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27th Sep 2013 at 12:45 PM
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Try sampling the darker colour near the ear, and using a "scratchy" looking brush - like the ones here with 36 by them:
Doesn't matter exactly which one, as long as it's sort of patchy and imperfect looking, like a line of chalk drawn on a sidewalk - it'll leave tiny holes in the colour it puts down, which will give it a nice texture that looks closer to skin. That will work a lot better to give a look that matches the rest of the texture, rather than using one of the default smooth fuzzy brushes.
Do about 20% opacity, and start blending the edges. You can always re-sample the colour on the other side to blend it the other way (the lighter colour) and blend it a bit toward the darker. Any areas that look a bit odd with the healing brush can be done the same too. You can do a final pass at a higher opacity, around 50-70% opacity, to help add more texture.
Make sure you're doing your work on a layer on top rather than on the existing texture itself, so if you go, "Man this looks bad, I should start this part over," you can just delete the layer rather than having to start -everything- over.
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