alfheimr: idk if ppl like this sort of thing but ??? heres my soapbox on using weird layer blending

alfheimr:

idk if ppl like this sort of thing but ??? heres my soapbox on using weird layer blending modes. i couldnt tell you what exclusion/subtract/difference/divide are meant to do but they make it very easy to get fun contrast with very little effort. about 90% of my creative process is going “hmm what would happen if i pressed this unknown button” and rolling with the results. 

the gradient i used for the gradient map is from this set^___^