ah cool. I don't know if the same thing applies or not, I guess it depends on the brushes you have available.

no reason, that's just what I stumbled across. Thanks for the example, I'll try something like that out. I'm using MyPaint btw

is there a reason you are using the soft brushes for shading? I always find that they make unclear area definitions, and it is better to do gradients by mixing hard brushes then picking in the mixed section. Also, I am guessing that you are using photoshop, but not sure. (did this with the hard brushes for an example: http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lllj5bbTYu1qkv8hco1_1280.jpg)