The definitive full-color book on mastering Adobe Illustrator—now completely reorganized, fully updated, and created for intermediate through professional users of Illustrator CS5 For years, Sharon Steuer and her international WOW! team have been showcasing the world’s best artists and designers working in Illustrator. In this completely updated edition of the best-selling and award-winning Illustrator WOW! Book, you’ll find hundreds of tips, tricks, and techniques derived from actual projects from these top Illustrator artists. Using Adobe Illustrator CS5, Sharon shows you how to integrate the new perspective grid, Shape Builder tool, Bristle Brushes, transparency in gradient mesh, new drawing modes, multiple artboards, and more. This edition is loaded with new lessons, galleries, and stunning new artwork that features:Creating artwork with the dynamic Perspective GridFast construction with the Shape Builder tool and drawing modesWorking with the painterly and naturalistic Bristle BrushesCreating variety in strokes with the new Width toolEnhanced Web, Flash, and animation workflowFast and easy masking using the Draw Inside modeLayering transparency in photorealistic gradient meshManaging multiple artboards with the new Artboards panelIntegrating Blob Brush artwork with Live PaintWorking quickly using the improved Appearance panelFor intermediate through professional-level illustrators.