herssian:

herssian:

want your painting’s eyes to pop? new layer (opacity 50-70%), linear dodge (add), pick the same color as the eyes and/or a bit more saturated and go over the lower part of the iris without much pressure. on a new layer choose a lighter color than the previous saturated one, and add speckles/thin lines on the same lower half of the eye. ok that’s it bye

for those asking what the approximate result will be