I've always had issues with shading and have tried a lot of different methods, none of which I liked. So I was googling and came across this technique. I think I took it a little more drastic but right now I really love it (even though it took a few hours).
One I'm proud of right now:
You can guess what I literally just finished watching today.
What I have isn't nearly as inspired as the other posts on this thread, but I have a couple of character designs I was just fiddling around with. Kinda wish I had something a bit more substantial, but oh well.
Cool! I really like your use of colours.
I am still very proud of this one called Haunting it's because of this painting I came up with Creepie Ellie my web comic that is coming soon.
Here's Haunting
And here is my Ellie for the comic