The Adobe Illustrator CS Wow Book

The Adobe Illustrator CS Wow Book

Some might think of a Wow! book as only showing how to create neon lettering or chrome highlights. But Sharon Steuer has given us a book that will have readers saying, "Wow! I cant believe how much better I am at Illustrator." The special techniques famous to the Wow! series are still represented here: pen and ink wash, scratchboard, warps, scribbles, and 3D effects, among many others. But what makes this book the one youll keep by your computer is the incredibly clear writing, examples that cover all the fundamentals, and a clean layout.
The book is great for basics, although even experienced users will appreciate "The Zen of Illustrator" instructions that help you "think" and "see" in Illustrator. You begin by recreating basic shapes using a variety of methods, all the while becoming very agile with the pens, pathfinder palette, and other tools. Then, theres the Finger Dance: a set of keyboard fingerings that will take you right back to your piano lessons. These brilliant exercises help you move away from relying too much on your mouse the slowest way to go and in the habit of using the modifier keys Control, Command, Shift, and Option. Other lessons include drawing and coloring methods, creating isometric images, pattes and vector photos, using distort filters, mapping techniques, extensive use of Illustrator CSs new typography tools, blends, gradients, transparencies, preparing artwork for use in Flash, designing web pages in Illustrator, and much more.

In addition to the at a glance charts in the Zen and Finger Dance sections where you lea by looking more than reading, theres a nifty spread showing all the options in the pathfinder palette and another showing special techniques that can be achieved with brushes. And theres a handy pullout of glossary terms and summary explanations of all the steps in the Finger Dance.

There are techniques from accomplished artists and gallery sections displaying their work. Highlights include Marc LaMantias expressionistic paintings of New York City, made from meticulously tracing over photos in Illustrator using the pen tool; Ann Paidricks mindblowing, realistic dishes of glistening tomatoes and olives; and Yukio Miyamotos awesome illustrations of a cat, a French ho, and a motorcycle, so detailed, you cant believe they are vector based. This work is truly inspiring. In no time, youll be more creative, work more efficiently, have more fun, and never let anyone borrow your book! Angelynn Grant

Book Description


Designed to dazzle and inspire but not leave you in the dust, this beautifully designed volume lets you follow along as it dissects real world projects from some of todays top Illustrator artists. In the process it teaches you how to use Illustrator in ever more creative ways for your own projects. Best selling author and award winning artist Sharon Steuer uses four color pictures of real Illustrator projects to show whats possible and then employs simple, step by step instructions to explain the techniques that will produce those effects. Youll find comprehensive ground up coverage of all of Illustrator CS most important capabilities. Veteran users will be grateful to explore Illustrator CS new features: powerful new tools for creating 3D graphics on the fly, a new Scribble Effect that lets you add a loose, hand drawn look to your artwork, a redesigned text engine, enhanced PDF support, and more. On the CD, youll find artwork from the book, technical documents, third party software, clip art, and more.



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