Adobe Illustrator for Advanced Illustration

Overview

“In this unit you will learn how to use the pen to create organic shapes freely and with reference images. ”

In this video lesson Aarón Martínez addresses the topic: Stroke with the pen, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 1: Tools for Illustration. Review the program's main tools and practice using the Pathfinder and Pen tools.

Partial transcription of the video

“COURSE 1 - LESSON 5 Drawing with the pen Now we will use the Pen tool to create organic shapes freely and with reference images. Go. The Pen is one of the most important tools in Illustrator, which will allow us to create complex and organic shapes or straight and corner shapes. We will bring an image. I go to the File menu, Place and I will choose some sketches that I made earlier. We are going to position the illustration. I go to the Object menu and hit Lock. We can tell you to block Selection, All artwork on top or Other layers. In this case it is Command + 2, or Selection. We go back t...”

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Course summary for: Course 1: Tools for Illustration

• Level: Advanced
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