So I have completed another tutorial. It's not really to my taste but, it did give me a plethora of knowledge on layer masks. It also gave me a foundation to build upon when I decide to do more local type maps. So I'd like to thank jfrazierjr for putting up the tutorial and CSUAC for the free patterns.
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