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Adobe Illustrator for Creative Professionals

By : Clint Balsar
Book Image

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

Fill options and color control

To customize your work, you have three options to select from, for both fills and strokes. Fill and/or Stroke could be given a solid color, a gradient, or a pattern. This was first pointed out in Chapter 1, Building a Foundation beyond the Basics, but we are now going to look at a few advanced methods for working with these attributes.

There are several methods for selecting the fill of your newly created shapes, and we'll review the basics before discussing the more advanced methods that are available to you. After selecting any object using the Selection tool (V), you can use the Swatches panel to select one of the three Fill types (Solid, Gradient, or Pattern) to apply to either Fill or Stroke. In Figure 6.1, you can see the Swatches panel being opened after selecting the Fill box within the Options bar (the Options bar is available within all workspaces except Essentials):

Figure 6.1 – Applying colors using...