Critique from a random stranger made me rethink my entire shading approach

I posted a portrait in a digital art group last month and some guy just commented 'your shadows don't know where the light is coming from.' I was pretty annoyed at first but then I looked at my piece again and he was totally right. I had highlights on the left side of the face but shadows falling to the left too. So I spent a weekend just studying light sources and reworked that whole painting. Has anyone else had a single piece of criticism that completely changed how you do something?

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barbara_taylor836h ago

Totally feel that, fixing light and shadow consistency instantly levelled up my whole art game lol.