Mastering IllustratorSmashing Magazine, 2012 - 279 pages One of the most beloved vector graphic softwares among Web Designers is Adobe Illustrator. But getting to know all of its tools and features can be time consuming. With this eBook we try to ease the learning process for you. You will get to learn how to create graphics, transform a sketch into a vector, combine analog and digital techniques, prepare artwork for screen printing and also learn useful typography tips, all focusing on Adobe Illustrator. TABLE OF CONTENTS - Productive Web Design With. Adobe Illustrator? - Creating Graphs With Adobe Illustrator - Illustrators Live Trace: Sketch to Vector - Mixing Up Illustration: Combining Analog And Digital Techniques - Examples And Tips For Using Illustrators Warp Tools - Preparing Artwork for Screen Printing in Adobe Illustrator - Create a Cute Little Tiger in Illustrator - Useful Typography Tips For Adobe Illustrator |
Contents
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Creating Graphs With Adobe Illustrator | 29 |
Sketch to Vector | 41 |
Combining Analog And Digital Techniques | 53 |
Examples And Tips For Using Illustrators Warp Tools | 68 |
Preparing Artwork for Screen Printing in Adobe Illustrator | 86 |
Create a Cute Little Tiger in Illustrator | 99 |
Useful Typography Tips For Adobe Illustrator | 134 |
About The Authors | 161 |
Common terms and phrases
adjust Adobe Fireworks Adobe Illustrator Align anchor point apply Area Type Options artboard artwork bounding box brush button Character Style CMYK columns copy creating graphs cursor custom shape Dark Red Delete Direct Selection double-click drag draw editing effect ellipse Eyedropper Tool feature Fireworks flexibility flow flower font Glyphs panel gradient graph data graph object graphic styles GUI elements icons Illustrator’s iPhone kerning layer lines Liquify tools Live Paint Live Trace lustrator Offset Path opacity OpenOffice.org Calc Orange Overprint palette Paragraph Style Pen Tool Photoshop Pixel Grid pixels printing rectangle Reset resizing Roman Hanging Punctuation scan screen printer Selection tool Separations Preview settings sketch Spot color stroke Style Options Styles panel sub-elements swatches Symbols library Symbols panel techniques texture Trap triple step tutorial Type tool typography ungrouping Unicode vector vine Warp tool Web design White base width window wireframe