dun-dun-dunnnununununununununun!! my question to you: are drop shadows always wrong? no, right? not when an object is clearly casting a drop shadow…right? so what happens when an illustration uses a drop shadow… is the image below wrong?? i like it… have i fallen out of good design because i used a drop shadow where nature would nix it and call it faux?? i dont think so.. no. i kind of think it works… and heres why: maybe, just maybe when an object is already obv. not real and you are already throwing out real life perspective and real imagery– you can do whatever you want to… kinda nice and kind of liberating.. think about it: comic book characters dont always have 5 fingers…nobody stops and questions our beloved 4-fingered batman… meh thats my leap today off my hater box and onto my much larger soap box. : )