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So many blending modes! HELP!
So I know there is as many correct awnsers as there are artists, but I've tried to find best blending mode for lighting and highlights. I have asked many artists and most common ones might be add/glow with like under 20%, I get lot of overlay too... Then many use different for highlights than they use for other lighting...
But... I'm not 100% happy with add (the one I mainly use.) I end-up turning it to like 8% cause it looks like plastic or weird white spots. I also tend to blur the shading always and with add/glow it, well adds a huge glow (I wonder if thw name and effect have connection)
I suck at shading anyway and most tutorials are confusing to me. (I have so many neurological things that I genuinely need simple step by step instruction like I'm five).
So I like to ask the world. What is your prefered lighting mode, what % is it on AND if you use nearly white (I know to avoid just black or just white with shading) or if you use slightly lighter or brighter shade than the
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