Yeah, I use semi-transparency sometimes, but I use very light ones and overlay repeatedly to get the desired effect. I also place most of my colors by hand, too. I actually don't use gradients at all; anything that looks like a gradient was pretty much done by hand. I don't hold myself to a maximum color range. I respect those who do, of course, but I prefer using whatever colors I feel like in the piece. I must have somehow accidentally set a color range? If that's the case, I apologize, because I didn't intend to.

I'm open to constructive criticism, of course; what I'm not open to is "this doesn't count" stuff. So if, for example, you take issue with using semitransparent layers, meh. That I could care less about. 

Thanks for the tip about the detail file, though; I didn't realize.