The Adobe Illustrator CC WOW! Book for CS6 and CC (Second Edition) [2 ed.] 013543209X, 9780135432099

Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Contents at a Glance…
Contents
The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Team
How to Use This Book
What’s New in CC?
Acknowledgments
1. Your Creative Workspace
Organizing Your Workspace
Mastering Object Management
Managing Multiple Artboards
The Creative Cloud Workspace
The Home Screen
Workspace and Panels
Gallery: Mike Kimball
Tracing a Template: Manually Tracing a Template Layer
Basic to Complex: Starting Simple for Creative Composition
Navigating Layers: Creating, Organizing, and Viewing Layers
Basic Appearances: Making and Applying Appearances
Guides for Arcs: Designing with Guides, Arc, and Pen Tools
Auto-Scaling Art: Apply Effects and Graphic Styles to Resize
Gallery: George Coghill
2. Designing Type & Layout
By Default New Type is Always Black
Three Types of Type
Working with Threaded Text
Wrapping Area Type Around Objects
Formatting Text
Using the Eyedropper with Type
Using the Appearance Panel with Type
Converting Type to Outlines
The Glyphs Panel
Advanced Features of Multiple Artboards
New Type Features in Illustrator CC
Touch Type Transformations
Finding the Right Font
Graphic Novel Cover Design: Illustrator as a Stand-Alone Layout Tool
Create an Identity: Working Efficiently with Multiple Elements
Moving Your Type: Setting Type on a Curve and Warping Type
Galleries: Steven Gordon/Cartagram, LLC
Arcing Type: Transforming Type with Warps & Envelopes
Galleries: Yukio Miyamoto, Jean-Benoit Levy, Billie Bryan, Ryan Putnam
Touching Type: Modifying Editable Letter Characters
Galleries: Franck Payen, Chana Messer
3. Rethinking Construction
The Eraser Tools & the Blob Brush
Shape Builder Tool
Working With Live Paint
Using Image Trace
Aligning, Joining, and Averaging
Draw Behind and Draw Inside
Compound Shapes & Compound Paths
New Construction Features in Illustrator CC
Working with Live Corners & Live Rectangles
Pen Tool Changes & Reshaping Paths
The New Pencil Settings (for other tools too)
The Shaper Tool
Global Edits vs Select Similar
Combining Paths: Basic Path Construction with Pathfinders
Coloring Line Art: Using Live Paint for Fluid Productivity
Blob to Live Paint: From Sketch to Blob Brush and Live Paint
Galleries: David Turton, Lance Jackson, Janet Stoppee, Danuta Markiewicz (Danka), Katharine Gilbert, Cheryl Graham, Stephen A. Klema
Rapid Reshaping: Using Shape Builder to Construct Objects
Drawing Inside: Building with Multiple Construction Modes
Galleries: George Coghill, Ray Acosta
Rounding a Corner: Using Live Corners to Create a Map Symbol
Pencil & Pen Paths: Using Drawing Tools to Edit Paths
Galleries: Laura Coyle, George Coghill
Shaper Tooling
Galleries: Simona Pfreundner, George Coghill
4. Expressive Strokes
Width Tool And Stroke Profiles
The Expanded Stroke Panel
Brushes
Symbols
Dynamic Symbols, & New Raster Brushes In CC
Stroke Variance
Galleries: MCKIBILLO (AKA Josh McKible), Donal Jolley, Lisa Jackmore, Ann Paidrick, Anil Ahuja/Adobe Systems
Brushes & Washes
Galleries: Stephen Klema’s Students: (Jillian Winkel, Stephanie Pernal, Amber Loukoumis, Jeffrey Martin, Nicole Dzienis, Tamara Morrison, Cinthia A. Burnett, James Cassidy, Kenneth Albert, Jamal Wynn, Suzanne Drapeau, Mahalia Johnson)
Gallery: Sharon Steuer
Painting Inside: Painting with Bristle Brushes & Draw Inside
Painterly Portraits: Painting in Layers with Bristle Brushes
Galleries: Greg Geisler, Janaína Cesar de Oliveira Baldacc#
