Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book® (2014 release)

5. Creating an Illustration with the Drawing Tools

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Draw curved and straight lines.

• Edit curved and straight lines.

• Draw with the Pen tool.

• Select and adjust curve segments.

• Add and delete anchor points.

• Convert between smooth points and corner points.

• Create dashed lines and add arrowheads.

• Cut paths with the Scissors and Knife tools.

• Draw and edit with the Pencil tool.

This lesson takes approximately 90 minutes to complete.

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