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 PhotoshopWorking with the Gradient Annotator and transparencyBlob Brush tool artwork and integration with Live PaintBlending modes and transparencyMore masking with LiveTypeExpressive brushwork and symbolismTaking advantage of the improved Appearance panelNew lessons for creating glows and highlightsUpdated Zen lessonsColorizing photosDemystifying Live ColorCreating photorealistic mesh
- ISBN10 0321605586
- ISBN13 9780321605580
- Publish Date 17 June 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 October 2010
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Pearson Education (US)
- Imprint Peachpit Press Publications
- Pages 496
- Language English