Need help with shading/drawing in general

[prince_freeza]

But after adding the base color I just never know what to do ._.

the first thing you need to do when you shade is determine the light source, like so:
left, back, front or right (ofc there are lots of positions a light source can hit your character but what i'm showing you now is the most basic)


what you also want to learn is shading types, see not every surface has the same type of shading (for example the skin area will have a different looking shading "texture" than pants or hair) my advice to you is that for a start you stick with 2 color shading until you get the hang of how everything is supposed to look\feel like.

this is an example of a 2 color shading with the light hitting your character from the left side:



note the differences between the shading of skin (smooth,clean) and the shading of a shirt (wrinkles).
this might seem frustrating at the beginning, but you won't go no where without trying, practicing and patience.


you should search Google,youtube and deviant art they have all kinds of tutorials about shading,proportions,coloring...etc you name it.