3-D Block, or "shadow effect," as the title suggests, are a great alternative to your ordinary letters! This article will show you how to draw them!
Step 1
Start with simply drawing out your desired letter. Try to make the lines as straight as possible, or you can use a ruler. Just be sure that the lines are light, as you are only using them as a guide and will erase them later. (note: the lines will appear dark in the illustration, for visual purposes.)
Step 2
Outline the outside of your letter. Don't forget to do the inside "holes" in A,B,D,O,Q,R,P,etc.
Step 3
Draw a line off of either every right, left or down facing corner of your letter. (Don't forget the inside holes!)
Step 4
Connect all of the lines as shown in this illustration.
Step 5
Erase your guidelines that you drew in step 1.
Step 6
You can stop here if you would like, or you can shade the sides in and/or outline the edges, as shown here:
Tips
- You can also do shadows going down or to the right. Experiment!
- Try making some lines into arrows or other shapes.
- Start by going light with a pencil. That way you can always erase things if you make a mistake and then when you're happy with it, you can go over it with a pen or marker.
- If you happen to have some spare time in a seminar class, you can always pull out a notebook and a pencil and practice!
- Work on shading the side parts for a more 3D effect.
- Curvy letters, such as "S" can prove to be especially difficult to use this effect on, especially for beginners without much experience.
Things You'll Need
- Pencil
- A good eraser
- Pen or Marker for outlining (optional)
- Crayons, colored pencils, colored markers, etc. (optional)
- Paper (even lined will do!)
- Ruler (optional)
- Practice!
