ZeeDog

I'll try this when I get home, but just to be clear, which layer is affected by blend modes? I've just been trying different blend modes without really understanding them

I can't access it right now, but what I did was this White edges White Black edges Black Color Lineart Line art is a normal layer, color is multiply. The other layers are partially transparent, and are done with a big soft brush. I use selection to isolate each individual part to shade, then do each shading layer on that part. I use 2 layers for each type of shading so I can somewhat simulate pen pressure. I have to do it this way because all I have is a mouse, and can't do things with too much precision. The problem is that sometimes the white and black layers touch, and it creates a gray that discolors the image. I want to see if there was a way I could do this so that when white and black meet, they just cancel each other out and just act as transparent, and do so porportionately

I've been trying a semi transparent black layer and semi transparent white layer on top of a color layer so I can shade easily. I expected the bright and dark to cancel each other out, but what happens is I get grey and the picture looks discolored where they meet. The advice I got was to just not let the bright and dark touch, but that is incredibly difficult for me. Is there any way around this?