Help with shading

[clear prism]

hi, This is my first drawing without any reference or YouTube.. I got a black pen (size: 1.0) and I wanted to use it but I don't know where.. Please help me and tell me where to improve overall. :noted:

[warped nymph]

@clear prism Hello GMS, I’m a traditional artist as well. As with your help with needing how to shade, there is definitely a lot of room for improvement. For your first try, it isn’t bad. I recommend looking into shading tutorials for traditional art.

For materials, you can try using a blending stump or Q-Tip for smooth shading. I also suggest using 2B, 4B, 6B, and 8B pencils for darker shading, which gives you less pressure in trying to shade darker with a lot of force. If you have any other questions, feel free to reply back to this message.

[clear prism]

@warped nymph thank you. I'll look for it.

[opaque fog]

I'm not much better than you, or at all but if you make the shadows darker and add more mid tones I think it would pop more, also you should check marc brunets anatomy tutorial I think it would help you a lot https://youtu.be/EIkbX7HuUCI?si=WM8vI2iRdtgdxLKl

[clear prism]

Thank you. haha I just finished watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ZW2SgrRTE and then saw your message.

[opaque fog]

Lol

[clear prism]

@warped nymph Sorry for pinging but I tried again to do without reference or any tutorial . Is this ok, I didn't shade I just need to make sure the perspective etc. is ok. ty.