Important: Read me first! How to use this book. Illustrator and OS X. 1. Illustrator Basics. Introduction. Computer & System Requirements. Setting Up Your Page. Making Your Moves Easier.
Working with Objects. Watch Your Cursor! Bezier-Editing Tools. Geometric Objects. Selecting & Grouping Objects. Joining & Averaging. Working with Palettes. Graphing & Charting. Transformations.
Working Smart. Changing Your Views. Zooming In & Out. Show/Hide Choices. Actions. Color in Illustrator. Image Formats. PostScript Printing & Exporting.
2. The Zen of Illustrator. Introduction. Building Houses. A Classic Icon. Zen Scaling. Zen Rotation. Creating a Simple Object Using the Basic Tools.
A Finger Dance. 3. Drawing & Coloring. Introduction. Basic Drawing & Coloring. Expanding Your Drawing & Coloring Toolset. Pathfinder Palette. Gallery: Gary Ferster.
Simple Realism. Gallery: Mark Fox. Cutting & Joining. Add & Expand. Divide & Color. Cubist Constructs. Isometric Systems. Gallery: Rick Henkel, Kurt Hess, Jared Schneidman.
Objective Colors. Organizing Colors. Gallery: Clarke Tate, Christopher Burke, Dorothy Remington. Distort Dynamics. Distort filter Flora. Gallery: Laurie Grace. Vector Photos. Gallery: Brad Hamann.
Advanced Technique: Intricate Patterns. 4. Brushes, Symbols & Hatches. Introduction. Brushes. Symbols. Symbols vs. Scatter Brushes.
Pen & Ink: Hatch Effects. Pen & Ink: Photo Crosshatch. Gallery: Adam Z Lein. Ink Brush Strokes. Gallery: Sharon Steuer, Lisa Jackmore, Jen Alspach, Ellen Papciak-Rose. Preparing Art. Pattern Brushes. Gallery: Bert Monroy, Shayne Davidson, Steve Spindler, Jacqueline Mahannah.
Building Brushes. Advanced Technique: Map Techniques. Gallery: Joe Lertola. Symbol Basics. Gallery: Sandee Cohen, Diane Hinze Kansler & Sandee Cohen, Kevin Barrack, Victor von Salza. Advanced Technique: Organic Creation. SPECIAL BRUSHES SUPPLEMENT. 5.
Layers. Introduction. Controlling the Stacking Order of Objects. Making Selections Using the Layers Palette. Gallery: David Nelson. Digitizing a Logo. Tracing Details. Colors with Layers.
Organizing Layers. Gallery: Nancy Stahl. Nested Layers. Advanced Technique: Varied Perspective. 6. Type. Introduction. More Type Functions (Type & Window menus).
Converting Type to Outlines. Custom Text Paths. Gallery: Laurie Szujewska, Ari M. Weinstein, John Burns, Hornall Anderson Design Works. Masking Letters. Gallery: Gary Newman. Bookcover Design. Gallery: Jaview Romero Design Group, Caryl Gorska.
Brushed Type. Gallery: Joachim Muller-Lance, Tim Girvin, Jennifer Bartlett, Bjorn Akselsen, Pattie Belle Hastings, Karen Roehr, Louis Fishauf, Ellen Papciak-Rose. Crunching Type. 7. Blends, Gradients & Mesh. Introduction. Blends. Gradients.
Gradient Mesh. Examining Blends. Shades of Blends. Gallery: Janet Good, Gary Ferster, Linda Eskstein, Peter Cassell, Steven Stankiewicz, Unlocking Realism. Blending Realism. Gallery: Jared Schneidman, Andrea Kelley. Unified Gradients. Gallery: Filip Yip, Hugh Whyte, Caryl Gorska, Tim Webb, Rich Barry, Ellen Papciak-Rose.
Rolling Mesh. Advanced Technique: Mastering Mesh. Gallery: Ivan Torres. Gallery: Yukio Miyamoto. 8. Transparency & Appearances. Introduction. Basic Transparency.
Appearances. The Finer Points of Appearances. Transparency 101. Advanced Technique: Transparent Color. Basic Transparency. Gallery: Gary Ferster, Adam Z Lein. Basic Highlights. Gallery: Nancy Stahl.
Basic Appearances. Advanced Technique: Tinting a Scan. Advanced Technique: It's a Knockout! Advanced Technique: Opacity Masks. Gallery: Tom Patterson, Sandra Alves, Peter Cassell. 9. Live Effects.