7 Drawing with the Pen Tool

Lesson overview

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

  • Draw straight and curved lines with the Pen tool.

  • Edit curved and straight lines.

  • Add and delete anchor points.

  • Convert between smooth points and corner points.

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This lesson will take about 60 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.

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