Also the reference surface should be a manually drawn one in a drawing, this is clearly a grainy pattern. Edges of the shadow can be more or less blurred depending on how diffuse the light is.Ī manually painted shadow pattern would be better than my area fill, the elliptical selection is too clinical. One must follow the rays to get it right. If the light has close to vertical main direction,it makes geometrically an elliptical shadow on a horizontal surface. The shadow is an elliptical selection filled with darker color or texture than the reference surface.Įlliptical -why? Your cop is approximately cylindrical and stands straight.
Here's a drawn surface:Īlso the bottom edge of your cop must be in accordance with the expected form, viewing direction and the shadow. The shadow itself can visualize the surface if there's a well drawn projection.
Another possibility to soften such a shadow would be to create the shadow on its own layer under your drawing layer, and apply a blur to it, or even use a fuzzy edged brush to draw it.Ī shadow cannot levitate in emptiness, you must have something which can be the surface where the shadow is. It's certainly the simplest way to represent such a shadow. Have a look at this simplified diagram which shows some basic concepts behind the positioning of shadows and highlights with reference to the direction of a light source.Īs for physically making or painting the shadow, a simple solid filled shape would do just fine. Objects only have shadows because of light, and objects which cast shadows will look better if you also use shading and highlights on them, which will help create the illusion of light coming from a particular direction. There are several problems to address.įor an object to have shadows that look like they are in the right place, you need to be aware of the direction of the light falling on it. I don't think that this really has anything to do with software you are using, but rather the way that the drawing has been created.
0 kommentar(er)
