Visual Content with Adobe Illustrator

308 Pages·2017·98.19 MB·English

by  Hugo N. Hansen

Visual Content
with
Adobe Illustrator
Hugo N. Hansen
honor functionality with beauty,
please the eye,
capture the mind.
Copyright © 2016 Hugo N. Hansen Copenhagen, Denmark Version 1.0
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RESTAURANT THE BEST INGREDIENTS
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EXIBITION source of INSPIRATION
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With many thanks to all the following persons and compa-
nies for the permission to use their infographics.
Circos Viz by Genome Sciences Centre BC Cancer Research Centre, http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/
5 Facts About Standard Infographic Dimensions by Benjamintravis.com
The State of Graphic Design by SmartPress.com
Website Simplified by Rayz Ong, Lemongraphics,sg
The State of Content by Adobe
Google (Graphic ) by PPCBLOG
Why Our Brains Love Visual Content by Column Five Media
Memory Improvement Tips by Eva Lu
Elements of Design by Paper Leaf Design
Paralell Structure by DomainOptions Inc.
Green Roof and Green Wall innovation by Stevens Institute of Technology
If you use this font by thevisualcommunicationguy.com, Curtis R. Newbold, PhD
SEO Clues by CMI Media
Design Trends by Coastal Creative Reprographics
Engaging The Active Learner by Jess3
A modern man has to be.. by Yann BlindSalida
The 7 most hated Internet Innovations by Quality Nonsense Ltd
Driving Deforestation by Brendan McLaughlin - Resource Media
Bring Home Nature by Tony Whittle
The Psycology of Color by WebpageFX
12 refreshing healthy summer cocktails by Citynightdiscos
Decoding the Color Wheel by Spyros Thalassinos
Staying Hydrated during workouts by Guard your health
The ugly journey of our trash by Projectaware
2016 Budget by Taxback
How Green is the Ipad by Sortable
Global Creativity Gap by Adobe
6 skills to stimulate creative thinking by Susan Van Delft, PerronZes.nl
How Search works in 2016 by Seobook
How far can you go with one barrel oil by Antonio Radovcic
A brief history of computer Science by Julie Rossman/World Science Festival
All other pictures and images have been created by the author
the power tool of visuals
Welcome to a tour of creativity, imagination, idea generation, inspiration and
learning with Adobe Illustrator CC.
There are many paths to the perfect infographics and just as many tools for creating
them. Adobe Illustrator, from older to newer version, is one of these tools. It is
considered to be a very difficult program and only for professional designers, but
with this book you will be convinced that this is only a myth.
Welcome on board the bus!
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Mastering Adobe Illustrator
Presenting the program
Adobe Illustrator is a huge program with all possible options available. But only a few persons
use all the features and functions. These people are teachers of the program or authors of
books about the program. They need to use and present all of the program to fulfil the needs
of the many different people who attend courses or read the books.
When designing and creating infographics you get all the necessary tools with the program.
You can write text, create graphs, illustrations, symbols etc.
Information or design?
The function of an infographic is to inform. But information in its most simple form is like
trying to catch a fish with a plain hook.
In order to catch the trout of your dreams, you need to show a lot more than just the simple
information in order to be successful. The hook must be beautiful and attractive.
“Content is King”. But only when it is noticed.
There are many examples of infographics made by many different people and companies in
this book. They are only presented as positive inspirations, and parts of the infographics will
be used as exercises on how to use Illustrator. These infographics are not evaluated but are
just references to the different parts of the book.
Contents
Chapter 1 - The Document Chapter 3 - Visual Language
Information Overload Visual Language
Vector or Bitmap Grabbing the attention
Print, Web and Size Rules of Design
Creating a new document How to use visuals
Artboards Visual Clutter
Artboard Tool Shapes and attention
Design and layout Shaping the information
Making a Mock Up Gestalt Theories
The Shaper Tool
Chapter 4 - Transform
Chapter 2 - The Tools Selection methods
The Tool Panel Moving objects
Features and Functions Copying objects
The Zoom and Hand Tools Aligning objects
The Basic Tools and Colors More transformations
Line Segment Tool Transform Tools
Strokes and Settings Precise rotation
The Rectangle Tool From circles to stars
The Ellipse Tool Shear, reflect, scale, move, copy
The Polygon Tool The stacking order
Lines, circles and colors Pasting objects
Basic colors in Illustrator Arranging objects
Eyedropper Tool Grouping