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This book can be used as a teaching material for digital media art majors, graphic design majors, and animation design majors in colleges and universities, and it can also be used as a reference book for the majority of engineering and technical personnel. Focus on the analysis of Illustrator's common technologies and techniques in the design field, so that readers can master professional skills in the process of learning typical cases; Chapter 3 will bring readers into a business combat situation, where readers will conduct various business combat, including illustration Design, animation character design, logo design, advertising design, etc., to make readers familiar with the application of Illustrator in various commercial works, while mastering the design and production skills of various commercial works. In addition, exercises are attached to each chapter of the book.

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This book aims to improve readers 'practical ability and application ability of Illustrator. Through a large number of case studies, it strives to contribute its modest efforts to improve readers' technical level. This book is divided into 3 chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the basic operations of Illustrator, so that readers have an understanding of the basic functions and operations of Illustrator, and can draw simple graphics. Chapter 2 starts from the perspective of Illustrator professional skills.

table of Contents

Chapter 1 Illustrator Technology Basics 1

1.1 Basic Concepts 2

1.1.1 Vector and Bitmap 2

1.1.2 Color Mode 3

1.2Illustrator work interfaceFour

1.3 Common File Formats 5

1.3.1 Storage graphics formatFive

1.3.2 Import and export file formatFive

1.4 Basic Illustrator Operations 7

1.4.1 New, Open, Close, Save File 7

1.4.2 Graphics scaling, fit window size, actual size 9

1.4.3 Changing the screen mode 9

1.4.4 Changing the View Mode

1.4.5 Hide Toolbox and Control Panel 11

1.4.6 Hand Tool 11

1.4.7 Rulers and Reference Lines 11

1.4.8 Redo, Restore 13

1.4.9 Defining Your Own Workspace 13

1.4.10 Defining AI Properties 14

1.4.11 Shortcuts to Basic Operations 15

1.5 Path drawing, selection and editing 16

1.5.1 Path 16

1.5.2 Anchor Point 17

1.5.3 Pen Tool 17

1.5.4 Pencil Tool 18

1.5.5 Choosing a Path 19

1.5.6 Editing Paths 20

1.6 Graphic Drawing, Editing, and Organization 22

1.6.1 Basic Graphic Drawing Tools 22

1.6.2 Scale Objects

1.6.3 Mirror Objects

1.6.4 Rotating Objects

1.6.5 Moving Objects

1.6.6 Alignment and Distribution

1.7 Color Fill and Stroke 32

1.7.1 Color Fill 32

1.7.2 Gradient 33

1.7.3 Pattern Filling 34

1.7.4 Blending Tools 35

1.7.5 Gradient Mesh Fill 35

1.8 Text Editing 36

1.8.1 Understanding text 36

1.8.2 Place and input and output text 36

1.8.3 Editing Text

1.9 Exercises 38

Chapter 2 Illustrator Vocational Skills 41

2.1 Drawing 42

2.1.1 About Drawing 42

2.1.2 Case 1: Drawing a Cartoon House 42

2.1.3 Case 2: Drawing Flowers 45

2.1.4 Case 3: Drawing Road Signs 47

2.1.5 Case 4: Drawing the Logo 53

2.1.6 Case Five: Vector Illustration 58

2.1.7 Case Six: Creating a Chart 61

2.1.8 Case 7: Cosmetics poster 65

2.1.9 Case 8: Drawing Decorative Paintings 69

2.1.10 Case IX: Drawing Candlelight 72

2.1.11 Case 10: Stylized Filter Application Example 76

2.1.12 Exercises

2.2 Typesetting 80

2.2.1 About Typesetting

2.2.2 "100 Years of Dalian City" Leaflet 80

2.2.3 "Admissions Brochure" inside page 83

2.2.4 Exercises 85

Chapter 3 Illustrator Technology Business Practice 87

3.1 Illustration Design 88

3.2 Anime Character Design 95

3.2.1 Drawing HelloKitty 95

3.2.2 Draw Christmas Cow 100

3.3 Logo Design 108

3.4 Advertising Design 112

3.4.1 Fruit Posters 112

3.4.2 Digital Camera Advertising Design 115

3.5 Web Design 118

3.6 Other Business Applications 122

3.6.1 Stickers 122

3.6.2 Headshot Patterns

3.7 Comprehensive Practice Assignments

Appendix Illustrator Shortcuts 133 ^[1]