Darkness caused by an object blocking light. This tag is for shadows that are especially strong, noticeable, or interesting.

This tag is not for ordinary shading; virtually all art, except for lineart and flat colors, has shadows to some degree. For art with hard-edged cel-shading, as opposed to soft shadows, see anime coloring.

Examples

Spotlight

Window shadow

Pov shadow

Cat shadow puppet (meme)

Dressed shadow (meme)

Related tags

Direction

• sidelighting
• backlighting
• overlighting
• underlighting

Types

• colored shadow
• crack of light
• dappled sunlight
• different shadow
• dressed shadow (meme)
• drop shadow
• eyes in shadow
• face in shadow
• hand shadow covering breasts (meme)
• living shadow
• ominous shadow
• penis shadow
• shade
• shaded face
• shading eyes
• shadow puppet
• silhouette
• tree shade
• window shadow
• vignetting
• void face

Shading techniques

• halftone
• hatching
• linear hatching
• woven hatching
• crosshatching
• chiaroscuro
• painterly

See also

• dark
• darkness
• light
• umbrakinesis
• Shadow (Persona)
• Shadow the Hedgehog

External links

• Wikipedia: Shadow

The following tags are aliased to this tag: shadows (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: colored_shadow and pov_shadow (learn more).

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