After three months of experimenting with CGing on Photoshop, I realized I prefer coloring this way over the super shiny, shiny, shiny desu art on the internet. It hurts my eyes less and makes my hands happier. Dodge and burn is almost always a no-no for me even though that's the second way I started out. When I first learned how to color, I colored using the brush tool set to 50% opacity and colored directly on the lines.
The guy on the unicorn is the Home of the Patriots guy from last summer. Wow. I like really improved.