understanding where the shadows would help alot and maybe adding a secondary light source. Did you use blending modes?
#i tried shading
old lake
tawdry glade
You should find the light source, for example, the light source is above the character, then you should make the high part of the character lighter, and the lower is darker for the shadow
old lake
4th is tottaly by preference but its still useful if you want to understand and shade better
There should be a blending mode on whatever program/app you use, you can play around with them but multiply mode is the best when adding shadows and it wont look like you just poured paint on the character. Its great that you added harder shadows since the light source its strong
