Want to be more precise, more efficient, and more creative with Illustrator? Learn how the Astute Graphics plugins can revolutionize the way you draw and edit artwork in Adobe Illustrator. Mike Rankin covers drawing and editing with VectorScribe and InkScribe, aligning and arranging objects with ColliderScribe, creating beautiful symmetry with MirrorMe, adjusting color with Phantasm, and the tools in DynamicSketch and WidthScribe that make drawing with a tablet even more natural and intuitive.

Topics include:

• Working with dynamic corners and shapes
• Editing paths with PathScribe
• Connecting and straightening objects
• Drawing circles and arcs
• Using the Snap to and the Rotate at Collision tools
• Mirroring text and images
• Creating vector halftones
• Editing path segments with InkScribe
• Using DynamicSketch
• Working with the WidthScribe brush tools
• Stippling vector graphics, photos, and text