Quick Tip – 3 Easy Ways to Shade a Shape

By TipSquirrel

Adding highlights and shadows to your shapes can give them depth and form. Here I try to give you an overview of three of the easiest ways to to this. Using just Layer Styles I’ll quickly run through three techniques. Two of them I’m guessing you probably already know, but the third?

Experiment and have fun.

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