would you ever consider posting a tutorial on how you do lighting? you make it look so effortless, even in your sketches!
Hope this helps a little! I don't consider myself knowledgeable enough to give a full tutorial on lighting but this is my general thought process.
Griz and Norm has some really helpful and easy to follow tips if you're looking for them, grouping shadows into bigger chunks was something I got from their notes (it's called the shadow connection if you'd like to look for it!)
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this showed up in my FB memories, the lightning bolt trick! I don't sketch out the lightning bolt much nowadays but it's still super helpful when I need to lay out tricky arms and leg poses. And I still apply the logic of it, especially with how I draw arms :' ) Biggest thing it helps with is shape breakdown and visualization, we gotta use whatever works to break down shapes into simpler concepts for our brains 👏💓