Real World Adobe® Illustrator® CS5

11. Web Design

There’s no question that Illustrator suffers from schizophrenia. One moment it’s a print-based application with spot colors and crop marks, and the next it’s a web-based application with HTML slices and Flash symbols. And that’s okay, because as designers living in the 21st century, we all suffer from the same schizophrenia. We are called upon to create art that will be used in many different ways—most notably in print, on the web, and even now on handheld mobile devices such as cell phones. Even if you are living in a print- or web-centric world, others may use and repurpose the art you create. That’s where Illustrator excels—in ...