When the sun shines on an object, it usually creates a shadow on the opposite side of the object. This little gumdrop, for example. Look at where the light from Mike’s sunshine hits it’s surface and then check on the opposite side of the gumdrop – there will be a shadow.
Here is a shaded sphere drawn in Muzy… It’s actually not too difficult to draw. Just start with a circle. One of the benefits of Muzy is that you can make a circle by choosing a large brush and just making one dot on the canvas.
Once you make a circle with your darkest color, it’s time to start shading. In this case, I used white, with a low opacity (10%). Starting with the highlight, I colored a small area… then colored a larger area over it… and so on, so that I had rough shading, starting at the highlight and getting darker toward the edges of the sphere. Read the rest of this entry »
Muzy is a fantastic collage tool, allowing you to put together elements into a complete picture. While you’re collaging, there are many fine touches that you can add to your image, and one of those is adding shadows. Adding a shadow makes an item appear as if it belongs in the background. This tutorial video shows you how simple it is to add a shadow to an item as you’re building a collage:
