Summary

After having completed this chapter, you now know how to use a variety of drawing tools that come with Adobe Illustrator. You also now know how to build more complex illustrations using these tools individually or in combination.

We have reviewed the attributes of each tool and several techniques for utilizing them to a high level of their capabilities.

All the information within this chapter was intended to challenge you to venture out with your creativity and find new ways to transfer it to the artboard using this variety of tools to deliver your concepts.

In the next chapter, we will be discussing several techniques for editing and transforming your newly drawn objects. You will learn that you have complete control of the shape and form of your vectors and can reshape their paths at any time. We will also explore some of the clever additional methods of manipulating their paths, through options and effects.