All About Blending Modes & How To Use Them In Digital Art

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What are blending modes and how do you use them in digital art? 🤔
I get some sort of variation of this question every single day and I've been trying to come up with a video to explain it all for months now. Seriously.
Blending modes can be super confusing at first but the key thing to remember is that you actually don't have to remember anything. I find blending modes to be much more of a "feel" thing than a theory thing - as long as you understand the main idea behind the 5 main blending mode categories, then you're good to go!
• Category 1: Darken (Multiply, Linear Burn, Color Burn, Darken, Darken Color)
• Category 2: Lighten (Screen, Add, Color Dodge, Lighten, Lighter Color)
• Category 3: Contrast (Overlay, Soft Light, Hard Light, Vivid Light, Linear Light, Pin Light, Hard Mix)
• Category 4: Inversion (Difference, Exclusion, Subtract, Divide)
• Category 5: Color (Hue, Color, Luminosity, Saturation)
Oh! And one cool thing: blending modes are very similar from one software to the other, which means you can follow along with Procreate, Photoshop, Ibis Paint, After Effects, and many other digital art/ design tools 😊
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:42 What's a blending mode?
02:02 Category 1: Darken
06:22 Category 2: Lighten
09:14 Category 3: Contrast
12:23 Category 4: Inversion
14:11 Category 5: Color
All About Blending Modes & How To Use Them In Digital Art
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@GenevievesDesignStudio 2 года назад

Hello, wonderful people! There it is, the video I've been promising to make pretty much since starting the channel 😅 Free Cheat Sheet 👉 www.genevievesdesignstudio.com/freebies I really hope it can help make blending modes a bit less confusing and a whole lot more fun. The key thing to remember is that you actually don't have to remember anything. I find blending modes to be much more of a "feel" thing than a theory thing - as long as you understand the main idea behind the 5 main blending mode categories we'll talk about here, then you're good to go! 🤍

@campyvansters 2 года назад

Thank you! I’ve learned SO MUCH watching your wonderful videos! Love your art and teaching style. 🙏🏻💕

@biancamartins6762 2 года назад

I think the best way to explain how blending modes works is to show it in practice, in "action", because just seeing images with narrated explanations, at least for me, didn't work very well. I think a mix of the two modes would be more productive (I mean: an illustration being done with various types of blending + the explanation being narrated during the moment). 😉

@MaureenAstrid 2 года назад

This is actually the first time anyone explained this in an understandable way 🥰 thanks for all the work you put into this. My favourite blending mode is multiply 😘

@GenevievesDesignStudio 2 года назад

I'm so glad you found the explanations clear, Maureen! 🥳 🤍 It was quite a challenge to summarize all of that info 😅

@KarmasAbutch 2 года назад

@@GenevievesDesignStudio This right here! ⬆️ Thank you so much.

@TracyKMainwaring 2 года назад

I think my favourite blending mode is overlay. It seems to be useful in different situations. I use multiply a lot too

@lifemoreefficient4476 2 года назад

yes🙌🏾i've been waiting for someone to do this!! You rock!!

@Jewlelil 2 года назад

Thank you! This is so helpful, I usually just play around with the blending modes to find what I like but this is so thorough!

@samawhidden 2 года назад

Thank you so much for taking the time to create this video!! This is a wonderful resource!

@ailimeblueberry6793 2 года назад

Thank you so much! I'm a total beginner and thanks to you I have just understood some options. You've got a beautiful name, suits you perfectly - magical.

@toshikudo Год назад

This was genuienly the best blending modes tutorial i have ever come across. Thank you so much!! i had been using these without ever figuring out how they work so, this helped a LOT.

@debbieleevue 2 года назад

You’re such a good teacher and very easy to follow and understand. I learned so much from your videos. Thank you so much.

@kryki_cha6206 2 года назад

No other video I've watched on this topic had actually explained ALL of the modes. Most just explain the ones they use most and like. So, THANK YOU!! So helpful!!!

