There are plenty of books available to teach you how to use the different tools that are a part of Adobe Illustrator CS2. But how many will actually show you how to work with the tools and techniques and apply them to real-world, relevant projects that you encounter every day at work? This one will. Adobe Illustrator CS2 @ Work: Projects You Can Use on the Job is a project-based guide that will help you complete workplace projects while you learn how to use Illustrator CS2. Detailed, well-explained instructions will help you accomplish job-related tasks, including:
Designing and working with logos.
Designing corporate identity materials.
Illustrating a poster.
Designing product packaging.
Designing a trifold brochure.
Designing a magazine advertisement.
Designing a DVD package, label and menu.
Designing a website.
Tips, tricks and notes will provide you with the information that you need to apply what you learn through these projects to projects you encounter every day at work. Learn by doing rather than reading with Adobe Illustrator CS2 @ Work: Projects You Can Use on the Job.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Not happy:
i love the way this book gives you products to desgin that you will be doing at work. The projects templates that you can download are not available!!!
Illustrator @ work:
Not bad at all. Practical exercises relevant to the real world. You do need prior knowledge of the application before starting into the book. What you do learn is very useful though..
Good book, solid explanations:
The book livews up to it's name, these were all projects you can use on the job. I have used multiple projects in my own work. It is helpful to go to the site and download the project files to follow along. There is one section in the first book that gives ou instructions on making the E that are wrong...this drove me crazy for two days until I figured it out. But otherwise, you'll recieve use out of most of this book.
Not for the novice:
I'm a newbie to Illustrator, and I found several of the teaching projects in this book difficult to follow. There is a presumption in the steps provided that you know your way around a little bit more than a novice may be able to grasp. Also, a couple of the projects have mistakes in them which render the reader incapable of completing them unless you go to the publisher's website and download the errata PDF.
