I spent last weekend in Tucson, so I got inspired to do some desert art. In any case, I created this using several different layers. The cacti were created with the pen tool in merge drawing mode, the sun is a primitive shape with a subtle gradient, the everything else were done as objects.
I mostly avoided issues with single layer ordering by placing things on seperate layers, but for the purpose of the assignment I put the sky, sun, and clouds on a layer, and put them in the proper order by "managing" the objects. In this case, the order I selected is based on how things would look in terms of forground, midground, background. Nothing too crazy there.
I grouped the cloud "streaks" together, so that I could keep them together. I actually attempted a lot more clouds, but in the end cut it back to what you see above, as I had trouble making good looking clouds using Flash tools. The composition was actually done in a rectangle, but I created an oval mask and added a border around it to make it look more like a button or logo or something that could be re-used.
Recommendations for single layer stacking? Probably to use the object mode and use "arrange", plus when you can identify things that should always be together, you can "group" them.
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