Coloring Tutorial: The Danger of Shading on the Edge

Today's post has been very kindly submitted by Mary Cagle:

Something that drives me crazy about a lot of cel shading is that the artist only lines the edge of their figures with shadow.

As a demonstration, here's a recent panel of my comic shaded in such a way:

While cel shading is about simplifying forms and quickly adding depth to an image, doing it in this way completely ruins the point of shading.

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