Just realized my one-file habit almost erased a whole series

I used to keep all my digital sketches in one messy file (yeah, I know, bad move). When it got corrupted last month, I lost weeks of character designs. Had to redo everything from memory, and it looked totally different. Now I split each piece into its own file, and my workflow is way smoother. Learn from my panic, backup your art properly.

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jordanb801mo ago

Your new system sounds brilliant, my version of "organized" was just different folders of chaos.

the_fiona1mo ago

Honestly, how many folders of chaos is too many before it's a problem?

matthewsullivan1mo ago

Been there. Honestly, if you can't find a file in under a minute, that's the red flag. @jordanb80 gets it, it's just layers of chaos. Try a monthly folder dump and sort from there.