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Adobe Illustrator for Creative Professionals

By : Clint Balsar
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Adobe Illustrator for Creative Professionals

By: Clint Balsar

Overview of this book

Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based art tool for visual creatives. It is an industry-standard tool that helps you take a design from concept to completion, including the process of peer collaboration and client feedback. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, you’ll begin to build confidence as you master the methods of successful illustrators in the industry by exploring crucial tools and techniques of Adobe Illustrator. You’ll learn how to create objects using different tools and methods while assigning varied attributes and appearances. Throughout the book, you’ll strengthen your skills in developing structures for maintaining organization as your illustration grows. By the end of this Adobe Illustrator book, you’ll have gained the confidence you need to not only create content in the desired format and for the right audience but also build eye-catching vector art based on solid design principles.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Reviewing the Necessary Knowledge
4
Part 2 – Advanced Illustrator Methods
10
Part 3 – Real-World Applications

Part 3 – Real-World Applications

When you have gained new knowledge and skills, this part will help you to prepare more complete presentations and compositions suitable for clients.

This part comprises the following chapters:

  • Chapter 8, Preparing Artwork for Presentation
  • Chapter 9, Utilizing Multiple Artboards
  • Chapter 10, Advanced Layer Development and Organization
  • Chapter 11, Extending Illustrator through Third-Party Tools and the iPad
  • Chapter 12, Illustrator Mastery – Advanced Techniques and Shortcuts