Graphics Programs Reference
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JACKSON
Lance Jackson
To create the cover illustration for
The Adobe Illustrator CS5
WOW!
Book
, Lance
Jackson generated atmosphere and depth with the Bristle Brush and constructed
many of the details using the Blob Brush. He used various tools to block in the main
components of his composition. He used the Pen tool to draw the basic cables and
roadway for the Golden Gate Bridge, then modified the strokes with the Width tool.
Next Jackson began brushing over the water and bridge with various brushes from
the Bristle Brush library, especially Deerfoot, Cat's Tongue, Dome, and Fan. To
constrain the brushes to each main element, he often selected a base object and
chose the Draw Inside mode. For added texture, he also used brushes from the
Artistic and Grunge Brush Vector Pack libraries. Jackson drew a few cars and
pedestrians using the Blob Brush, then duplicated and recolored several of them.
Jackson toned down his palette, adding fog and more depth, by reducing the
opacity of his brushstrokes, layering the strokes, and sometimes even changing the
blending mode (by clicking Opacity in the Control panel).
