The Adobe Illustrator CC WOW! Book for CS6 and CC (Second Edition)

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