Final renderings!
Character material:
Preparation method: 1. Set the foreground to dark gray, the background color to black, and use a radial gradient to create the effect shown below.

2. Drag the character material in, add a layer mask, drag the gradient upward toward the center, and apply the layer mask when finished.

3. Duplicate the character layer, change to overlay mode, and apply Gaussian blur to 3 pixels.
4. Copy the original character layer and set it in dynamic mode.