I've read the theory, you have to look at the light source and apply it to the object's shape, the farther the darker, different objects take on light on different ways, but in practice the truth is that i feel no matter how good i get at lineart I just can't improve on shading/coloring.  I made this...decent room between yesterday and today:

This is what happened when i tried to start coloring it:

Any advice?

Hello I'm Nirwanda, a new member of the site.
For the longest time i've wanted to make my "dream game" and after taking a few stabs at game making  (and one at making very simple pixel art https://nirwanda.itch.io/pathway-desire), I feel like it's time to attempt to make it. There's only one small problem, I know very little about pixel art, so I'm struggling with even the most basic of my (admitedly ambitious) goals: making the main character sprite. So I wanted some feedback on her appearance and animation. I wish I could be more specific with my request, but I've polished it up as much as my eyes can see errors, so what is left is what my lack of experience doesn't let me see.


Thanks a lot for reading! And please don't laugh too hard at my girl.