Custom images offer many advantages including avoiding potential copyright issues and spending time searching for that “right image”. Illustrator offers a fast way of producing simple images that effectively get an idea across.

Many of the images on s-oneill.com are created in Adobe Illustrator. AI offers the advantage of exporting in .svg, and .png which helps control file size. Also, AI alpha transparencies are useful for generating animations in After Effects.

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