The Pen Tool is one of the most powerful tools in Adobe Illustrator. Yet, it also one of the most difficult tools for some users to learn. This is intended as a very rudimentary introduction to the Pen Tool. I plan to follow this post up with more Pen Tool demonstrations and exercises. This post is intended for Adobe Illustrator beginners.

Tools focused on:

• Pen Tool

Paths are created in Adobe Illustrator using Bezier curves, which are comprised of control/anchor points. The Pen Tool is used to define control points and Bezier handles (or “curve handles”). which define the curvature of a path between each control point.

An example of an open path in Adobe Illustrator

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