Style Not Substance

Apologies for the supreme lateness of this! Hopefully things will be better next time, as our helpful co-mod yvi will be leading the dance next month. Which is rapidly coming upon us!

The results of Challenge #2x05, Shadows are:
( results )
Thank you, everyone!

I've also revealed the entries in the challenge entry post.

Now, discuss! How did you make your icons? Techniques, tips, difficulties? Were the tutorial links helpful? Did you find other helpful tutorials?

My apologies for being so late with this; I haven't been well.

Welcome to challenge #2x05, "Shadows".
For this challenge, each icon you make must contain shadows; drop-shadows, perspective shadows, shadows-on-the-wall; some kind of shadow.

Challenge is now closed!
( more and rules and dates )
In short:
Due 27th of September 12th of October, post entries here, don't show them elsewhere.

If you know any good tutorials for this challenge, please post a link.

And please pimp this far and wide!

Also, if you have any ideas for challenges you would like to see, don't hesitate to suggest them in the suggestions post. No, I'm not running out of ideas, but feedback is good.