Jack's Camp - last commission project

[Korash]

the light source should be on the right !! i know i have some trouble with the shadows .. but hard to stay focus after many hour of work !! and i noticed that I make mistake when I turn my sheet to be more comfortable !! have you an easy way to identify the areas that should be shaded ?
i used the real light source (my desk lamp) when i painted some miniatures (warhammer), but on paper it's impossible ...

thanks for your comment anyway

on paper you can do something simular...draw a light arrow to indicate which direction the light is coming from and run your shadows parallel to that. A ruler would come in handy here for the rough guides. if you are doing the shadows on the computer, just draw the arrow on an other layer and copy it to any point on the map that would be casting a shadow. Once you have those guides do the shadows withing then as you see fit...In the attachment I show what I mean. I put some guides at the high points of the roofs because these points should be longer in shadow than the lower parts of the roof to show height.

Hope that helps