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that's very helpful 83 I might have to try it ^^

Wow,I experiment with different shading styles and this one looks quite good!I'm deffinetaly gonna try this one out. ^^

WOW! This is so helpful! I've been looking for a tutorial for shading for such a long time! Thank you so much! ^^

Well actually, shading should never be black. Light reflects off the environment (Another note: Black absorbs light.) and the environment is, for example, a green forest, then the shading should be green. If it's exposed to the sky, typically the shading should be blue. (Usually happens in day pics, even if it's a forest pic. Normally if I'm drawing a more open forest picture, like a park, I shade with blue-green) If it's a sunset, warmer colours should be used. Etc.

The method is good, though.

Wow, this is some good stuff right here XD Thanks, this will be helpful =3

It doesn't actually say where the darker and the lighter bits are supposed to be =/

Not every drawing is the same, that's why. It all depends on your drawing.

I guess
But the way Zuko actually figures out where the darker bits are meant to be would be useful to put up too

Oh, I see, sorry, I thought you were asking something else. I often suffer the same problem. I just make a wild guess. Like I did here.

Two words: Light Source & Anatomy.

Shades are used to determine volume of an item/creature etc. It takes heck a lot of practice to get it right. Most people make the huge mistake of adding shades around the line art. Which is wrong. Possibly you add the highlights there (depending on the light source, again).

What can I say. Practice. Look for tutorials. Look at GOOD artists' pages (don't judge 'good' by their number of pageviews/faves btw).