I put substantial effort into this, so I hope the end result paid off :] I'm trying to evolve my usual style into some kind of half-rendering. I put more than an hour into the shading alone :')

Enjoy the fluffy doggo! I needed more art of her anyway. 

If anyone's interested, here's the difference between flat colors and shading:

As you can probably tell, shading makes a HUGE difference in my art. This one without shading just looks bare :( I think it's because my linework is too thin, but who knows? If any fellow artist has tips about lineart feel free to drop a comment and help! I would really appreciate it <3