For years, Sharon Steuer and her international Wow! team have been reaching out to the world of professional illustrators to showcase the range and quality of work these artists are doing in Illustrator. In this revised edition of the best-selling and award-winning Illustrator Wow! Book, you'll find tips, tricks, and techniques derived from actual projects from more than 100 of the world's top Illustrator artists. Using Adobe Illustrator CS4, Sharon shows you how to integrate projects using multiple artboards, work transparency into gradients, and draw with the new Blob Brush tool. You'll not only learn how to "think in Illustrator" with the Zen of Illustrator lessons, you'll be guided in a wide range of techniques essential for mastering Adobe Illustrator. This edition is loaded with new artwork and lessons that cover:
Basic and advanced techniques with the new Multiple Artboards feature
Preparing Illustrator files for work in Photoshop
Working with the Gradient Annotator and transparency
Blob Brush tool artwork and integration with Live Paint
Blending modes and transparency
More masking with LiveType
Expressive brushwork and symbolism
Taking advantage of the improved Appearance panel
New lessons for creating glows and highlights
Updated Zen lessons
Colorizing photos
Demystifying Live Color
Creating photorealistic mesh
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- ISBN10 0321605675
- ISBN13 9780321605672
- Publish Date 17 June 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pearson Education Limited
- Format eBook
- Language English