@mvc139 Год назад

As usual your tutorials are the most educational ones and easy to understand, you’re a great teacher 👏🏼, my favorite blending mode was Multiply, but I am going to test them all after watching this and I may change my mind 😂

@JollyJeepers 2 года назад

omgosh thank you so much for making this video; I have been dying for an easy-to-understand explanation for all these blending modes!

@HediSalm 2 года назад

I'm fairly new to illustration and digital art, so your videos are all super helpful and I love everything you do! I don't have a favourite blending mode yet, but I love this little game :)

@robbycook4364 2 года назад

Congratulations on creating a wonderful Procreate resource, Genevieve. Blending Modes and I have been poles apart but after listening to (and watching) your video, I'm feeling a lot happier because your explanations and demonstrations on the cute little Chameleon now make sense and I'm excited to try to use the Lighten modes for highlighting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and the Cheat Sheet. Much appreciated.

@srividyasankararaman8975 2 года назад

Such a great tutorial. Thank you for explaining it so clearly.

@bryantbonick3329 2 года назад

I am a beginner in digital Art, and this Video is very helpful, thank you very much

@parastephkar98 Год назад

Thank you SO much for this! I was so lost when it came to the blending modes! This helped me a ton! 😊

@carlathomas5807 2 года назад

OMG!!!!! Cannot watch now, but looking forward to it. Thanks soooo much.

@sadelart Год назад

Genevieve, thank you so much for your video! I have learned all the concepts and am looking forward to aply them all 😊 thank you for your simple yet rich explanations ❤❤❤

@essch1520 2 года назад

Just got an email about this tutorial and cant wait to watch it! Was waiting for this :) Thank you!

@nicolettegomez4099 2 года назад

Excited to play with multiply! Thanks for teaching me so much!

@jmkeslin 2 года назад

Genevieve, your English is great, and your vocabulary is broader than many people I know who are English 1st! I can tell you've improved since early videos. My favorite blending mode used to be multiply, but since watching your videos I really like the linear burn and add now. After years of using photoshop and more recently Procreate, you've given me a better understanding by far. Thanks!

@miriamrocke9430 2 года назад

THANK YOU! I'm excited for all the blending modes really, don't have a favorite yet.

@sharingkonten1056 2 года назад

My fav blend mode: overlay, multiply, color burn, and add

@joelmanscour6100 Год назад

Great tutorial Geneviève! thanks a lot👋

@emsunnyside 2 года назад

Linear burn! Thanks again, Genevieve!! ❤️❤️❤️

@LunichuDraws 2 года назад

Hi Genevieve! I really love your videos! They are so inspiring and helpful. Thank you! My favorite blending mode is Add on procreate because it makes everything so bright and pretty!

@GenevievesDesignStudio 2 года назад

Thank you 🤍 I'm so glad you like the videos!

@inthehoopwithleemrmrsg1425 2 года назад

Thankyou, this video is extremely helpful, my favourite blending mode has always been multiply, but after watching this video, I am keen to try linear burn.

@wolffang1060 2 года назад

Love that you incorporated ibis paint!! ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much!! Awesome as always!

@MaoRatto 2 года назад

Geneieve 5:14 As someone who uses this to shade often. This layer is BEST FOR COLORED SHADING SCENERIOS, By having a more pastelish color, it turns that more into a mid-high saturated shadow... It's if need heavier contrast than multiply or need saturated shadows. For colored lighting scenerios where your backgrounds are not white or grey toned ( bright or dark greys ) It packs a punch, but very unpredictable like you said. It's best to always alpha lock then paint over it to make sure you know what you're doing with it. The colors it works best with are 1. Anything except green. 7:08 Best for pastel or need more low to medium tones. Multiply is best for grey to lower-medium color scenerios. It depends on your palette as for Linear Light and Linear Burn, these are basically mirrors of eachother for colored light scenerios. Where you're working within a saturated side of a palette.

