Follow the steps below to learn to add a drop shadow. Adding a drop shadow to text works exactly the same as adding a shadow to shapes, so you can use the same steps below if you want to create shadow text. Step 1: Pick the shape(s) you want to add a drop shadow in Illustrator...
Adding drop shadows to your designs is a great way to give them some depth and make them appear as if they’re jumping off of the page. In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can add a drop shadow in Illustrator — whether it be to text, a shape, or multiple objects, so ...
To start making your Illustrator drop shadow text, you'll create the text itself. Then, taking full advantage of the Appearance panel and using a neat Transform effect, you'll learn how to add a shadow to the text in Adobe Illustrator. Some basic blending techniques and a simple...
There is no long, or block shadow tool natively in Adobe Illustrator. However, it's possible to approximate this shadow type using a number of steps. It's more time consuming and the results aren't optimal (jagged edges when zoomed-in, not easily changed, take longer to render and resu...
Finally, you'll learn how to stylize and organize your isometric letters, how to create a simple background, and how to add a subtle shadow to your isometric text in Illustrator.If you don't have the time to learn how to make text isometric in Illustrator, you can always try Envato...
Step 9: Add Shadows Let’s fine-tune our work as the final step by shading parts of it. We can add some shadows to make our work more interesting as well as to mimic real lighting conditions. Grab the Pen Tool (P) and draw the shadow shapes shown below. Use various tones of gray...
How to Add Depth in Illustrator. You can add depth to any flat object in Adobe Illustrator by using one of two 3-D options. Use the Extrude and Bevel option to add depth to most objects, such as transforming a square into a cube or a circle into a cylind
Bounding box to edge of drop shadow - not the edge of the image. Annoying! I've just been using objects with drop shadows (added in, in Illustrator) to a PSD. Usually the bounding box is just the edge of the image, but for so... ...
Although Illustrator is a powerful application for vector graphics, there are also some raster effects that we can use to make our vector graphics more appealing. Some of those raster effects are also present on Photoshop, so we can (somehow) emulate
Step 19: Adding the Darker Shadow Gradients Repeat what we did with the lighter areas and add dark gradients to the darker areas. The darker areas are going to be lightest at the top and darkest at the bottom (where there is the least amount of light). ...