

The team at Adobe is always coming up with new ideas and concepts. It’s been a boon for me with the various apps I use for UX design and motion design. The companies that make those apps know how ubiquitous Illustrator is to the creative field so they take advantage of it. There are a number of non-Adobe apps out there that are also Illustrator graphics friendly. There are things I can do now that would have killed or significantly slowed down previous computers I’ve used the program on. Freeform gradients are just the latest example of this innovation. It’s not just performance improvements either, which are welcome, but expanded functionality and new tools and abilities. As technology advances so too does Illustrator. I can’t believe I’ve been using this bit of software for over 20 years so it’s been interesting to see how it’s evolved over that time. What continues to excite you about the program? Q: Illustrator seemed pretty limitless 10 or 15 years ago. We caught up with the UX design pro, who recently worked at Expedia, to talk about the latest edition of his course. When it comes to Illustrator, Mike is simply a guru no-one knows it in and out better than the Tennessee-based interface designer and creative technical author. One man keeping close tabs on the vector tool’s latest transformations is Sessions College instructor and Illustrator boffin Mike Hamm. Adobe Illustrator is constantly changing to suit the needs of today’s graphic and interactive designers.
