I too feel it needs more shade .
It feels it needs to go darker.
The head looks waaay better though ...well done 🤗
Body shading is so complex .
First you have to think of the body as a tube , and shade it.
But then there all these lumps and bumps of bones and muscles that create aberrations in THAT shading .
Plus , I get this is cartooning so you wanna keep it simple .
So all I can't think of is to offer you this :
It's kinda the 'essence of light ' .
Often we draw thinking only of where light
hits , and where it
doesn't .
But light is waaay more complex . It reflects , refracts , is direct and indirect .
And it's these elememts that give us our three dimensionality and solidity to an object .
I always try to remember the yin yang symbol when shading - there is dark in the light , and also light in the dark .
It like one level deeper to general shading , but it brings shit to life .
See how on the right side ...there is the tiny sliver of shadow ....which excentuates the light ?
And on the left there is the hint of reflected light
within the shadow ?
And I know ...shadows, and adding black can be scary ....so how far do you go ?
But in truth...black is your Ally.
Just as much as white is .
We forget how wonderful black can be .
And that it has just as much meaning as white .
Black defines .
Don't be afraid to go all out .
You will amaze yourself on how wonderful black can be 🤗
Also : dont ever think that too much black will limit where you can put colour .
It doesn't .
It helps define it as much has white does ....if not more .
