That’s why I always carry my trusty Moleskine. Sometimes I forgot the best inspirations for illustrations, client projects, and tutorials come from being away from the computer. Using keyboard shortcuts are essential for productivity in Illustrator. These stickers are great if you are just starting in Illustrator. Great for my many cups of coffee and tea throughout the day. I love this pillow! Great for the couch, office chair, or pillow fights. Grab both the Ultimate sets from Go Media Arsenal and have all the amazing stock vectors Go Media provides. Go Media Ultimate Vector Collection 1 and 2 Lynda has great beginner and intermediate videos for Illustrator versions 8 to CS4. If you prefer to watch video rather then reading, is the place to go. The Tutplus section is even better with in-depth tutorials, source file downloads, and more. Vectortuts has some great tutorials and I’m not just saying that becuase I have writen for them. Moreover, I am wrote some lessons for the new CS4 book!
Artlandia symmetryworks 5 series#
This series features tips, tricks, and tutorials from actual projects of more than 100 Illustrator artists. The Adobe Illustrator WOW! series is another great series of Illustrator books. The series goes all the way back to Illustrator 7 so there is a version for almost every Illustrator user. This book series details all aspects of Illustrator. The Real World Illustrator series is great for beginners and advanced Illustrator users. In case you lose one, just restore it and continue your work.
Artlandia symmetryworks 5 software#
ForeverSave is Mac software (sorry windows users, I’m sure there is something similar) that automatically creates versions of your documents. I hate it when you are working on a huge document in Illustrator and Illustrator crashes, losing all you wonderful vector art! If this has happened to you, check out ForeverSave. With the Xtream Path plugin you can literally grab anywhere on a path, making editing paths in Illustrator much easier and flexible. Luckily, there is the Xtream Path plugin for Illustrator. If you are coming into Illustrator from Freehand you probably miss some of the path editing features in Freehand. You can create a pattern with a click, edit interactively, add new object to patterns easily, and much more. Moreover, Astute just released their Publisher version with more features!Īrtlandia SymmetryWorks is an essential plugin for quickly and easily making repeating patterns in Illustrator. Phantasm creates nice halftones that expand out clean (check out my Halftone Effect article). Another great feature is Phantasm’s Halftone tools. Some of the color adjustment tools include: Curvers, Levels, and Hue and Saturation. Phanstasm CS, my favorite plugin, makes color manipulation simple in Illustrator. Wacom offers the Intous4 line, Cintiq line, and Bamboo line. I use the Wacom Intuos4 Medium and love it! I find using the pen tablet is an intuitive way to interact with Illustrator and it opens up some great features in Illustrator (check out my Wacom Settings Post). I highly recommend any Illustrator user get a pen tablet. As I’m sure most of you know I have also written numerous tutorials for. Again I have used this series of books long before out relationship started.
I also contributed lessons and artwork to the Adobe Illustrator CS4 WOW! Book. Still, I have used the Phantasm CS plugin long before our relationship started. To start, Astute Graphics (makers of the Phantasm CS Plugin) advertise on Vectips and I have done contracted illustration work for them.
I think it is only fair to let everyone know about some of the associations I have with some of the products on this list. There is a range of prices for the items, so there should be something for everyone! Moreover, if you are as picky as me, you can refer your loved one to the list below for gifts for you. The holidays are fast approaching, but there is still time to get gifts for that special vector lover in your life.
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