Creature Drop Shadow Issue — AI Prompts for Adobe Photoshop

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creature drop shadow looks wrong in test comp; client review tomorrow

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I dropped the creature into the plate but its shadow reads too soft and the art director will call…

I dropped the creature into the plate but its shadow reads too soft and the art director will call it floating at tomorrow's review. I can either paint a shadow by hand or try a blurred multiplied layer tied to the creature's silhouette. Tell me quickly which shadow-first fix will read as physically believable—the direction, hardness, and contact shadow approach—and one line I must not cross so the shadow doesn't read like a sticker.

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