And one massive step backward...

I started working on this scan sometime over the summer. I always have a bunch of different things going on at once, because after a while--no matter how much I like the scan--I start to get bored. I know I'm not the only one. Anyway, I got the lines vectored and was starting to work on laying down some colors, and everything was fine. After about 16-20 layers, I started working on the soap suds in the tub. I got the base color down and then couldn't decide how I wanted to do the shading because the edges are soft, but a vector would render sharp, crisp edges. Decisions, decisions. Should I just vector it anyway so it matches the rest of the wall? Should I try and paint it a bit even though my mouse spazzes out all the time because my cats shed everywhere and it's all over my desk [which means there's cat hair in the way of the laser, which means the laser thinks it's being moved around when it's not or in different directions from where I really move it]?

I figured what the hell and started painting. It's oddly soothing, more so than vectoring. And, best of all, the soap suds looked awesome. Unfortunately they also looked really out of place with the rest of the wall. So in what might be the dumbest move I've made in Photoshop since my first walls several years ago, I chucked all the other layers that I had shaded before with vectoring. I know in the end it'll really be worth it because my wall will look great, so I just need to keep telling myself that and hopefully it won't take forever. I think I'm going to stick to vectoring chibi for the scan gallery, though, because that is much easier, hehe.