: Multiply Mode Not working to Recolour Line Work I'm pretty sure the method I'm using is fairly common but I've searched like 50 different ways of asking this question and no one seems to have

@Harper654

I was colouring on the line art layer that was set to multiply


You say you are painting AT the lineart layer? like, in the exact same layer? if so, you must set your brush to multiply instead of your layer.

Although this is not recommended since any changes to the original lineart layer are rendered irreversible after many changes are done. and because overlaping brushtrokes will multiply with themselves as well.

Paint at a layer above it and set to multiply. or paint at a layer below it and set the lineart as multiply.

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@Si6392903

You can do this in 2 different ways:


with a new layer over the drawing layer set as multiply and paint on it so it showed the drawing lines underneath.
Set a new layer without colour (transparent) under the drawing layer Then set the drawing layer as multiply mode.


The trouble with using a brush with multiply mode is that the multiply blending mode only applies to the brush so the behaviour does not relate to the other layers but only the one you are working on. So basically every stroke you make on that layer will blend as multiply. And you end up with overlaps.

example of using brush with multiply on a different layer. You cant see the lines of the drawing and you get overlaps.



Using the brush with multiply directly over the drawing layer :

you will be able to keep the lines of the drawing but the different brush strokes will blend as multiply so you will end up with overlaps again.
Also you will have trouble correcting it because if you erase the colour you will of course erase the drawing because they are all in the same layer



(I painted outside the lines so it would look more evident see how the orange becomes more red when I make another stroke over?)

Final advice is:
Use the drawing as a multiply layer and organize your colours by layers begining with a background layer at the bottom and working out all the different depths of colours as you go along. Again that will make it easier to work the colours isolated and and correcting the edges as freely as you want and with no blending modes changing the colours as you paint over.

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@Goswami567

Looks like the colour that you have added is on the same layer as the image to be coloured (as far as I can see from the low res screenshot). The colour needs to be on a separate layer and whichever layer is on top should be set to multiply.

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@Margaret771

It's hard to tell from the image, but it looks like you're coloring on the layer on top of the b & w artwork. I'd put the put the line art above (set to multiply) then color on the layer below.

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