No problem! I made up a little sequential thing for how I would do it if her wrist cuff was metal here (http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/dreamoflife02/tutorial/t034.png):
1. Base color 2. Use burn on the shadow setting to darken the shadows; I did it down both sides, leaving the middle brighter. Ideally. You can't see it that well. 3. Use dodge on the highlight setting to draw a bright highlight. I think I had it at around 30%. Basically if you dodge and then have to put on sunglasses, try it again at a lower strength. 4. I built up both the shadows and the highlight, using both dodge and burn on midtone setting. (Basically, for burn, shadow gives you the most saturated burn. For dodge, it's highlight. That's good for the darkest and lightest parts, but midtones is more desaturated and realistic looking.) 5. I ran a bright streak down the highlight with the paintbrush, and did that reflective lighting thing on the deepest shadow.
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Date: 2010-09-24 01:29 am (UTC)1. Base color
2. Use burn on the shadow setting to darken the shadows; I did it down both sides, leaving the middle brighter. Ideally. You can't see it that well.
3. Use dodge on the highlight setting to draw a bright highlight. I think I had it at around 30%. Basically if you dodge and then have to put on sunglasses, try it again at a lower strength.
4. I built up both the shadows and the highlight, using both dodge and burn on midtone setting. (Basically, for burn, shadow gives you the most saturated burn. For dodge, it's highlight. That's good for the darkest and lightest parts, but midtones is more desaturated and realistic looking.)
5. I ran a bright streak down the highlight with the paintbrush, and did that reflective lighting thing on the deepest shadow.
Hopefully that helps :'>;;