Help for a noobie

[Rastaquarium]

Hey dudes,

I'm still rather new to the idea of painting something up in Photoshop and tend to struggle with adding tones and shadowing to my artwork. I guess its more down to fact I prefer a hard edge to my drawings thanks to years of drawing anime and that. Here is a picture I've been working on for a day or so and wondered if you can give me any advice to really bring out the shades and tones.

Cheers

[SilverSaifa]

The most important thing when your adding tone to your picture when you’re starting out is not being to hesitant to add highlights or shadow. It’s a lot easier to dim a harder tone than to strengthen a lighter one.

It also helps if you have a sense of lights and shadows. Your can practice this by drawing stuff in real life and then trying to mimic the shadows and highlights.

[Rastaquarium]

Thanks for the advice dude :)