Adobe Illustrator CS5 One-on-One

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These last few steps are fi nicky and deal with tiny details in the artwork. But

that’s what Illustrator’s all about, right? Besides, it’s the only place in this

lesson you’ll learn about the stroke options beyond simple weight as well

as Illustrator’s isolation mode, which is critical for working in artwork with

an overabundance of shapes. Finally, I wrap up with a special treat

—

a very

cool pattern fi ll based on, of all things, a nose. How could you pass that up?

13.

Examine the tongue. Your artwork looks pretty sharp, but if you

look closely at the shapes that make up the tongue (enlarged in

Figure 2-94), you’ll see some alignment issues at the top, along

the seam of the lips. (Try a zoom level of 1600 percent to get

the necessary level of detail.)

14.

Delete the top line of the tongue. Select the tool from the

toolbox, or press the A key. Click the top line of the tongue—

but not on one of the corner points—to select that line segment,

and press the Delete key.

15. Bring the lip seam to the front. That’s better, but now the fi ll

of the tongue is hiding part of the seam of the lips. Switch to

the black arrow tool and click (or alternately, just Alt-click or

Option-click with the current white arrow tool) the seam to se-

lect it. Press Ctrl+ (- on the Mac) to bring the seam over

the tongue, as shown in Figure 2-95.

16. Bring up the Stroke panel.