Hey there, all you visitors to this dimly lit corner of DA. Thanks for stopping by.

For all you fellow colorists of works by the illustrious *rplatt, something I've discovered: When coloring the irises, set the layer to Overlay. This makes the eyes nice and bright, whereas with the layer on Multiply (like the rest of the main coloring layers) the eye coloring can easily be too dark to see clearly. Of course, you may want the eyes to be not bright, as when the eye sockets are in shadow or when the face is in the shadow of a hat's brim.

Now, a question for all you passing-by colorists: How do you color highlights (especially on skin)? I color highlights on a Screen layer at 15% to 33% using more or less the same color as the base layer. But I've noticed (and come to appreciate) the variety in coloring I see even among those of rplatt's work, so I thought I'd put the question to all you welcome passers-by.