[ ILLUSTRATOR FOUNDATIONS THE ART OF VECTOR GRAPHICS, DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION IN ILLUSTRATOR BY ELMANSY, RAFIQ](AUTHOR)PAPERBACK

by Rafiq Elmansy

Whether you are creating a catchy and fun cartoon, designing a print banner advertisement, or developing content for a mobile game, save time and money with expert techniques, trips and tricks from by Adobe Certified Expert, Rafiq Elmansy with Illustrator Foundations . With practical applications and step by step tutorials, solve problems quickly to develop creative projects on time and to budget. Want to hone your Illustrator skills so you can remain competitive in a diverse market while concentrating on your vector graphics projects? Then Illustrator Foundations is for you! With real-world professional projects you'll discover how develop mobile applications, work with layers, masks, vector images and many more tips and tricks not found anywhere else! Harness the full Creative Suite software package with tips on how to integrate Illustrator with Photoshop and After Effects. This book is a goldmine of artistic inspiration, timesaving practical tips, tricks and step-by-step walkthroughs; you'll wonder how you survived this long without it. Put the Adobe Illustrator CS6 techniques to the test with the fully updated companion website with downloadable Illustrator source files, examples and video tutorials.

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First published December 13, 2012

About the author

Rafiq Elmansy is design lecturer at the American University in Cairo, as well as a worldwide author and design manager. His experience includes more than 15 years in the design industry, working with clients from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Australia.

His design creative work is exhibited in many locations including Croatia, South Africa, and Spain. He is also a jury member and mentor in acknowledged design competitions including the Adobe Design Achievement Awards and Poster for Tomorrow. He writes articles for the Smashing Magazine, Tut+, Adobe and his design blog (www.designorate.com). He is a published author for many books for John Wiley, O’Reilly, and Focal Press, his books include:
- Teach Yourself Visually SEO (http://bit.ly/tyv_seo), published by Wiley.
- Illustrator Foundations (http://bit.ly/AI-CS6), published by FocalPress.
- Photoshop 3D for Animators (http://bit.ly/PS-3D), published by FocalPress.
- Photoshop 3D for Animators (Japanese version) by Born Digital (http://www.borndigital.co.jp/book/det...).
- Quick Guide to Flash Catalyst (http://bit.ly/FlashCata), published by O’Reilly Media.

Rafiq is a friend of ICO-D and recently he becomes an author and continent manager for the Interaction Design Foundation in Norway. Elmansy is an Adobe Certified Instructor, community professional, and user group manager for the first Adobe user group in Egypt and the Middle East, AUGE. For more than seven years, he has provided frequent support to the Adobe community around the world through events and online sessions in various Adobe applications. Elmansy is pursuing a Master of Arts degree in design management from Staffordshire University in the U.K., with a focus on strategic design.