Correct and visually interesting. Slightly moodier in Japanese than in English.

What a Japanese person actually thinks
Reads as quietly melancholy rather than menacing. Japanese 影 carries more 'trace of someone who's gone' than 'the dark side'.

Meaning

Literally: shadow; silhouette
Actually: A shadow or a silhouette — and, figuratively, someone's lingering presence or influence.

Scores

Naturalness●●●●●

Ordinary word.

Coolness●●●●●

The three diagonal strokes on the right (彡) give it real movement. Underused by foreigners.

Watch out

lowIf you wanted 'shadow' as in menace, 闇 (darkness) is closer — though it comes with its own problems.

On skin

影

Orientation: either

Brush. Those three trailing strokes are the whole character's personality.