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A thin beam of light is often called a ray.
When we stand in the sunlight, some of the light is stopped while other rays pass on in a straight-line path.
A shadow is formed where light ray can not reached.
This java applet let you play with shadow and image.
To make it more fun, there are 3 different colors (Red/Green/Blue) light source.
You can also study the mixing of colored light

The applet is available at this site. Play around and enjoy!

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Light and shadows visually define objects. Before you can draw the light and shadows you see, you need to train your eyes to see like an artist.

Values are the different shades of gray between white and black. Artists use values to translate the light and shadows they see into shading, thus creating the illusion of a third dimension.

Hatching and crosshatching are simple and fun techniques for drawing shading.

A full range of values is the basic ingredient for shading. When you can draw lots of different values, you can begin to add shading, and therefore depth, to your drawings.

- Excerpt from Dummies.com

Since we're all designers, it's important to look at the subject matter and its application and relationship with topics that are close at heart, like advertising and design.

Here are some examples that truly exploits the qualities of shadows to aid in their advertising campaigns.

now does this look similar to something else or what? ermmm

now these look similar too . . .

- Remarkable Uses of Shadow in Advertising