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I just always added black to colors to make them darker for shadows; it never occurred to me to eschew black completely, but I like it! It's good to know why black is suddenly out lately; I like the effect, but it kind of freaked me out! All these anime where eyelashes and shadows are some color lighter than the darkest colors on the characters themselves--oddly, usually dark red! It looks cool, but feels a little awkward to me. I guess it's the in thing! No wonder I never heard of it until you guys filled me in. ;-p

Lol, YES, artist/writer life!

Thanks for your kind words and nice comment. <3