[AlexTLe]

The title says it.

[TwoDD]

Hey AlexTLe, are we talking about digital or traditional painting? My personal preference for both mediums, and I am sure most artists would agree, is to start out with a large, soft brushes to block in and then slowly work your way to detail with smaller brushes. An example for digital painting would be Photoshops' soft round brush. Hopefully that helps.

[nylelevi]

I personally use a hard round brush for blocking in and then switch to a soft round brush later on for blending and smoothing edges etc.

[LGrey]

What they said.

The only thing I can add to it is you may want to bring the transparency of a digital brush to about 80 percent or so. It isn't a needed thing by any means, but I feel it gives me more control.

[happyfish]

Originally Posted by TwoDD

Hey AlexTLe, are we talking about digital or traditional painting? My personal preference for both mediums, and I am sure most artists would agree, is to start out with a large, soft brushes to block in and then slowly work your way to detail with smaller brushes. An example for digital painting would be Photoshops' soft round brush. Hopefully that helps.

I personally is more agree to TwoDD statement. But more or according to your interests to decide.

[nylelevi]

Originally Posted by LGrey

What they said.

The only thing I can add to it is you may want to bring the transparency of a digital brush to about 80 percent or so. It isn't a needed thing by any means, but I feel it gives me more control.

Yeah I agree that bringing the opacity down definitely gives more control. I tend to keep the opacity near around 100% for initial blocking in though so I guess a nice even tone to work on.

[AlexTLe]

Those comments were helpful, but i was sort of going for the background blocking in, like for environmental digital paintings.