The pen tool inside of adobe illustrator is no doubt the most powerful tool in the application. Seeing as It can be used to create countless lines, curves, and shapes, and serves as the building block for illustration and design. The tool is used by creating anchor points, and then by connecting those points with lines, which can be connected further to create shapes. Using the pen tool there is no limits to what you can make.
When opening a new document in Illustrator, the pen tool can be found in the toolbar, having the same resemblance of a pen , it can be easily found. Or to make things quicker you can simply press the "P" key. to create anchor points and lines, the fist point you make will be your beginning anchor point, clicking anywhere else will make a line and your third point will start to form a shape. Repeat this process until you have the shape you want your going to have to connect the points to get a closed shape. At this part you can now edit you shape from the anchor points you have made, returning to an anchor point you've made and placing the mouse over it you'll notice the small minus. This means you can delete that anchor and remove that point and connect the renaming ones. Creating curves is just as easy, as you make points, click and hold to keep your point selected, then drag it to make the curve. To add you can also adjust angle and slope, Select an anchor point and you'll see handles, moving them will adjust the lines.
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