@saffycatblues 2 года назад

Brilliant, thank you so much, exactly what I needed to understand these modes. I can already see an improvement! Your channel continues to inspire me to keep working with Procreate, so much appreciated.

@mariamangion21 2 года назад

Genevieve, you are so tender-hearted and kind-spirited. Your soul shines the most beautiful, magical light. It's so obvious that the Lord has such a breathtaking, most loveliest purpose for you ❤️

@em-qc1ht 2 года назад

God has nothing to do with her talent. She’s incredibly talented but it doesn’t always have to be about god.

@GenevievesDesignStudio 2 года назад

@em Hey! It's all good, kind comments are kind comments, no matter what beliefs they are based on 🙏

@GenevievesDesignStudio 2 года назад

Thank you, Maria! 🤍

@giulialemos9807 2 года назад

You are amazing!! I've finally understood the blending modes!! I want to try Linear burn and add.

@decalpals8496 2 года назад

OMG! I was just wishing for something just like you did in this video. Thank you so much. Your explanation and cheat sheet are much appreciated.

@felicitasleygraf413 2 года назад

Color Dodge and linear Burn are my favs so far... thanks for the cheat sheet. My gead is exploding now but I learned so much 💕 your Videos really help me improve my skills :)

@High_o_pie 2 года назад

This is very helpful. Thank you. And my favorite is add.

@saavinisanganeria 2 года назад

Hi I love your tutorials they are very helpful! You are so calm and kind. I will really appreciate if you could also teach us how to make the chameleon in this tutorial

@charitylurvey9767 2 года назад

Omg this is a life saver! Perfect for visual learners 😅

@bettysadoway24 2 года назад

Colour burn - I didn't realize it was so good for shadows - I was always using multiply - thanks Genevieve!

@ajitpandey4087 9 месяцев назад

Very technical but made easy to understand !! Thanks

@robertthompson148 Год назад

Darken, I need good shadows! I will follow your instructions, I just discovered your channel and you are a excellent teacher!

@AntaraArtCafe 2 года назад

Very effective tutorial my friend. Thanks for sharing.

@joanabessa8548 2 года назад

Multiply is my favorite blending mode. :)

@amylunden8246 2 года назад

Super helpful! Thank you! 😊

@ShinRyuuji 6 месяцев назад

My entire life, I never understood blending modes. Thank you so much for explaining this

@Subtitled_Deutsch 9 месяцев назад

thanks, that is what we call clear explanation and to the point

@redsquirrel6131 2 года назад

Add and Multiply are my go to blending modes so far.

@CourtWatchAu Год назад

Great lesson thankyou

@YappyGoLucky 2 года назад

Super informative and useful

@drendelous 2 месяца назад

superb. i feel empowered now

@khaohom1026 2 года назад

I love all your works, they look charming and cute and I'm a fan from Thailand.❤️✨

@purrfectdesignstm 2 года назад

Thank you so much for your brilliant tutorials and freebies. I hope to buy your illustration set soon to return your kindness.💜🌞

@nicw1387 2 года назад

Linear Burn.. thank you for this wonderful tutorial!!

@GenevievesDesignStudio 2 года назад

I'm so glad you liked it, Nick!

@andreasolaresfortin 2 года назад

Thank you so much 🥺💜

@janetroberts9402 2 года назад

Hi Genevieve, I love your tutorials and I have just bought your big brush bundle. Would it be possible for you to give us a tutorial on how to remove the background to make a png image but still keep watercolour texture? Please keep up the good work 🥰 Janet

@goldberry9254 4 месяца назад

❤️ Thanks for this

@ShelleyDanielle 2 года назад

Love this. Would also love a tutorial on how to draw this adorable chameleon. :)

@saramedhat6619 Год назад

I love your tutorials and I am really learning from it , I will be very appreciated if you put English subtitle on this video 😍

@ginatracy2047 2 года назад

Hi! I love watching your tutorials and blending modes are so fun to play with and I like multiply and overlay the most! Side note: I love your cute chameleon and style. Could you possibly create a tutorial on a fun lizard pleeeeease?? That would be my spirit animal 😉.

