Beginner at custom spriting.

[Mashuga]

because edits do not carry any study at all, nor any development nor understanding on how or why the shading was done in such way.

That's the thing, I'm saying it does.

I reworked my edits many times to try and make it look natural to the style - which in the end made me learn how a lot of techniques play out.
Because of doing this, I learnt how to make good custom work

Umm... thanks. Thats actually the exact point I was trying to make. >_>