Need some help with shading :/

[shagzetta]

Greetings!

I am so motivated to draw pixel art, but shading is a pain for me. Today I started to draw ghost... well, i think it just looks like a bunch of pixels. What do u think about silhouette? And can you help me with shading with your advices/guides? Thanks a lot!

p.s. i forgot the image itself, here:

[MysteryMeat]

It's pretty unclear. Just looks like a wisp of smoke. Some ethereal glowing and some eyes or a mouth might help it some.

[Tori]

I see no ghost here.. Try to draw its line art first, after you get a good drawing of a ghost, you start to think about shadowing.

[DracoDragon42]

I made an edit .


First off, it is difficult to shade a ghost, the biggest reason being that they are semi-transparent. It's basically like shading mist. Another reason why shading is difficult is because it is so small, and with small images , the general shape and form is more important than the details. What I did is not to worry about the shading, and just get the form of the ghost down, along with some clothes. Ghosts resemble a person, so I drew a human-like figure first. Then I made it look kind of whithered, after that, I cut down the legs to make them seem like they are fading away. Then I added some clothes on in a different color. I also made it a little bit bigger, just so that I could put in some more detail. So yeah, I hope this helps.

[shagzetta]

I made an edit .


First off, it is difficult to shade a ghost, the biggest reason being that they are semi-transparent. It's basically like shading mist. Another reason why shading is difficult is because it is so small, and with small images , the general shape and form is more important than the details. What I did is not to worry about the shading, and just get the form of the ghost down, along with some clothes. Ghosts resemble a person, so I drew a human-like figure first. Then I made it look kind of whithered, after that, I cut down the legs to make them seem like they are fading away. Then I added some clothes on in a different color. I also made it a little bit bigger, just so that I could put in some more detail. So yeah, I hope this helps.

Thanks! Looks better than my "version" hehe