Monika Gause is a communication designer with experience in print, web and multimedia, lecturer for layout/typography at the University of Lüneburg, Illustrator trainer for various providers and author of numerous comprehensive manuals from Rheinwerk-Verlag as well as contributions for design magazines on Illustrator from version CS2 to version CC. She is also the editor and author of "Illustrator Aktuell" published by Mensch und Medien and the website www.vektorgarten.de.