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Reece McCarthy · 2026-07-14T15:50:57.590Z

I've really hit a roadblock with shading and light. I've done it a lot in the past on lots of designs and it tends to ruin them, tbh. I have examples over on my insta of my other work, but I just wanted to get some help on how to shade this guy. I think my forms and anatomy and design is pretty good at this point, and I feel like I always make some cool linework which I'm then scared to take to the next stage. I usually paint shading and light in greyscale then overlay colours, maybe that's hurting me? Not sure, but some help with where to start here would be great. Thanks!

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