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Why does nobody talk about using a 50% opacity brush for blending in Procreate?
I was working on a portrait last month and the skin tones looked flat no matter what. Tried a bunch of blending modes, then switched to a soft airbrush set to 50% opacity. It let me build up color slowly and made the blends look way more natural. Anyone else have a go-to brush setting for making things look less digital?
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nguyen.lily7mo ago
My blending looked like a toddler with finger paints before that lol.
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victor7797mo ago
Yeah, @nguyen.lily, that's how most skills start. You just have to push through that messy phase where nothing looks right. It's the only way to get to the good stuff.
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murphy.mason7mo ago
Started using way less paint on my brush, like barely any. My colors were just muddy before that. Watched a video where they kept wiping most of it off on a paper towel first. Tried that and suddenly I could actually build up the blend instead of smearing it everywhere. Made a huge difference.
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skyler_jackson276mo ago
Actually, that low opacity method can make things look way too soft and washed out. It kills all the texture and life in the brush strokes. Just using a harder brush with full opacity forces you to learn real color control.
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