6 Using the Basic Drawing Tools

Lesson overview

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

  • Draw curves and straight lines with the Curvature tool.

  • Edit paths with the Curvature tool.

  • Create dashed lines.

  • Draw and edit with the Pencil tool.

  • Join paths with the Join tool.

  • Add arrowheads to paths.

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This lesson will take about 30 minutes to complete. To get the lesson files used in this lesson, download them from the web page for this book at peachpit.com/IllustratorCIB2024. For more information, see “Accessing the lesson files and Web Edition” in the Getting Started section at the beginning of this book.

In previous lessons, you created ...

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