Yeah, my bad. I was just trying to generally show that, though- didn't really have color in mind.Actually Poppants, since the shrimp's main body is supposed to be pink, I think using Magikarp as a reference might not be the smartest of moves. One of these pokemon might be a better idea. You do seem to be right about the shading though - it looks pillowed.
Okay! Right, so!
Experimenting with colors. And I'm not gonna lie, now I'm really starting to like it. Or, at least, not hate it. Which is pretty big for me. It's a bit orange, but those colors seem to mesh better than any other I've tried. I might make it a little redder later, seeing as it's hardly red or pink, but I'm actually somewhat proud of this.
Hopefully I won't have to edit the front sprite too much more. Then I can either start over or mess with the old backsprite (thinking more and more of starting over, looking at it), and then I can get to the shinies and genders and all that nice stuff.
And for shits and giggles:
Shellos colors~
EDIT:
Genders + Shinies current progress