User blog comment:Shimmering Brony/M.U.G.E.N character sprites/@comment-3495717-20130326223546/@comment-3495717-20130326230702

Yeah, don't shade like Wlanman and FelixMario. Regardless of what they say, their shading is completely wrong and ugly looking (I dub it "jewel shading", as it's how you would shade a diamond/gem/etc. and nothing else). Take a look at actual sprites with proper shading - hair is generally shaded like...well, hair.