Visual Content with Adobe Illustrator contains more than 500 graphics and illustrations created by the author. These graphics illustrate how to use the programs most useful functions and features. With theory and exercises as well as examples of infographics that are relevant to the surrounding content, the learning curve is easy to overcome, crushing the myth that Illustrator mostly is for professional designers.
The major content is how to create the graphic parts of infographics that communicate clearly and tell a story visually. From a simple mock up to a complex infographic you will travel through the book with one message in mind: "Keep it Simple".
With more than 30 years of experience the author shares his knowledge in graphic design, web design, computer drawing and visual communication. As a teacher he puts learning high in the book, so it is not only the programs functions and features that are described, but also visual language, creativity, the balance between information and decoration and between form and function. In order to keep this balance, only the most necessary tools and functions are described throughout the book.