since it would have changed his expression and we would have lost some nice sculpt detail. Working on this head as well as some others have made me realize some points I need to make in my commissions page.

Here are the pics of the discoloration and the scratches. These will affect the end result and as such, a lot of faceup artists prefer not to work on heads they haven't modded themselves. The reason is because a bad result reflects badly on the faceup artist.

The request was for peachy toned blush with neutral shading and eyes reminiscent of Tim Burton's Vincent who is pale with very dark circles around his eyes. I went for a dark eye look but I did not shade all the way up to the eybrows as Vincent's eyes are. I tried to emphasize Adelias' smirk and give him a softer look since Peachy did not want him to look too pensive/worried as he did with his previous faceup. Here is the result. As you can see, the mod discoloration still shows up a little but not too badly and the scratches are only visible up close.

He has a black wig, but she requested dark brown eyebrows as well as dark brown lashes. The lashes are a very cool brown so they look a bit more on the grey side than brown. In the end I think that works better with the dark eye look. He is pending approval. I will take some photos with the wig after approval to show what the character looks like. These photos may be a bit dark. I can't tell on my monitor but I will check it tomorrow and correct it.