Experimenting my shading with Bokurei

So, it turns out I'm missing a huge potential with my shading all this time and add dynamic shading to the characters to make them fit even better in backgrounds etc. After looking at a tutorial and then experimenting with my shading, here is my results. So now I got more shade and lighting effects to add on top of the standard water shading I do~

So decided to experiment the shading on my pokesona as he's simple to draw.

What do you guys think of this shading experiment, was it a success or should I switch back?