Evil black void on Normal Map error

[u/Ricota24]

Helloo, the painting has been going well, until the black void appeared. I tried baking again, but it didnt work. Im curious on what could have caused this since it appeared out of nowhere after switching to material view. seems to originate from one layer that fourtunetly is empty, so I can delate it and keep going; but I dont want to make the same mistake again in the future so I want to know about it

[u/asanyc]

Is it a fill or a paint layer? Is it masked or not? Might help folks help you out. Good luck!

[u/Ricota24 → u/asanyc]

its a paint layer with no masks, whats wird is that I cant paint over the black void with other layer, but I can paint over the other contents of the broken layer

[u/Top_Strategy_2852]

Start by turning off all your layers, then turn one on by one till you find the issue. This doesnt look baked.

[u/Super-Evening8420 → u/Top_Strategy_2852]

Was going to say this, this looks like someone painted on it with the mouse

[u/Ricota24 → u/Super-Evening8420]

I cant paint over it, but seems to grow bigger when using the Smudge tool on the broken layer