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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

Chapter 8: Preparing Artwork for Presentation

In all the remaining chapters, we will be working together to create artwork that could be considered suitable for presentation to a variety of audiences. This chapter is intended to guide you through several design scenarios. Each will require a different output method based on its intention. We will look at standard methods for preparing illustrations from original artwork. Then, we will look at examples of a couple of popular industry presentations. We will also discuss all the various file formats that can be used and how to export them for your intended media.

To accomplish this, the chapter will be divided into the following main topics:

  • Starting with the end in mind
  • Creating industry-standard presentations
  • Output methods for more media options