Avoid these common shading mistakes

I genuinely thought I was ready to teach people how to render, but uh, I think I’ll need to study a bit more before I can give better tips. Digital painting is really hard!
Anyway, I decided to paint Frieren from an anime I’ve been enjoying recently, and the fanart was long overdue.
https://twitch.tv/pikat

00:00 – Intro
00:29 – Determining the Light Source/Cel Shading
01:38 – Core shadow
02:08 – Ambient Occlusion
02:33 – Mistake #1: Double shadows
03:53 – What color are shadows?
04:36 – Mistake #2: Wrong shadow colors
06:51 – Mistake #3: I messed up her face
08:33 – Mistake #4: I draw hands like AI
09:20 – Mistake #5: Double shadows, again
10:09 – Subsurface scattering
11:08 – Final touches
12:02 – Finished, but there are things to improve on
13:49 – secret

Paintovers By
https://www.instagram.com/mariotsota
Posts by ArtistMEH0

Edited by @chashuu0

BGM
too much work by VeryGoodMan
https://dova-s.jp/EN/_contents/author/profile040.html

日曜の午後 by KK
https://dova-s.jp/_contents/author/profile024.html