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Guilloche Designs with Adobe Illustrator: Brushes, Blends and Transforms
Guilloche Designs with Adobe Illustrator Brushes Blends and Transforms Author:John Webster Guilloche can be an important element in art, logos, certificates, tattoos and general design work. It can add an extra spark to your projects. Guilloche makes good borders and rules to frame your work. Make visually compelling guilloche with Adobe Illustrator. Guilloche is a pattern of intersecting lines used for decoration and copy protection.... more » The best part, though, is that it looks great alone or as part of your larger project. The Spirograph® toy makes artwork that is simple yet elegant. If you like those designs, you will enjoy making the artwork in this book. You can make designs you may have thought impossible with no need to draw complex artwork from scratch. There is no need to spend endless hours drawing minute details. Let Illustrator do most of the work for you. The methods in the book show you how to use simple shapes and the tools in Illustrator to create guilloche patterns. Create guilloche using pattern brushes, blends and transforms. Use these tools together to create truly remarkable artwork that you can use in your projects today. You don?t need plug-ins or scripts to make eye-arresting vector guilloche. Abundantly illustrated, guided exercises get you started and step you through the designs. Techniques for increasing your efficiency in Illustrator are shown throughout the book. There is a section called Things to Try at the end of most exercises. They suggest additional experiments you can do to build on your experience and develop your own style.« less