From Intimacy Male to Crystal Skin
Muscles 2.0
The plan is to try the same muscle structure as in the previous attempt, but in tones of purple and blue rather than red and white. I’m not certain how it’s turning out; I only know that I’m a lot happier with how it’s looking. Having seen a version of the translucent blue skin over muscles (albeit only a layer glaze), I think this is going to mesh a lot better, visually.
Some portions will need to be blended more smoothly – I’ve never tried blending purple to pink to light blue to white. It’s a bit of spectrum for such small panels.
The above muscles were basecoated with Reaper’s Royal Purple, to which stripes of Reaper’s Old West Rose were added while the basecoat was still wet. On top of that I added smaller streaks of a 40/60 mix of Reaper’s Polished Bone/Reaper’s Denim Blue. Finally, very small touches of Windsor & Newton’s Titanium White.
I also used the 40/60 mix of Polished Bone and Denim Blue for the tendon sections on the back and front of the knees. Still a little weird – the blue muscle tendons might not translate well, but I’m going to let it stand for now.
For anyone interested, this is the main reference photo I’m using:
https://www.123rf.com/photo_17714630_male-anatomy-and-muscles.html
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