[Seasonal]

Ah, the classic sphere. :3

Since my drawing isn't exactly getting any better and it's too late at night to go through all of the trouble of hooking up my tablet, I've decided to work on my shading. I personally feel that it is a bit dull. Perhaps I should have make the highlight brighter.

Criticism is greatly appriciated! ^^;

[Squeeing_Onion]

I think it's because you chose to shade a black ball,:)
try a red one,the shadows will show up brighter,or even a blue would be cool,black shows up highlights great,but other colors will let shadows show,
you could even try making the black ball cast a shadow for even neater effects
Hope this helped!:3

[Seasonal]

Thank-you! I will have to try that. ^^;