May 18, 2011

Gradients & meshes in Illustrator, this Friday

This session (noon Pacific on Friday) with illustrator Russell Viers might be up your alley. The point I’ve bolded sounds particularly interesting:

• Adding light perception and depth with a basic gradient
• Bringing your art alive with Gradient Mesh
• The value of Gradient Swatches
• A nifty hidden feature in CS5 that lets you finally add a gradient to live text
• Understanding that crazy Gradient Tool
• How the Gradient Panel can help
• Non-uniform gradients with Gradient Mesh