Yeah, a lot of my stuff is actually pillowshaded. ||| orz [I had to look it up on Google to know what that term means!] I'll try to learn how to get myself out of pillowshading in my future pixel works.
The helmet and hands are pillowshaded, I'd suggest having a lightsource that comes from above and in front, that might achieve the desired effect. Otherwise, it's 9-Volt, and thus I love it.
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Like a circle. You draw a circle and then another circle in the middel and give that one a lighter color.
This is not pillow shading, the lightsource is from the DS and thus its from the front. The pixels arent in a specific form.
Nice work.