u/Kit_fiou

I'm looking for suggestions on ways to improve my bricks in picture 1! Should I add darker shading to the bottom of each brick? Add more layers of thread? Include some vertical stitches? Frog and make each brick one color? The remaining pictures are inspo from Pinterest of styles I like. Thank you!

I'm looking for suggestions on ways to improve my bricks in picture 1! Should I add darker shading to the bottom of each brick? Add more layers of thread? Include some vertical stitches? Frog and make each brick one color? The remaining pictures are inspo from Pinterest, not looking to copy exactly, just examples of what I was going for. Thank you!