Doing the shadows as a separate layer only started when I got lazy and decided to cell-shade. Before I was lazy, I'd use dodge and burn for shadows and highlights, so they were on the same layers as the colors. Now that I'm migrating back to my old style, I'll probably start doing that again.
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Doing the shadows as a separate layer only started when I got lazy and decided to cell-shade. Before I was lazy, I'd use dodge and burn for shadows and highlights, so they were on the same layers as the colors. Now that I'm migrating back to my old style, I'll probably start doing that again.