Step 4. Adding the Wow Factor
In essence this is the Sarah Lee Pastry technique. We create "layer upon layer upon layer".
An easy way to make the image richer and give it a bit more depth is to duplicate the original shaded layer and to colourize it. This can serve a double purpose and give the skin a translucent look also. The image below left is what we have and the image below right is the result of our second colourized "Shaded" layer.
First obviously, duplicate the "shaded" layer. I named this new layer "Transluence_Red".Image >> Adjustments >> Hue/Saturation COLOURIZE BOX . Otherwise your adjustments won't work.
I use both hue and saturation and sometimes the lightness too. The colour balance is another that can be helpful to do minor tweaks, it's actually really good to get into the habit of using that. I use it quite a bit at work for colour correcting.
Next (the image above left) I gave the tongue a bit more colour. I just duplicated the transulent red layer and erased all but that area. See the image of my layer palette below.
I then created a layer to add a few more highlights for the eye and tongue to give it more of a wet look and to help bring them out a bit more.
In the image below you can see there are more cooler tones. I did this by duplicating the translucent red layer again I erased sections and changed the colour to something a little cooler. This purple/blue gives the impression of a fill light and helps to give a bit more depth.
On the final page of this tutorial we will add a background and experiment with altering the colour of the existing layers.Step 5. Background and Colour Experimentation >>
