right....pigmentation...works a bit like "burn tool", without being really a coloration of the skin, it adds deph to the final colour....
We ...human are just mulptilayered ...excpeted albinos maybe.....

Okay.

I'll be RIGHT back.

shaving cream and cigarette butts work really good for skin tone and hair...

Thanks guys for all he great responses. Having lots of fun playing and tweaking, the greenish under layer idea made a huge difference to the final out put. Now I did not have an image in mind when asking this question just wanted to learn some thing new, and I learnt freakin heaps.

Will have to ask another question soon because this was a fun learning experience for me, but it should not stop here keep adding your tips and tricks here.

Thanks guys

ya got me playin around now...hahaha

Was not going to post this but Im happy with it so what the heck huh

know the colour looks a little pink but when I went for natural flesh it looked...well scary...oh by the way that's my mum at 15 years so watch what ya say.....

Your mom looked very pretty, but I have two things for you, that may even make your picture look better.

First of all, you can try to use hue scale to dull down the pink a little. Perhaps when you do, you will find that the second part of my things has improved as well.

Working on an image also changes the colours of the teeth and the white of the eyes. On my computer screen (!!!) the white of the eyes has too much of the green colour of they irish in it, and the colour of the lips is allright, but the teeth should get a little attention.

I worked on an image of a sailor in a forum here at one time, and had the same problem. I made a copy of the image, lightened that untill the eyes and the teeth looked good and clooned these parts onto a layer above the first image.

Even when you think originally that the teeth are too white at this point, with the use of the transparency (opacity) you can tone that down again.

That's how I did it.

Thanks anna but its just a play image, I think when I did the fleshy part I did not mask the teeth or the eyes...so I guess mums got pink eye huh

Ok come on you guys there has to be some more tips for flesh tones so lets see em

my attempt...i can see the teeth still need work

I think I got the teeth right, but I had a little trouble figuring out some of the other stuff...