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Hey guys! So this I recently posted a tutorial on how you can create shadows and highlights for your lettering work to give it a bit of a 3D sort of effect, so in this tutorial, I will be showing you some different styles of shadowing/cuts you can use to help make your work stand out and give it some depth. Rather than giving it this 3D sort of effect, I am showing you how to properly make create shadows on parts of your lettering work which overlap each other, like the letter 'A' for example. The line which goes through the middle overlaps the rest of the letter, which means there is the potential to add some shadowing and give it a bit of depth. Of course there are plenty of different letters this can be applied to, and those letters will vary depending on the style you've created.
The key with this effect is to now over-do it, so don't try and throw this effect on every possible overlap because you will reach a point where it starts to look very over-designed, so keep that in mind, just add a couple in the obvious places and see how that looks, don't get ahead of yourself!

As always, I really hope this tutorial has helped some of you guys, and if you have any suggestions for future tutorials, feel free to drop a comment down below! Thanks!

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