9 Ways You Can Add Shadows to Your Letters
Easy Hand Lettering Techniques!
Adding shadows can make your lettering JUMP off the page!
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MONOLINE
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Use a bullet tip or stiff tipped pen to add a shadow to your letters
MONOLINE with SPACE
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Just keep a small space between your shadow line and the main letter to create this style.
BRUSH PEN SHADOW
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Using a flexible brush tip pen, create a shadow along your letters.
OUTLINE WITH SHADOW
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Outline your brush lettering first using a thin pen. Then add a shadow with a brush pen
OUTLINED WORD & EMPTY SHADOW
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Draw an outline around your letters with a bullet tip or drawing pen. Then go back and outline where the shadow would be.
OUTLINE with HATCHES
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Create empty shadows on your letters. Then, using your drawing pen, sketch small lines (called hatches) in those empty spaces.
TWO-TONE SHADOW
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Add a shadow using a light colored brush pen, then accent with a dark color.
SHADOW with a HIGHTLIGHT
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Add a shadow in your favorite style. Then, using a white gel pen, add small lines on the opposite side of the shadows.
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