For years, Sharon Steuer and her international Wow! team have been reaching out to the world of professional illustrators to showcase the range and quality of work these artists are doing in Illustrator. In this revised edition of the best-selling and award-winning Illustrator Wow! Book, youll find tips, tricks, and techniques derived from actual projects from more than 100 of the worlds top Illustrator artists. Using Adobe Illustrator CS4, Sharon shows you how to integrate projects using multiple artboards, work transparency into gradients, and draw with the new Blob Brush tool. Youll not only learn how to think in Illustrator with the Zen of Illustrator lessons, youll be guided in a wide range of techniques essential for mastering Adobe Illustrator. This edition is loaded with new artwork and lessons that cover:
Basic and advanced techniques with the new Multiple Artboards feature
Preparing Illustrator files for work in Photoshop
Working with the Gradient Annotator and transparency
Blob Brush tool artwork and integration with Live Paint
Blending modes and transparency
More masking with LiveType
Expressive brushwork and symbolism
Taking advantage of the improved Appearance panel
New lessons for creating glows and highlights
Updated Zen lessons
Colorizing photos
Demystifying Live Color
Creating photorealistic mesh
