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Note that the start and end path must be close to the original path to make it work.

To reshape a path, make sure your path is selected and use the Pencil Tool to redraw the parts you would like to reshape. Then draw over the the area of the lines which you would like to smoothen. To smoothen the parts that are jaggy, simply hold Alt/Option to turn the Pencil Tool to Smooth Tool. Normally when you draw with the Pencil Tool, the path looks jaggy. A circle icon will appear next to the Pencil Tool to indicate path closure. To close a path, hold Alt/Option as your Pencil Tool reaches the start point. Select the pencil tool and click and drag to draw a free hand line drawing. I will show you some of the tricks in drawing smooth and fluid lines. We can quickly draw shapes and lines quickly using the Pencil Tool. This method can be used to bring out more options for shape tools. Enter the same values below and click Ok. Click once on the artboard and an option will pop up. To snap at 45 degrees increment, hold Shift and turn. Move your cursor near the anchor corner and a rotation icon will icon, click and turn it to rotate the square. Select the shape with the Selection Tool and a bounding box will appear. Also hold Alt/Option if your want to resize from the same position.

To constrain to proportion while resizing, hold Shift as you resize. Drag the corner anchor point to resize it. To resize shapes, select the shape using the Selection Tool and a bounding box will appear. Same for the circle, we will select the Ellipse Tool and hold Shift to drag out a circle. To draw a perfect square, we will select the Rectangle Tool. Click the None icon boxed up in red to set the Stroke to None. Click Ok after that.Ĭlick the Stroke in the Tool Palette once to swap it above Fill. Drag the slider to blue and select a deep blue color. (Stroke is the border of the shape)Ĭlick the Fill from the Tool Palette. By default, it has a white fill and black stroke. Choose Rectangle Tool.Ĭlick and drag out a Rectangle as shown. Will expand a list of shape tools to pick. Go to the Tool Palette and hold the Rectangle Tool. Click once on a point to select and hold Shift to select multiple anchor points. Used for editing anchor point of a shape. It can also be used to resize a shape.ĭirect Selection Tool: Selects a single anchor point instead of the whole shape. Selection Tool: Used for selecting and moving a shape.

But first is good to know how to how to select a basic shape so that you have no problems in selecting and editing shapes in Illustrator. We will look at how to use the shape tools to draw basic shapes in illustrator.