@artistmanal2407 2 года назад

Cool video ❤️❤️

@KEDARTS745 2 года назад

beautiful

@Gaoncar2853 2 года назад

Sharing how to use it in digital art is informative.

@e.l.2962 2 года назад

Blending Mode is a fantastic digital illustration tool which isn´t possible to apply in any traditional artworks *v*; and Genevieve has explained it very well.

@sharingkonten1056 2 года назад

Can you draw grapeshot with your ultimate pencil brush? fav blend mode: overlay, multiply, color burn, and add

@casey6222 2 года назад

I think my favourites are Linear Burn and Add :D

@anastasiakuprina5099 Год назад

My favorite is linear burn!

@theblackhairedweirdo4511 Год назад

I usually used hardlight for the Glowing fx but there are times where add is the most appropriate to use

@SuzalQ 2 года назад

Fabulous

@ginalodettimcbride7245 2 года назад

My password answer: My favorite is multiply! I use it all the time. However, I have found that I really like add lately to add a glow :)

@rycoryco2888 Год назад

Very helpful. Question. How to blend 2 distinct shapes - eliminate /soften a hard edge? How to get a shape on top of another shape to blend into the lower shape? Even with no stroke & fill only how to do soften the distinction between 2 shapes. On your example, are the forefront limbs all one shape with the body? If not, how dis you create the blending effect? eg back leg blending into body & tail?

@ebifuon6776 11 месяцев назад

Multiply also gets rid of any white on the layer which comes handy when building off of line art. My concept art professor would build buildings, cars, boats, etc by extending a base build of his model then hit control t the transform it to how he wanted it to look then do a top layer with white so it would erase unnecessary lines and so if he needed to adjust he wouldn't need to redraw anything as he never truly erased any thing from the original line art

@JetBlackJester Год назад

Why would you lower opacity when using vivid light if the effect is too strong, rather than simply using overlay instead?

@UgodF Месяц назад

I really didn’t get this one. Your usual videos are much clearer. I think this would benefit from showing examples of pre-and post and actually using these layers while doing a demo, With a live example. The colour chart on the left is not really clear as well.

@patrickryer4691 2 года назад

Phew! My brain is full!

@uhhggg9335 2 года назад

The color charts with the lines are a little confusing to me but great vid

@MaoRatto 2 года назад

Geneieve I feel you forgot to mention the context of these... As someone who illustrates. Multiply ( Most versatile generally won't make your saturated blow up ) Linear Burn ( Great for contrast, but for colored lighting scenerios where you are working on the right side of the saturation spectrum, but always have alpha lock due to needing to tinker the color 24/7, it's a beast, but painful ) Color Dodge ( Your anime color palette highlights, great for most contexts if need saturation in your highlights ) Screen ( Great if just want more control over your highlights and mostly mute highlights. )

@johnk5994 Год назад

Color mode is nice

@JetBlackJester Год назад

This is great at explaining what they do but it would be nice to see more use-cases for how to use these blend modes. I had to guess what they might be . E.g. perhaps Darken and Lighten could be used for objects or light sources respectively in an underwater or thick atmosphere. I think I saw colour dodge being used to paint light from a flame onto a very desaturated or grayscale image.

@GenevievesDesignStudio Год назад

Thank you for the feedback 😊

@JetBlackJester Год назад

@@GenevievesDesignStudio I think another thing I'm struggling with is knowing how to pick colours to use with each blending mode. I'm guessing in certain cases (e.g. if you want to apply a particular hue) you need to use something at 50% lightness (or is it value?) so the base layer will determine how it's blended? If you're looking for more ideas for content maybe you could cover use-cases and colour selection in a follow-up video?

