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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

Substance 3D in Illustrator

Through the acquisition of Substance 3D, Adobe has begun to integrate this product into the Creative Cloud subscription in interesting ways. You can now benefit from some of the free materials offered within the updated 3D user interface within Illustrator. Adobe has decided to offer the complete Substance 3D package as an additional subscription, but you can still do quite a bit with the free materials, as it gives you the ability to add your own materials or even wrap a graphic. You can also add lighting for a final touch before rendering your image.

For a thorough introduction of the latest 3D options offered in Illustrator, including the integration of Substance 3D, check out this section of the Illustrator User Guide:https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/create-3d-graphics.html?trackingid=YB1TGLWS&mv=in-product&mv2=ai.

This guide offers simple instructions divided into three steps:

  • Create a vector art
  • Apply 3D effects...