Krita 5 is so easy to use and I can now add another layer of complexity to my smudge brushes.
The ability to use height texture in combination with smudging is so fun. Big thank you Krita team, and you have done an amazing job with Krita 5.
Yes the smudging behavior at low pressure always bothered me with the subtract mode, it always leaves some hard borders where the smudge effect cuts off unless you go full pressure, and multiply just doesn’t give the effect of just touching the bumps of a rough surface with the brush.
I need to check out the brushes people already shared, because I’m not really the person to fiddle with brush settings for hours, and the height modes also seems a bit tricky to tweak, but it definitely produces nicer results.
Tell me if it works and what you think, I did use three of Kritas default brush tips and one custom one. I find that kritas default brush tips are all you need and from there I built these brushes.