Yeah, so apparently Kyle's pencil #1 brush pairs beautifully with the charcoal pencil brush in the same set; with the charcoal ideal for the general silhouette and the pencil for the finer details, like hands, eyes, etc.
For the shading I used a soft round tapered brush for the terminator and a fat round brush for the core shadow, at 50% and then 30% opacity respectively. (The opacity for the shading layer was also dropped to about 30%.) For shadowing the tummy, the lips and the bust this was a decent work flow (but it's far from finalized).
I keep coming back to this specific character because she presents so many challenges; her eyes have to be Asian, not Eurasian; her bangs have to be full without looking like a wig; her face is diamond shape so her facial structure has to be angular but girlish and smooth. On top of that, her figure was modeled after a thin woman with little to no definition, so a skinny woman, not a fit one; and the same model has a J cup; so, you need a keen fashion sense to make her look anything but frumpy, and decent soft-shading prowess to avoid making her look anything but fat.
To anyone wondering why I picked such a buxom reference for a character, my answer is simple, 'Because you asked me that question.' Gorgeous women exist; they should be celebrated, especially if they worked for their looks, even all they did was just preserve what was merely natural. Female beauty maintained is beauty earned; and beauty isn't something shameful to observe, or promote, as desirable.
well made choice
