nah, I don't think it's pillow shaded. maybe it looks like pillow shading because of the very dark shadow on the right!? Or maybe the outline which is very similar to the base colors. I dunno, but it's one of my first sprites I made (about one year ago)
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@Lux: Danke, danke ;)