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Can anyone recommend any good Adobe Illustrator books or online tutorials? Obviously there's a lot out there, so if anyone can point out the better ones that'd be super.
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There's a few [url= http://www.khulsey.com/student.html ]here[/url] they are very heavily biased to engineering/technical illustration but the ship one in particular is good example of the kind of technical work can be done in illustrator.
It might be an idea to let us know what area your interested in. Is it just learning the tools or getting to grips with particular style of work?
There are myriad tutorials, books, DVDs etc. Pends on what level you're at. If you're coming in at the beginning, then some of the 'Beginner's Guides' type books are fine. Get thissen to a good bookshop like Foyles and have a browse. Some books appeal more to certain people; some like more illustrations, whilst others prefer text. There will be a book for you.
I have an excellent one by Peachpit Press;
http://www.peachpit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321706617
This was apparently done in Illustrator. 😯
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I am not yet up to this standard...
The camera was done by Yukio Miyamoto there is a link to some more of his work on the page I linked to above or just do an image search if you like that sort of thing. I think the line work is well within most competent illustrator users but what sets his technical projects apart is the colour work which is exceptional.
Cheers! The stuff I'm after is more towards the sort of stuff amt27 posted, but it's awesome to see the bonkers technical stuff too! I use Photoshop/InDesign quite a lot, but I'm interested in doing more vector artwork - I used a much older version of Illustrator a few years back, it'll be interesting to see how much it's changed!