Shading advice

[Emera]

Originally Posted by Crow

Haven't done any pixels for quite a while now, but maybe this can give you a general idea.

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That's really nice :O Well done! I'll look at that and try to figure something out. Thank you!
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Had a play around with what you had going there, and I've come out with this.

[Felix_Xenophobe]

Originally Posted by Emera

That's really nice :O Well done! I'll look at that and try to figure something out. Thank you!
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Had a play around with what you had going there, and I've come out with this.

needs more contrast

[Unkownsoldier]

Originally Posted by Felix_Xenophobe

needs more contrast

agreed, if you notice crow's hat has more definition, if you didn't tell me what yours was it could be confused with a metal cylinder.

[smirt362]

Originally Posted by Emera

That's really nice :O Well done! I'll look at that and try to figure something out. Thank you!
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Had a play around with what you had going there, and I've come out with this.

Try something similar, but with hues slightly shifting over to blue like in Crow's example.