I don't necessarily use this program for animating, I use it for screenshots. Here is an example; http://i.imgur.com/siGemPJ.png. I was working on another one (http://i.imgur.com/RwvjFoq.png) when I realized that there is a lack of something; shadows. After some testing, I was able to make the player's shadow pretty easily, but the block and pick are at odd angles, so making shadows is almost impossible. If you can't tell, the bedrock already has some self-made shadows on its, but they are relatively inaccurate.
tl;dr
Could someone make a rig that allows for shadows to be added without the use of another entity?