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Found out my favorite digital sketch took 47 layers and I've been beating myself up over 8
I was watching a process video from an artist on YouTube and he showed his layer panel at the end. 47 layers for one character portrait. I always thought I was messy for using more than a handful, so I'd been flattening stuff early and losing the ability to tweak things later. He said he keeps each layer until the file size bugs him, and he uses groups just for shading passes. I tried it on a piece this weekend and ended up at 22 layers, and going back to fix one highlight was way easier. Do you all keep a ton of layers or work flat and commit early?
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sarah_nelson21d ago
Wait, 47 layers?? For ONE portrait?? That is wild to me but also kind of freeing to hear. I've been flattening way too early out of some weird guilt about being "messy" and then I get stuck when a client wants changes. Grouping by shading pass makes so much sense, I'm trying that this week. 22 layers already sounds like a good middle ground.
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