For this particular piece, I used ghosting merge, post-impression, pixel sorting, and a lot of recoloring on GlitchLab. Then I did a lot of dodging and burns on Snapseed to add the highlights and shadows. Especially around the eyes. Sometimes I overemphasize the shading on the eyes because it’s the central part in alot of my pieces.
I’m still trying to get on pixelfed. And the closest thing to mastodon I have is blue sky. And thank you very much