Worthless for learning purposes

I'm having to use this book for a class at school and I have to say that I have never been so frustrated trying to follow the steps. I consider myself an intermediate (if not close to advanced) Illustrator user. I use it constantly for work, school, and other personal projects.

This book has not made sense to me since I opened it. The steps are incomplete, not specific enough, and the lack of graphics makes it very very difficult to follow into the next step. If you are new to Illustrator, you will most likely be lost by the middle of every project. Not only that, but it seems this author likes to take the long and difficult way to get things done! I could do these projects faster if my instructor would just say, "Look at the final project example and do that" rather than having to follow these vague, inconsistent steps.

It's absolutely unbelievable how horribly written this book is, with excessive typos and jumbled up steps that seem to be crammed together to save page space. The author also likes to go off on unrelated tangents in an attempt to be witty and amusing. Not to mention the seemingly inappropriate and suggestive comments, and one of the projects which was so offensive to me, I refused to do it for class at all.

This book is insulting, frustrating, and just a complete mess. If you want to learn anything about Illustrator, please go elsewhere. I can't even think of anything this book is good for other than a headache (or to line your birdcage with). Please do not buy it. Save yourself some time, money, and stress related illnesses.

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