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How many layers do you usually use while drawing//painting?

I always end up using just 3 or 4.Jul 23, 2021

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LIBRAKIND

5yr

Between 5 to 50s depending on what the drawing is ;w;

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starseed666

5yr

Depends on the drawing, honestly... 1 or 2 for the sketch, 1 for lines, 1 for flat colors, 2-3 for shadows and highlights, 1-4 for background (simple to complex)

So... Anywhere from 5 to 11-ish haha

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kronos_draws_art

5yr

Around 20 or so layers. In the past, when I first started, I did only five layers: sketch, lineart, flats, shadows, highlights. Then I did 40 layers, for each element in an illustration. I hated having to organize and look through every layer, so I found a nice middle ground using 20 layers or so.

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lllolllie

5yr

I use under 20, but I merge a lot of them

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safva

5yr

At the start it used to be pretty much in the 40s...

I've cut down A LOT though. Now it's mostly 10-15 max depending on what the piece requires (bg, effects, etc)

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sealhaus

5yr

I do a lot of complex paintings so usually it’s up in the 30s

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ayperosia

5yr

Depends how confident I am with what I'm making, or how fast I wanna work/if its just a study -- I use one layer sometimes and sometimes more than procreate will let me have so I gotta duplicate the whole file before I merge things just incase

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noxthebox

5yr

20+

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myspiritdraws

5yr

At least 25, but mostly around 50 xD

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zhagreuz

5yr

I usually use 3 or 5 layers but when im in sicko mode i'll use up to 20+

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notarein

5yr

1 for the character, 1 for the background, 1 for the watermark, if I want to copy paste something I can end up with 40+, but I always merge them

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cappubun

5yr

Every layer is kept even if it doesn’t have anything on it cause I stupid ‘3’

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roseteapot

5yr

Sometimes it can go up to 40 layers wkfndşfnd but usually its around uhh 20? Few sketch layers, color+lineart layer, another lineart layer sjdjsjs and effects

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spoonofsilver_art

5yr

So many

3 to 4 is just the sketch layers for me

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opal_moss

5yr

Around 4+ tho they can go up to 100 since I like to test different textures and hues before I merge them with the final painting

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wynn_art_

5yr

Normally I try to keep it at the minimum as possible and I go combining them, but lately I don't care and I ended up with around 70 layers
I separated things a lot, like, several layers of shadows or highlights

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bluefalafs

5yr

I think I use about 8 to 10? More layers if it's more details

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