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I've recently got into that "hipster" trend of long shadowing. I have seen this example quite a lot, and have tried replicating it myself. No efforts have been successful though. And even the close ones seemed like to much work for that effect.

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Main issue i'm having are the middle green triangles, and their shadows down. If you notice they fold over the background circle, which is another issue of mine.

How can I replicate this technique as accurately as the image?

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    What exactly are you having trouble with? Are you looking for an automatic way to do this instead of drawing the shadow with a shape?
    – Yisela
    Aug 20, 2013 at 23:37
  • It's a physics issue. The shadow wouldn't 'fold down' over the edge like that. Just remove that part. Also, it appears your shadow angles aren't consistent.
    – DA01
    Aug 21, 2013 at 2:10
  • No, no. The two green triangles. I don't understand how they got that folded effect where they meet. And then the popup effect it has, on the bottom right; I'm guessing that part you just duplicate the layer and move it down a few pixels though.
    – TaylorTDHouse
    Aug 21, 2013 at 5:48

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Every single shape in that image is a simple shape with a gradient overlay. The only differences are fill color and direction of the gradient, that's all.

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