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Last week a mention was made about shadows in different colors. The writer felt that multicolor shadows didn't work. I am playing with a shadow with a light to dark fade in Corel. What's your take on this?
I think that multi-color shadows can be exciting in a design. Look at some of the really cool stuff Karen Souza does with blended split shades. Boy, that's some mighty tasty stuff there.
I guess that some color combinations don't look right, like Fred mentioned, and there will always be times where a shadow might be inappropiately used in a design. It would be your job, as the designer, to see that it happens right.
I, personally, don't use a lot of multi color shading in my lettering work, leaning instead towards bolder outlines and shades and such and using blends on the letttering itself.
Remember, just because one person doesn't like the style, that doesn't make it wrong. Everyone has their own take on it, I guess.
Have a great one!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6464 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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