: How to make inner shadows on objects? I'm trying to make some real life shadows of depth on some designs. I've attached some examples of another artist's works that illustrate the effect I'm

@Vandalay110

I made a quick test with 10 minutes of my time and this is what I get:



Image 1: first test. Texture by Stephen Gilbert.

Here's what I did:


took a paper texture.
put a multiply layer on top for color.
Made a clipping mask in the shape of a hole.
Copied steps 1-3 behind.


Released Clipping mask
Offset it and then nudged it to side.
Reapplied mask.

Repeated step 4 a few times.
For shadows I took one layer


Then filled it black
Dropped opacity
Applied a blur
Offset it.

for final touch up I added a dark layer in same style below each one for thickness.


You could do MUCH better this was my first attempt after all. Colors and textures could certainly be better.

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@Vandalay110

Each color would be its own layer. double click on the layer to bring up the layer style pallet. You can now apply drop shadows, emboss effects, etc. Should be very easy to recreate this type of design this way.

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