Top Hat Man, Shading Troubles.

[Meta|Fox]

Working one my fighter sprite for King of Sprites thing
http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=707.500
But i am having an insane amount of trouble shading it.
Very WIP
Line art, attempt 1, attempt 2, attempt 3.
agh.... help

p.s. if your going to do an edit please only do it to part of the picture. just so i get the idea.

Update:

Update2:

Update3:

[Sohashu]

Attempt 2 at the top is my favourite.  Looks the best IMO.  The update detracts from the first 2 you had going. 
So I quickly edited attepmt 2.

[Meta|Fox]

Alright. another update using shading from attempt 2

better?

[junkboy]

I don't think the problem is the shading itself, it's just that there isn't any clearly defined light-source. It's basically pillow-shaded. I made a quick edit to show how I think it could be improved.

[Meta|Fox]

ahhh thats the problem. thank you. il get started on fixing that tommorow

[Meta|Fox]

All done