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>>4790560
Use more specialized brush settings. It's an absolute pain in the butt trying to do everything with a single brush even though it can be done.

In Photoshop
Brush 1: Hard round(or any shape really). Opacity set to pen pressure. Standard brush used for everything.
Brush 2: Round brush. Opacity set to pen pressure. Hardness set to 50-75%, has to be a round brush for this setting to be available. Softer blending, but not air brush soft.

Manually set the max opacity to 50% or whatever % below 100% that makes blending easier for you. In Photoshop it's easily done by hitting 5 for 50% and then 0 for 100%.

Air brush + lasso tool. Easily creates gradients with hard edges. Use sparingly/with caution. Too much air brush makes things look too digital.
Anywhere you are trying to blend gradients, but want to maintain hard edges. Use lasso tool and turn off the selection border with ctrl + h(or whatever the hotkey is). If the edges are too hard, you can soften them up afterwards.

Not that I would take my own advice without a bucket of salt. I can't fucking draw.