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~ Shadows ~The trick to making things look realistic!

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~ Shading ~Makes things look more real.

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~ Shadows & Shading ~That’s what this project is all about.

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~ Emphasize Shadows ~Make them Obvious.

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~ Fade the Shadows ~Shadows get Lighter as the get Further Away

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~ Other Shadows ~There are Lots of Ways to make Shadows in

Illustrator

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~ Step #1 ~Learn How to Make Shadows with a Pencil

Crosshatching –

• Layers of Lines at angles.

Usually, the first layer is Vertical |

The next horizontal –

The next at 45° /

4 Types of Crosshatching

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Create a rectangle the width of the page with 3 lines in the middle creating equal squares across it’s length.

There are the 4 major directions that a line can follow:

Vertical – Horizontal – Diagonal Left and Right

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Use all four crosshatching line directions, removing subtracting one layer of crosshatching directional

stroke to reveal whiter paper.

Remember to pick up you pencil and begin a new line for every stroke, rather than scribbling the

lines. Mow the Lawn!

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ValueValue is the amount of lightness and darkness in a given area of color

or shade. When there are less layers of lines in a given area, then more white paper is revealed and the area is said to be of a “lighter

value”.This example creates the same illusion only by using many layers of

smaller tighter curls on the left which open up into less layers of bigger looser curls on the right. The value is determined by the pressure of the

pencil as well as the layers of curls.

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In these examples the layers of crosshatching lines are reduced from left to right creating the illusion of a dark value opening up into the light.

The reduction of layers is subtle and the gradation is gradual.

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Crosshatching is one way artists produce the illusion of depth and shadow.

Cone Shape

Use Crosshatching to produce the illusion of roundness. Also use Crosshatching to add shadow.

Cone Shape

Using your new crosshatching skills, sketch a cone shape with emphasis on the shadows.

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