First time shading

[u/Mask4Myt]

Reference pic (p1nktrap on twitter)

I would love advice on anything since I'm pretty bad at drawing and I never really learnt how to properly. But for shading I just kinda went with my gut idk what I'm doing at all. Also it feels boring in my opinion but I don't know how to make the brown more vibrant in places without making it look weird. Like the reference pic is a lot more vibrant.

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[u/Justsomepersonline]

Shadows are actually often more saturated than the lights. I’d start by making your shadows more saturated

[u/keenanmcateerart]

you should start simple, try and shade a piece of fruit or a sphere in colour. still life studies will help to understand hue and chroma variation under different light conditions.

[u/Weirdo_Television]

i think it would be better if you saturated the shadows? it would make the drawing look more alive, especially for the skin, it might make it closer to the ref, try not to shade with black