Oh wow, thank you so much for taking the time to write this awesome amazing comment! *___* All this is so incredible to hear and a little surprising too, mostly because I never noticed dark colors were something I do a lot (quite the contrary, I'm sort of used to thinking I mostly use really bright colorings), but now that you mention it, I see what you mean - I seem to do darkish monochromes a lot too.

And aw, cropping hasn't usually been something I pay that much attention to, so I'm glad that people mention them now that I actually thought of them much more than usual :) (I made a new year's resolution to go do more with cropping, and my first post of the year did nothing of the sort, so I thought now would be a good time to try :D)