Mmmm, very nice. Yeah, layers are fun. I use many of them, even going over a hundred on some of my more complex pieces. *.*

lawl, the largest number of layers for me has been only 86 XD

and even that piece only was the hardest one. . .

usually I end up with less than 12 layers :3

I have a habit of going overboard. Sometimes it helps having lots of layers but can make it hard to modify proportions of certain areas if I get too far into my drawing as I often do. But it does make it easier to change color or move around individual items if need be.

well, I don't know *shrug*
everything seems good for me even if I have just few layers...

and besides, you can always group those layers ;D

Grouping does help. I use GIMP these days and it doesn't group all that well though. And in the past I did almost everything on just a few layers and it did go quick... until someone wanted the fur colors changed. That was a nightmare and I almost had to completely redo the shading. That is when I restarted going crazy with layers again. Like a decade ago, I did this pretty cool lightning effect back before the filters than can do it for you. I used like a dozen layers to get it to what I wanted. Nowadays, a plugin would do much the same thing.

I find myself treating different objects in their separate groups in that it'll have the base color layers, then shadows, dark shading, highlights and if needed, a final glare layer. Depending on the number of objects, the layers can add up fast. A good example is my Halloween Special back in 2009 (warning, link is very graphic http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2982082/ ). This piece has dozens and dozens of layers. I think it gave it much more 'depth' than I could do otherwise. Beside, I had to rearrange the various objects a few times and that helped. Anyway, that was one of my most complicated works. It will be a long long item if I do anything close to that, especially in my laziness.

hmm. . . I see what you mean~
though, no one has asked me to do any commissions or stuff like that, so there haven't been any problems with my drawings~

and if you do everything correct you can always keep less amount of layers, even if you have to change a lot of things in the picture~
ohh I guess it all goes together with experience, talent and maybe even age?

I haven't done any commission as well though a couple people did ask. However, I done quite a few requests and gift arts from those kiriban contests I hold when I hit certain milestones. *Rubs his toes as those things stings when accidentally kicked.* I also am doing trades though I am still slowly wading through my second one for last couple of months or so. I am that slow. >.>

When I sketch something and come back to it, I find tons of mistakes. The 2nd trade I am still on I redid the sketch like six times and even had to tweak the final one with cut -n-paste, resizing, and warp tools to get it where I am somewhat happy with it. And all that before I started coloring.

The character kind of reminds me of Ssthisto. I really like the coloring on this piece!

ohh, well, thanks~

but I don't know that character you are mentioning tho

Aah hehe. No problem! It was an indirect way of asking if you drew her xD. I still like it quite a lot, though!

ohh ^^;
I see~

and thanks~