Chapter 12Casting Shadows
Shadows are easier than they look. Drawing one in perspective can be reduced down to constructing three sides of a triangle. In this chapter, we’ll discuss shadows in detail and go over the four different lighting conditions. We’ll talk about shadows from floating objects, cutouts, and vertical shadows. We’ll end by learning how to cast the shadows of cylinders and spheres.
Shadows add drama and mystery to your work. They help describe form and they imply a specific light source. A well-planned shadow is a useful compositional tool. To understand how shadows work in perspective, we first need to go over how shadows are formed, and define the four different kinds of light.
Shadow Setup Basics
We get a shadow when an ...
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