The shadows might be hard and time-consuming, but you did them well, Mike. Shadows are part of "shading", and it was not immediately apparent to me that this is not my render, but a vector recreation you've done.

Hats off to you, if I wore one!

It's amazing what you, Rik, and other members do with gradients and other features to capture the look of photography. I am inspired to do future tutorials on the photorealsitic aspect of Xara.

-g