do your drawings look flat or low-contrast?

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Why it worked

The video provides a quick and practical art tutorial that addresses a common problem for digital artists, offering a clear solution with visual demonstration and helpful tips.

Summary

This video demonstrates a digital art technique to add depth and contrast to drawings. It shows how to use blending modes like Overlay and Soft Light on new layers, and how to utilize clipping masks to keep brush strokes within the layer boundaries.

Structure

1Introduce the problem of flat drawings
2Suggest a solution: new layer with blending modes
3Demonstrate using black for shadows and white for light
4Showcase using Soft Light blending mode
5Explain the clipping mask feature

On-screen text

do your drawings look flat or low-contrast? try this! create a new layer. use black where the shadows should be and white where the light hits (or don't use white at all, like i do for the face). you can also use Soft Light! don't forget to turn on this button! it keeps your brush strokes inside the boundaries of the layer below.

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an easy way to make your drawings look deeper! never underestimate blending modes!!1! my favorites are Overlay and Soft Light, and they work for almost everything! :3 #kawaiicore #digitalart #illustration #arttutorial