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- choose a colorful base layer
- above that, use a normal skin tone, but on low opacity
- add shadows (reddish) to parts of the skull (eyes, nose, lips, parts of forehead, ears, cheeks)
- add deeper shadows in those shadows
- add lights (yellowish) to tip of nose, lower forehead, top of cheeks, above lips, chin
- blend everything (to reduce muddyness, use a saturated transition color) (use a textured brush)
- whites of the eye are never true white, more grayish
- (optionally) add pinkish shadows to the parts of the skull, lower opacity of that layer
- add highlight spots (white-ish) on tip of nose, beside nostrils, near tearducts, on the highest part of the cheeks
- reduce opacity of lineart and blend/render, add details for lips etc
- (optionally) for a less intense look, add a layer of a normal skintone and adjust opacity
- (optionally) add blue-ish highlights, lower opacity of that layer or erase parts with a textured brush
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