In The Illustrator 10 Wow! Book, a diverse cast of artists share both their work and the hands-on techniques behind each piece. Follow along as more than 100 of the country's top Illustrator artists take you on a beautiful, inspirational tour of the latest Illustrator features and how to use them, dispensing hundreds of hard-won tips and savvy shortcuts along the way. The Illustrator 10 Wow! Book covers the entire spectrum, from the basics to the sophisticated, making it a must-have for beginners and professionals alike.
Once again, author Sharon Steuer and her team have gathered a thoughtfully edited collection of artwork and techniques that showcases the creative possibilities of Illustrator and how to realize them using the program's powerful arsenal of tools. Updated for Illustrator 10, this edition holds new transparency lessons and covers, in detail, how to construct images with live Pathfinders and Compound Shapes; how to work with envelopes, warps, and symbols; and more. Some things never change: Each chapter still includes lush, full-color galleries of the contributing artists' work, and the accompanying CD-ROM holds the actual files behind many of the works found in the book so you can pick them apart and follow along, plus custom Wow! actions and brushes, clip art, demos, and other Illustrator goodies that you can add to your own virtual studio.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
There are better books out there:
I found the book was lacking in precise step-by-step instructions. It didn't include graphics on the CD to work with. It used a narrative style to discuss what should be happening in each exercise. For example, rather than saying "Effect/Path/Outline Object" it would describe the outcome but not the exact method of getting there. It also liked to spend a lot of commercial air time time blah blahing people who contributed posters and graphic design elements (who cares who did them?) but not explaining how... more info
Wow indeed!:
From the ground up, this book presents real-world design projects which emphasize the use of each tool in this complex program. The layout of the book is especially nice; simple typesetting and clear beginning-to-end screenshots demonstrate each follow-along project. The chapters, projects, and galleries progress at the right rate, so that even total new-comers like me don't get lost along the way to the advanced techniques. The result is an effective, logically based, and almost intuitive skill in all... more info
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I haven't bought this book, to be honest. I bought the Illustrator 7 Wow! book and vowed to not buy anything else by this author. The basics were covered, but that book had the deadly flaw that so many other instruction books have, which is lack of support materials. At first look at that book I was very excited at the sophistication of the examples shown, and was very eager to begin studying some advanced techniques. But many of these chapters proved to simply show what techniques were used: in trying to... more info
This is the book to teach you how to use Illustrator:
I looked at all the books out there for Illustrator 10 and this one is by far the best instruction guide. First of all, the book is in color so you can understand visually! It guides you through lessons explaining every detail and various ways of accomplishing a task depending on your preference. There is skill building lessons in the book and on the CD with tons of example artwork. The book is layed out in such a way as build your skills as you go or jump in where you need specific expertise. The artwork... more info
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