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Illustrator CS Most Wanted: Techniques and Effects
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by Matt Kloskowski
Sales Rank: 996193
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$15.00
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Paperback: 350 pages
Publisher: friends of ED April 5, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590593723
ISBN-13: 978-1590593721
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
Product Description
If youre looking for a book to teach you some of the most useful techniques in Adobe Illustrator CS, your search is over. If youre looking for exercises that make learning about Illustrator CS more fun, look no further. Most of all, if youre looking for a book to empower you to create illustrations that are worth bragging about, youve found it! Illustrator CS Most Wanted: Techniques and Effects responds to the demands of a growing group of illustrators who want to take their skills to the next level. In this book, youll learn how to do the following: - Create stunning 3D illustrations using Illustrator CSs new 3D effects.
- Expand your drawing abilities and learn how to make use of Illustrators various path tools to do the work for you.
- Transform a photograph into a stylized vector illustration.
- Master transparency techniques that will give your illustrations a lifelike appearance.
- Fade, transform, and blend artwork like never before using opacity masks and the powerful Blend tool.
- Use Illustrator to create retro-styled artwork.
- Produce cartoon, game, and animation effects that can be used with various animation programs.
- Explore the huge library of preset artwork Adobe has included with Illustrator CS and see how it can save you time and provide you with endless inspiration.
- Design illustrations that are worth bragging about.
- Utilize the downladable creative and inspirational source files (even the fonts are included!) for every exercise so you can work at your own pace and never be left without the final illustration.
About The Author
Matt is a writer, instructor, illustrator, and graphic designer based out of Tampa, FL. As well as being an Adobe Certified Expert, he holds certifications in Macromedia Flash, is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), and is an expert in dynamic- and database-driven website development. He is a 1995 graduate of the University of South Florida with majors in computer information systems and marketing.
Matt hosts both an Illustrator (ExtremeIllustrator.com) and Photoshop (ExtremePhotoshop.com) website where he provides tutorials on all aspects of using the two programs. Matt's tutorials have been used in over 15 schools throughout the United States and have been translated into seven languages. He also writes a weekly column for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and Mac Design magazine's website.
In his spare time Matt enjoys jogging, golfing, playing video games, and spending time with his wife Diana and two toddler sons Ryan and Justin in their Tampa home.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This book gets started immediately with tutorials so you have to know your way around Illustrator basics before starting with this book. Once I did get started though, there is so much material crammed into this book to work through, it's going to take me a while. There is wide range of tutorials on specific projets, not just the new tools in cs, and three large advanced projects at the end of the book. I'm learning how to create great images and how to use the new cs features as I work through. Another plus is the author supporting the book and every source file for the tutorials is downloadable.
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