| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Bézier curves: a brief history : Fear of math ; Who created Bézier curves? ; What is a Bézier curve? ; Design drills: Behind the vector curtain -- Your creative armament : A love-hate relationship ; Core tools for vector building ; Customize your environment ; Stop re-creating the wheel ; Design drills: Deconstructing design -- Analog methods in a digital age : Don't be a tooler ; I get paid to draw ; Concepts and ideas ; Analog tools ; The lost art of thumbnailing ; Refine your drawing ; Systematic and creative ; Design drills: Essential nonsense -- Getting to the points : The good anchor point and path ; The bad anchor point and path ; The ugly anchor point and path ; A scrutinizing eye ; A good example ; Design drills: Vector skeletons -- Shape surveillance : The clockwork method ; Prime point placement ; Deconstructing a vector monster ; Progressive improvements ; Design drills: Spotting clocks -- Vector build methods : Point-by-point method ; Shape-building method ; VectorScribe plug-in ; E pluribus buildum ; Symmetry is your friend ; A healthy creative process ; Design drills: Fast and easy -- Style appropriate : Design chameleons ; Design drills: Use it or lose it -- Art directing yourself : Fresh eyes effect ; Your inner art director ; Avoid visual tension ; Full-tilt creative boogie ; Design drills: Hop to it -- Basic coloring and detailing : How light affects color ; Hierarchy of color and detail ; Building highlights and shadows ; Using gradient blends and blend modes ; Deep shadows and hot spots ; Spot detailing with radial gradients and layering ; Inner and outer glow and gaussian blur effects ; Design drills: Using effects in illustrative detailing -- Good creative habits : Doodle binders ; Layers are your friends ; Colors and file naming ; Last, but not least ; Design drills : Top-eight list |
| Summary |
Attention, designers, it's time to get serious about your creative process. For too long you've allowed yourself to go soft, relying on your software to do all of your creative work at the expense of your craftsmanship. This book will NOT show you how to use every tool and feature in Adobe Illustrator. This book WILL, however, teach you the importance of drawing out your ideas, analyzing the shapes, and then methodically building them precisely in vector form using the techniques explained in this book. In Vector Basic Training, Second Edition acclaimed illustrative designer Von Glitschka takes you through his systematic process for creating the kind of precise vector graphics that separate the pros from the mere toolers. Along the way, he'll whip your drawing skills into shape and show you how to create elegant curves and precise anchor points for your designs. In addition to new illustrative examples throughout the book, this edition includes an all-new chapter on how to apply color and detail to your illustrations using tried-and-true methods that you'll use over and over again. You'll also get access to over seven hours of all-new HD video tutorials and source files so you can follow along with Von as he walks you through his entire process. Whether you're creating illustrations in Adobe Illustrator, Affinity Designer, CorelDRAW, or even Inkscape, you'll be able to use Von's techniques to establish a successful creative process for crafting consistently precise illustrations every single time you pick you up your pen, stylus, or mouse. In Vector Basic Training, Second Edition , you'll learn: The tools and shortcuts that make up a design pro's creative arsenal How to use "The Clockwork Method" to create accurate curves every time When and where to set just the right number of anchor points for any design How to build shapes quickly using basic Illustrator tools and plug-ins Techniques for art directing yourself to get the results you desire Fundamental methods for applying color and detail to your illustrations |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed October 8, 2015) |
| SUBJECT |
Adobe Illustrator (Computer file) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87917412
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Adobe Illustrator (Computer file) fast |
| Subject |
Computer graphics -- Technique
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Computer drawing -- Technique
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COMPUTERS -- General.
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Computer drawing -- Technique
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Computer graphics -- Technique
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2015490971 |
| ISBN |
9780134165066 |
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0134165063 |
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9780134165073 |
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0134165071 |
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0134176731 |
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9780134176734 |
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