It seems to look better if you go all the way around the drawing to shade. Shade around the edge of the art and where you have outlined things. If you are trying to shade in a cat's ear or something, then use a darker color and make a c shape on the ear. Color it in and it will look like the ear is more 3D. Instead of going around an eye, just shade underneath the eye.
Here is an example of that shading: