Tutorial 165 - Shadows in Perspective
Added 2016-07-01 05:11:28 +0000 UTCThis tutorial illustrates the few steps we can take to work out shadows in perspective. This will help us to create more convincing images in terms of creating the illusion of depth.
1) Starting with an object we want to plot the shadow of, first we locate the light source.
2) Draw a vertical line from the light source to the horizon. The shadow vanishing point (Shadow VP) is where the vertical line meets the horizon line.
3) Draw straight lines from the light source and past the object, working through the corners of the form that are highest from the ground and furthest away from the light source.
4) Draw straight lines from the shadow VP and past the object, working through the corners of the form that are on the ground and furthest away from the light source.
5) The edges of the shadow will be plotted by the intersections of the light and shadow lines.
