If you haven't seen or read this , come over HERE . I have been doing this too to create a realistic shadow for doilies … It's a little tricky if you over warp it but no fear, practice makes perfect. Thank you Trista for the awesome tutorial!!
This was great! Thanks! I always second guess myself when I use doilies, they are tough to shadow right!
love. i think i tend to be on the lighter side of shadowing. and i agree ... if you don't tweak, it does look fake. (i need to start tweaking more!)
I do think a lot of scrappers out there do tend use lighter shadow because they are afraid it will turn out awful if it's too dark.. so they tend to play it safe..
Li Li, you bring up some great points. I am usually one that is in a hurry to finish up a page and don't always tweak my shadows. I must admit that the extra time not only makes for a more realistic digital version of a paper page, but it makes me happier with the end result!
you are so right lili! i do tend to play it safe, i don't love the floating elements look ... so i tend to under shadow. but i am going to try to be a bit more of a Shadow Rebel going forward. small, baby steps.
Great tutorial! I love using doilies on my pages, but just use a standard shadow for them. I really need to manipulate and warm them more and after reading this I think I can!
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Ever since I learned & knew how to tweak the shadows, it's a have-to-do- thingy for my pages. Esp for papers, flowers, ribbons & strings. All the soft elements. So the number of layers on my page can be a mountain high. For doily, it is indeed not easy to get the correct shadows, in terms of the dark/light shadow thingy. So I rarely use doily. But now with this tutorial, I might use doily more often. To girlified my pages a bit more. Thanks for the tutorial, Trista !!!
Great tips. Thanks for sharing! I would also probably try changing the drop shadow color to match colored doilies (just use a much darker color than the doily) if you want to go the extra step.
oh wow - i missed this before but it's such a great tute with all those example doily pics - thanks Lili and Trista