I have often found, in my own humble opinion, that it surely depends on what you are going to do with a piece – if you want shading on it. For computer viewing, it almost always looks better … more depth, richer tones, etc. with shading. But there are instances where I put absolutely no shading on things as I know they are going to be mass printed and sometimes printing does not treat shading kindly. It gives more of a blurred effect than the range of depth we might be achieving online. I have numerous times had a label or project returned to me asking for shading to be removed. Especially with text on labels. Just saying. It depends on the piece, style and what you might be creating it for. Okay, I’ll be quiet now.
