How to Draw 3D Letters with Shadows Following Patterns

Today we will show you how to draw  very simple shadowed letters. If you aren’t good at drawing letters to begin with, I suggest that you get some graph paper to guide you thru drawing the following letters. We will then show you how to shade these letters. Find the tutorial below.

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How to Draw 3D Letters with Shadows Following Patterns

Step 1

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Get your graph paper and draw these letters … using the boxes to guide you thru it.

Step 2

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Now it is time to draw the shadows.

Do you see how all of the letters have shading on the left side of the letter. Use the pattern in the above picture to guide you thru drawing shadows. You probably won’t need the graph paper next time you draw shaded letters.

Of course…you can also shade the letters on the right side…but it is important to be consistent. If one of your letters is shaded on the right, make sure that the other letters are as well.

We will be having a lot more lettering tutorials coming up soon.

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