Flood fill is not a great way to color because it requires perfectly sharp edges to your linework which is not always what looks nicest or most natural.

It's not, but one of the things I will need to learn is how to draw in fur. Perhaps it has to be wire-painted stuff on top of a flat color base to start. I'll learn, in time.

Doesn't really need to if you have the ability to 'expand selection' or similar. When I draw my comics I ink with anti-aliased brushes but then I do my color fills on another layer with magic wand then expanding the selection by 3px. Paintbucket is set to 'current layer only,' et voila.

However that is still a terrible way to color because it is very lazy. I'm just on a ridiculous self-imposed deadline.

Please draw more pictures. I like to look at them.

I will. I'm trying to use some of the time in my new schedule as drawing time.