Sticker effect using shadows

This code adds outwardly increasing shadows to an image to create a “sticker” version of the image.

Notes:

In addition to being an ImageObject, the “img” argument can also be a Canvas element. This allows you to stickerize your own custom drawings. If you draw text on the Canvas argument, you can also stickerize that text.
Fully opaque images will have no sticker effect because the effect is drawn around clusters of opaque pixels that are bordered by transparent pixels.

var canvas=document.createElement("canvas");
var ctx=canvas.getContext("2d");
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
canvas.style.background='navy';
canvas.style.border='1px solid red;';

// Always(!) wait for your images to fully load before trying to drawImage them!
var img=new Image();
img.onload=start;
// put your img.src here...
img.src='http://i.stack.imgur.com/bXaB6.png';
function start(){
    ctx.drawImage(img,20,20);
    var sticker=stickerEffect(img,5);
    ctx.drawImage(sticker, 150,20);
}

function stickerEffect(img,grow){
    var canvas1=document.createElement("canvas");
    var ctx1=canvas1.getContext("2d");
    var canvas2=document.createElement("canvas");
    var ctx2=canvas2.getContext("2d");
    canvas1.width=canvas2.width=img.width+grow*2;
    canvas1.height=canvas2.height=img.height+grow*2;
    ctx1.drawImage(img,grow,grow);
    ctx2.shadowColor='white';
    ctx2.shadowBlur=2;
    for(var i=0;i<grow;i++){
        ctx2.drawImage(canvas1,0,0);
        ctx1.drawImage(canvas2,0,0);
    }
    ctx2.shadowColor='rgba(0,0,0,0)';   
    ctx2.drawImage(img,grow,grow);
    return(canvas2);
}

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