woah just noticed a big issue with this. i'll fix and upload it tomorrow

it's been fixed. CnC please. do you like this style? or no. seems too....sterile

i like this!
just when the ball goes behind the pillar, the shadow like moved up and down,
i dont this is possible wihtouth the pillar moving,
maybe you did this to indecate the roundness of the ball??
idk
but this certainly looks cool :)

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i like this!
just when the ball goes behind the pillar, the shadow like moved up and down,
i dont this is possible wihtouth the pillar moving,
maybe you did this to indecate the roundness of the ball??
idk
but this certainly looks cool :)

precisely. that's what i went back and fixed. since the shadow is cast at a 45 degree angle it doesn't hit the ball flat like i had before. that's why it goes up then down

glad you like it!

i think i might use this for future lighting. i made another animation that used the same techniques, just like 10x more of them.

[swf=http://www.fileize.com/files/89875562/84f/gems.swf]width=550 height=400[/swf]

trying to get the light to refract differently on each cut of the gem.

not gonna make a new thread for this.

test effect on a long bow

[swf=http://www.fileize.com/files/56f91368/a2a/bow.swf]width=550 height=400[/swf]

Quote from Max Vador

not gonna make a new thread for this.

test effect on a long bow

[swf=http://www.fileize.com/files/56f91368/a2a/bow.swf]width=550 height=400[/swf]

Thats awesome and so are the rest of them. :)

thanks buddy ;)

I'd like you to put a blur effect on the triangular shadow... shadows are only that sharp when the light source is very close to the object that make the shadow. and when the object/wall where the shadow is projected is more distant, the shadow becomes less sharper. I don't know if you understand me xD but that's just opinion c:

The shadows look very nice.

These are really snazzy, man! Did you do these by hand or through Actionscript? Either way, I'd love to see a tutorial if you'd be willing to make one.

Wow nice shadows. I think I'll test out something like this soon. Right now my shadows are... the opposite of good.

LK|LO: i know exactly what you're saying. this was supposed to be a very clean take on shadow casting which is why i didn't blur it in the first place. i may do it to see how it looks but i think it may clash with the scene.

CRONOS: thanks buddy

@SkyShark: no not actionscripted. all multi-layered masks. I don't have time for a specific shadow tutorial but i can do you one better. i've attached the FLA in this post. warning you it's CS6 but if you want to check it out feel free. i can also convert it down(to CS4) if anyone needs that.

N-M-E: the opposite of good is "getting better" lol. i want to do a much more complex version of this soon. this was just to see if the idea i had in my head actually worked

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MOAR LIGHTING!

[swf=http://www.fileize.com/files/0bf7dbde/e31/dragon_reveal.swf]width=550 height=400[/swf]

PIKA!

[swf=http://www.fileize.com/files/01cb14fd/395/pika.swf]width=550 height=400[/swf]

still gotta add some mouth and eye sprites

edit: updated this cute little shit