How to Blend DIGITAL ART | Tips and Speedpaint

Digital blending can look really tricky when watching another artist do it! How do you blend digitally? How do you make your colours seem smooth? Don't worry -- it's much simpler than you might think! These are the livestream highlights where instructor Jessie Chang teaches us her tips and tricks for blending digitally in Medibang Paint Pro!

🕓 Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:18 - Cel Shading
1:10 - Rough Blending
2:14 - Soft Blending/shading
2:42 - Gradients
3:19 - Blending different materials/textures
3:47 - Speedpaint begins (sketching phase)
4:17 - Clean sketch/line art phase
4:25 - Flat colouring/shading phase
4:40 - Blending steps
5:14 - Blending/rendering begins

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Music credits:
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Artist software used:

[TheLawlessRogue]

genuinely, you don't know how happy it makes me to see somebody use medibang as an art program. I always get a little confused and frustrated when people rely on brushes that are only available on their mediums, so seeing you only use the GPen and a few other tools makes me feel a little bit better <3

[shawndavis]

You people are so underrated. This video taught me so much in so little time.

[LysolMyFace]

I have a really hard time with rough blending even though it’s my fave style. I have a tendency to overblend and find it really hard to be comfortable with texture in my digital pieces. I always feel like it doesn’t look good or right so I blend it out. I really wanna get more comfortable with loose blending and sketching/painting in general.

[cry]

I just love these kind of presentations with drawings and text directly in the drawing software. Super nice. 👍🤗

[happinessandquotes]

Oh my goodness thank you so much for explaining this topic specifically, everyother youtuber usually skims over digital shading as if it comes with art so having a video dedicated to this means a lot

[ItachiUchiha-gffz]

Wow this is new to me or never realized it before, thank you!
Flat = No Blending
*Texture = Color Picking Blending*
Soft Round Brush = Soft Blending
Smudge Tool = Soft but sometimes Textured depending on the brush
Mixer Brush = Soft Blending with a hint of Texture

[gbjsyzftbcacjyfubjygkgcjae]

i'm trying to do art for a living and this helped so much!! doing really refined digital art and painting scared me so much and having it explained how it's actually done helps a tonne :)

[Vibincockroach]

this is exactly what i was looking for thanks

[aspholysian]

Dude thanks for this! Your videos make learning art so much easier, and it feels so welcoming and comfortable :D I've always been scared of art tutorials because of how overwhelming it can get, but yours is just perfect! The whole vibe is so nice and it's a great way to learn, you just earned a subscriber!

[Lu-tihy]

I'm struggling so much with art and it's been really discouraging, but thankfully your vids have actually helped and I've been getting so much better!!

[Juliam]

You guys are like the kahn academy of art and i appreciate it.

[Brynamyte]

Great tutorial! Very concise and to the point :D

[angelacalvin]

I don’t come close to shading like this and do cell shading and even in that I get apprehensive in knowing where to create shadows and highlights. I keep it safe. But I do like blending in some instances. I found your video to see if you can do both cell and blending. This was really helpful to watch and all the tips to keep in mind. It’s a learning journey to know how to elevate your artwork. To ask yourself what you want the end result to look like and be…how realistic or not ..how detailed or not etc. Thanks again!

[Ccharv]

3:27 gworl




ily your videos! they helped me a lot with my art, and still are helping! really ily <33

[sme_Weirdo]

I draw with my finger so it’s difficult to draw zoomed out do you have any tips to feel more comfortable with being zoomed out when you don’t have a drawing pen?

[scawydemon]

I usually go for a rough blending style and only use the gradient tool when I'm beginning to block out my shadows!! (I carve them out when I refine) it works for me because I add detail afterwards.

[turtlelearnsd]

Very nice! I love the demonstration on subsurface scattering. Im going to try that with my next drawing, thanks!

[xxthunderxxthunderbolt]

I usually blend and shade by using a normal drip pen brush in ibis paint, then I blur the edges to make it more realistic. I might actually start using airbrushes to blend instead, they look a lot more clean and less messy then what I do!

[Mordred.]

watching your vids is so much more relaxing than any lofi hip hop out there

love all your tutorials 👌

[HinaryLuna]

When I start to blend I kinda of have a STROKE and stop at cell shading. I dont know why, but I just couldnt do it (except in traditional mediums). Your explanation made it super clear and easy!