Pattern Brushes: Building Characters with Pattern Brushes
Galleries: Donal Jolley, Moses Tan, Nobuko Miyamoto/Yukio Miyamoto, Aaron McGarry, Lisa Jackmore, Gustavo Del Vechio
Brush Corners: Pattern Brushes Made with a Raster Image
Galleries: Lisa Jackmore, Sharon Steuer, Steven Gordon
5. Color Transitions
Working With the Color and Swatches Panels
Gradients
Gradient Mesh
Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork
Color Features Updated In CC
Custom Coloring: Creating Custom Colors & Color Groups
Unified Gradient: Creating & Editing with Pen & Pencil Modifiers
Galleries: Steve King/U-Haul
Gradient Paths: The Basics of Gradients on a Path
Gallery: Darren
Bending Mesh: Molding Transparent Mesh Layer
Galleries: Ann Paidrick, Yukio Miyamoto
Recolor a Pattern: Creating Variations on a Color Palette
Galleries: Sebastian Murra (Mu!), Ann Paidrick
Freeform Gradients: Contouring Gradients to Organic Objects
Galleries: Shawn Sullivan, Laura Coyle
6. Reshaping Dimensions
Warps and Envelopes
3D Effects
The Perspective Grid
New Perspective Features & Puppet Warp in CC
Warp & Distort: Bending Forms to Create Organic Variations
Galleries: Dedree Drees, Von R. Glitschka
The Keys to 3D: The Basics of Realistic 3D Modeling
Galleries: Aaron McGarry, Anil Ahuja/Adobe Systems
One Perspective: Simulating a One-Point Perspective View
Amplified Angles: Creating Details with Two-Point Perspective
Modifying a Photo: Inserting Photographs in Perspective
Establishing Perspective: Aligning Grids & Planes to an Architectural Sketch
Galleries: Gustavo Del Vechio, Monika Gause
Perspective Shifts: Locking Station Point to Auto-Update Art
Gallery: Aaron McGarry
Puppet Warping: Using Puppet Warp for Smooth Arcs
Galleries: Ari M. Weinstein, Chana Messer
7. Mastering Complexity
Pattern Making
Transparency
Opacity Masks
Blends
Clipping Masks
Combining Complexity with Illustrator CC
Pattern Making: Navigating the Pattern Options Panel
Layered Patterns: Building Depth and Complexity in PEM
Roping in Paths: Using Masks and Pathfinders for Shapes
Adding Highlights: Using Transparency to Create Highlights
Gallery: Annie Gusman Joly
Moonlighting: Using Transparency for Glows & Highlights
Gallery: Chris Nielsen
Masking Images: Simple to Complex Clipping Masks
Galleries: MCKIBILLO (AKA Josh McKible), Monika Gause
Opacity Masking: Smooth Transitions & Intertwining Objects
Galleries: Dan Hubig, Pariah Burke, Jean Aubé, Richard Perez, Moses Tan, Chris Nielsen, Lance Jackson, Sharon Steuer, Von R. Glitschka, Lisa Poje, Gary Ferster
8. Creatively Combining Apps
Linking vs. Embedding in Illustrator
Illustrator to Non-Adobe Programs
Illustrator & Adobe Photoshop
Illustrator & Adobe InDesign
Illustrator, PDF, and Adobe Acrobat
Web Graphics
Creating Animation with Layers
CC Features for Creatively Combining Apps
Exporting Graphics to Web and Mobile Devices
Ready to Export: Exporting Options for Layers to Photoshop
Galleries: Kevan Atteberry
Gallery: Laurie Wigham
Gallery: LeeDanielsART
Galleries: Stikalicious™ Artists
Galleries: LeeDanielsART, Dave Joly & Mic Riddle
Finishing Touches: Adding Scenic Entourage Elements & Using Photoshop for Lighting Effects
Gallery: Rick Johnson
Gallery: Von Glitschka
Planning Ahead: Working Between Illustrator & Photoshop
Galleries: Gustavo Del Vechio, Katharine Gilbert, Sharon Steuer
Gallery: Lance Jackson
Gallery: Monika Gause (Vektorgarten)
WOW! Book Production Notes
Artists Appendix
General Index
Windows WOW! Glossary
Mac WOW! Glossary