World Famous Comics: Illustrator CS Most Wanted: Techniques and Effects
Illustrator CS Most Wanted: Techniques and Effects
By: Matt Kloskowski Publisher: friends of ED Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: friends of ED Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 350 Publication Date: April 05, 2004
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.
...Not so advanced illustrator book. I was expecting a tutorial book with new ideas and findings, or at least improved short cut tutorials for the existing ones but the content was too elementary.
Good book if you already know Illustrator 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.
Not bad, but didn't inspire me This book jumped right in with tutorials, which was fine with me since I wasn't looking for a "learn Illustrator" book. Many of the tutorials were pretty good, but there wasn't quite as much variety as I would have liked. I guess I was hoping for a few more projects that would "inspire" me and get me going with new ideas. Friends of Ed continue to bring out books that are full of promise but don't quite live up to my expectations. Still, it's not bad and I hope Matt writes more books and "lets go" even more with cool ideas.
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