Gypsy

[darktiste]

Well, there isn't ONE good choice of skin tones and the examples above are not in the same light as the painting at all so I'd take that with a grain of salt. That said, carefully with your highlights, her skin looks very plasticky. I think the tattoos should be affected by light just like the rest of her skin. Her metal jewellery is dull (but the leather of the chair is great!) and the white of her eyes is not affected by shadows. She's got a highlight by her left eye that doesn't make sense, where is the light coming from? In general, I think you either need to acquire reference or to look at your reference more closely. Also, the cat looks like its tail is in a bottle, careful with tangents.

I like the story you have going on here which is a good start, you need more convincing rendering now.

the point is not to tell him to use a skin a specific skin tone and off course they are not in the same light they serve as guideline. Art is more then just pure observation he can use is shadow knowledge i am sure . The point i want to make is she would look more human if she didnt blend with the chair

here some video that can help you better then i can:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8TP3IclX...J&index=17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6sl1V2nd...J&index=19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYRJYIWrO...J&index=10