@anopods8455 2 года назад

🖤

@mackenzierubish8796 2 года назад

I prefer multiply only because I use it the most ❤

@Thewesostheories Год назад

I love your videos so much and I understand everything you say but I’m a little bit confused about the color swatches !!! I don’t get it I get the words but the swatches not very much

@AcraftyErin 2 года назад

Linear burn!

@word6344 11 месяцев назад

I use the inversion modes for eldritch magic effects because of how confusing and unpredictable they are

@izannazavadska8018 2 года назад

Your so amazing at art and digital art could you try doing that on paper?? I would love to see that

@GenevievesDesignStudio 2 года назад

Thank you 🤍 Here are some examples of what I used to do on paper: facebook.com/genevieves.portraits

@kate4880 2 года назад

Can you please do a tutorial of the chameleon? It’s so cute!!! 😇

@roythai2599 2 года назад

I like multiply #Blending Mode.

@sergiobaud 2 года назад

Thanks for the freebie ! Je vais écrire en français c’est plus facile pour moi je fais beaucoup de dessins au crayon et je les colores Mais j’ai un iPad avec le crayon dont je ne sais pas trop me servir et tes leçons vont m’aider à utilisé mon ordi pour dessiner et colorier J’ai t’ai découvert sur le site de Joe la guitare c’est mon mentor et je vous apprécie je vous trouve inspirant tous les deux vous faite un beau couple merci à vous deux ! J’ai 73 ans et mes deux passions sont le dessein et la guitare je suis au Mexique pour l’hiver et au Québec l’été voilà tu me connais un peu ?

@intrinsicload 2 месяца назад

hey! i don't know if it's just me but I'm *so* confused with all the lines and colors and the grid of stuff. I have so many questions - why are there 4 rectangles? - why do 2 of them have color (The 2nd and 4th rectangles) and why are 2 of them just gray? - where is the red/pink color in the 3rd and 4th rectangles coming from? what the heck does all this mean?

@c052794 Год назад

i use color dodge and overlay more then anything

@HxoneyClouds 2 года назад

When my girl said weither it’s linear burn and her hair said yeet lolllllllllll🤣🤣

@randyiron2 2 года назад

Very thorough video, too bad the terminology is way past what my brain can handle. Lol. I did watch the whole video so I can start understanding a little better. I was able to learn a couple new things. Thank you🙏

@GenevievesDesignStudio 2 года назад

You might prefer the cheatsheet! It's really just the basics, no weird terminology there 😊🤍

@randyiron2 2 года назад

@@GenevievesDesignStudio you did a great job I’m sure. It’s simply that I’m not educated enough about the terminology when it comes to simple color terms.( Hues, saturation etc.). Slowly I am learning. I recently watched your “Beatle” video and that was a lot easier for me to follow. I will be trying it for myself either tonight or tomorrow morning.in the future, I will play around with the blending options for practice. Thanks for all the hard work on these videos

@deecozy 2 года назад

linear burn

@basti151291 Год назад

I'm really new in digital painting and I didn't even see a big difference to be honest. :/ ... I don't get it at the moment. :D Love your tutorials by the way. :)

@rosasnodgrass8533 Год назад

I'll make ice carving this video I ran into this problem so I love your RU-vid channel I never watched Rida fan into it cuz look talk to her me something on so thank you okay and I already have a fading Urban died so now cuz I paused it

@SuzalQ 3 месяца назад

Tough decision multiple 😅

@silviadegenhart1533 2 года назад

I am still confused, although you explain so well. Might be my English is not good enough. I cannot download the cheatsheet - I get the zip - but after I click on it I cannot find it anymore 😥

@erinjohnson5956 2 года назад

I had the same problem ☹️

@GenevievesDesignStudio 2 года назад

Hi Silvia and Erin! If you are on an iPad, the jpg should open up in the download folder of the "Files" app 😊 You can also look for "Blending-Mode-Cheat-Sheet_by-GenevievesDesign-Studio" in the search bar

@silviadegenhart1533 2 года назад

@@GenevievesDesignStudio thanx - now I could open the cheat-sheet 😀😀🙏🙏❤️