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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

Adobe Stock & Marketplace in your Creative Cloud app

As you continue to develop your skills and work to increase the quality of your designs, you will inevitably strive to gain a more professional appearance. Resources such as templates, stock images, and quality fonts will help you to move in that direction. Adobe has several resources (some included with your subscription and some requiring an additional fee) to allow you to expand your options. In the next sections, we will discuss each service offered by Adobe and what benefits you can obtain from it.

Adobe Stock

With the Adobe Stock subscription site (https://stock.adobe.com), you can look for a large variety of stock files to use within your own work. Available items include photos, illustrations, vectors, videos, audio, and 3D assets.

Adobe Stock is not included with your Creative Cloud subscription but can be utilized through an Individuals, Teams, or Enterprise monthly plan. You can also choose to pay as you...