Shading clothing

[marsh anchor]

Heyo there!
Not really sure what amount of shading goes int your style, but I will drop some good references for placement

[uneven pier]

I think I kind of understand
The top of the shirt I'd usually lighter?

[marsh anchor]

depening on where the light is coming from, but yeah, unless the light is from below

[uneven pier]

How does this look? The light is the orange blob on the left ^^

[hallow bramble]

i feel like her skin and hair are really dark considering the white background
hmm for rendering clothes i really don't know >_<

[uneven pier]

It's background is transparent atm as I like to focus on the person then the background ^^

[marsh anchor]

better, yeah!
when it comes to breasts, shadow usually goes kinda fromthe middle of them, so you can put that shadow a bit up

and her neck shadow is on opposite side, like light is hitting it from the right side

you can also add a middle tone on right arm (i mean her left), so it doesnt look that flat myb

[uneven pier]

Wdym? ^^;

[marsh anchor]

this red line here

[uneven pier]

Sorry Idk what a middle tone is ^^;

[marsh anchor]

it should be from the other side

oh, i mean you have 3 tones on clothing, lightest, middle and darkest

[uneven pier]

Ahh

[marsh anchor]

like this

[uneven pier]

Like this??

[marsh anchor]

yeah!

[hallow bramble]

hmm if you want it to look more 3D, perhaps try to switch the orange-ish color with the darkest color on the shirt 🤔 mm but i'm not really sure

[uneven pier]

I'll try it out ^^

which one is the orange ish colour?

[marsh anchor]

yeah I'm also not sure what that means xd

[uneven pier]

Any tips for the hair?

[marsh anchor]

I'm not on pc anymore, but I would put more highlight on those parts

[uneven pier]

How's that?

[marsh anchor]

Better!

Also, I would suggest picking one of the two cell(hard edge) shading, or soft shading

But it all depends on the style you like, you can also combine them, it's not a must to pick just one

[uneven pier]

Is soft the one I did on the hai?

Hair*

[marsh anchor]

Yes, soft is on hair and face

[uneven pier]

Ahh, I might go with that then ^^

[hallow bramble]

lol it's so hard!!! i tried omg lool

[uneven pier]

I think I did it

[hallow bramble]

hmm i feel like don't smudge all of it 🤔 maybe leave some part hmm i'm not really sure

LOL I TRIED i'm sure it's not the effect that u want xD

[marsh anchor]

I would also suggest changing this line

[hallow bramble]

then iwas gonna suggest adding shadows of the hair also wrinkles on the shirt but i couldnt do it LOL

oh right :0

[uneven pier]

Ah, is it not meant to be like that?

[marsh anchor]

Try connecting them to the rest.. Doesnt seem right, right?

[uneven pier]

Ahh ye

[marsh anchor]

It should connect like this (off my pc so drawing with my fat fingers D:)

[uneven pier]

?

[marsh anchor]

A bit softer curve i think and it will be great

[uneven pier]

Ohh so kinda like this*

?

[marsh anchor]

A bit up I think

[uneven pier]

?

[marsh anchor]

Great imo!

[uneven pier]

Yippee!

I ended up changing the shirt completely to more of what neresette showed ^^;

[hallow bramble]

oh i like it!!! i personally like it haha