So ... I finally got a fancy new tablet that's a good size for me ... and I opened up my doodle programs ... put down the base colors and all that fancy stuff ... and then came to the realization that I can't shade to save my life ... I think I tried all Monday and Tuesday afternoon trying to shade that Brick picture and failing miserably ... any tips, tutorials, references or whatever you can throw my way to help me out? ; -;

I've tried the separate color thing and it ended up hideous, inconsistent, and like I was trying too hard ... and didn't look right.
I tried to the "color everything gray and shade that" thing and throw a base color over that, but I felt like I wasn't doing enough ...

Also ... still doing the freebie unblocker thingie. See info here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1581681/