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Creating a Shadowbox Design

Creating a Shadowbox Design - Illustrator Tutorial

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Creating a Shadowbox Design

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- [Von] Welcome to Drawing Vector Graphics Laboratory. Creative inspiration is most definitely a curious muse. For me, it's usually a fleeting moment where an idea briefly formulates in my mind. And unless I take notice and actively attempt to capture it, it can soon pass and be forgotten. So I try not to ignore this type of creative curiosity. I enjoy reading about archeology, and recently I was reading some information about what you see here, the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. I might be pronouncing that wrong. It dates back to the 1800 A.D., and this is a reproduction of that archeological artifact. And it's the inspiration for this movie, and it gave me the idea to try and create a shadowbox design. So with that said, let's get started. Now, in this design, I want to capture dimension in depth, even though this is going to be 2D graphics. Now, because this is inspired by an archeological find, I wanted to stay in that kind of stylistic vein but still have some fun with it. So I talked…

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