Graphic Art

[Ego Slayer]

There seem to be a heck of a lot of people here who use Adobe Illustrator. I'm wondering how many, if any, of you actually use AI or a similar program professionally for graphic art. I'm interesting in graphic art but have yet to get AI.

[Lucky]

I have AI... Still failing in it's use... But it's there...

[BelkarsDagger]

AI 8.0.1 User, reporting for duty! Still sucky, but learning. :)

[Jack Squat]

Professionally? As in Logos and Product Design?

I use Corel Draw (same basic thing as AI) to design patterns for glass etching. I don't have any on this computer, so I can't put any images right now. I'll try to put some up later, but I'm not promising anything.

[Ego Slayer]

Yes, that kind of "professionally". It'd be awesome if you would put some images up. ^_^

I had a trial for Corel a few months ago but it looked really confusing. :P

[Jack Squat]

Corel is pretty confusing, but it helped that I didn't come over from another program.

Here's something quick I did using some clipart.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/jacksquat3/Scorpion_pr.gif

This is the original photo, and since it's monocromatic, it could be used for photo-resist. Now to put it on vinyl resist, I had to change it slightly

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/jacksquat3/Scorpion_vr.gif

The latter is what I normally use, and I proabably would in this case to give it an etched 3D effect.

If this was an actual project I'd show the finished products, but I just whipped up a quick example in a couple seconds.