[C+C] Shadowy Figure

[DylanTheDev]

Uh well,
IDK why I made this I guess i was bored but yeah, I'd love some critique.

50x50 pixels

[Pizza Tom]

Right now the shadow is just going in waves down his face, which flattens him out completely. Try shading his face according to the lightsource- what parts stick out enough from the hood to get lit from above?

Also, your shades lack contrast. If you make your lights lighter and your darks darker, the image will really pop.

[drain.]

Look in the mirror while there's a light on top of you. The shadows don't shape your head like it's a ball and go down like waves (like Pizza Steve Tom said), shade the face according to the facial structure of your character. Colors also have issues, make a larger space between colours, in other words make them have more contrast.

[DylanTheDev]

Like this?

[MysteryMeat]

Getting closer! Let me do a touchup here, ideally you want to try and use shadows to define the form of the thing you're drawing!

Gif'd it so you can see the differences between my edit and yours, I didn't really do much besides tweak the shading and shape of the hood here! I also tweaked the facial expression to be more gnarly-snarly, gotta love those!

[DylanTheDev]

OMG I love what you did with the facial expressions MysteryMeat

[MysteryMeat]

Again, didn't change much! All I added was some shading and a different shape on the mouth, try your own edit!
And remember, work from reference whenever possible! Google is your best friend.