Take the 2-minute tour ×  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.  enter image description here  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?  share|improve this question 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 '13 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 '13 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