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- [Instructor] Let's start designing.

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The first item that I will design is a palm tree.

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And I will start by drawing one of its leaves.

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The pen tool, it's a great tool for this.

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Select the pen tool from the toolbar or press the letter P

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on your keyboard.

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The pen tool is one of the most powerful drawing tools

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in Adobe Illustrator.

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With it, you can create and edit anchor points and paths.

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The simplest path that you can draw with the pen tool,

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it's a straight line.

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Position the pen tool where you want the straight line

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segment to begin and click to define the first anchor point.

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The first segment you make will not be visible

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until you create a second anchor point.

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Place your cursor anywhere else in the canvas

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and then click again to create a second anchor point.

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And the first segment will appear

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in between the two anchor points.

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By continuing to click, you will create a path

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that is made of straight line segments

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connected by corner points.

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Keep moving your cursor on the artboard

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and click to create the segments that will make up

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the bottom part of a palm tree foliage,

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just like so.

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To close your path and create the final shape,

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head back to your very first anchor point.

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And once you hover on it,

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you will see a little circle display next to the pen tool.

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This is Illustrator way of letting you know

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that you're about to close your path.

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Click one more time and here we go.

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You have created your first shape.

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Next, from the top of the toolbar,

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select the direct selection tool,

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commonly referred to as the white arrow tool.

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The direct selection tool will allow you to select and edit

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each anchor point individually.

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Click once on any anchor point to select it

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and then drag it in the direction that you wish to move it.

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You can also click and drag over multiple anchor points

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or click and hold shift and click again

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to include multiple anchor points in a selection

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and move them all at once.

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To release your selection, simply click away.

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Let's move to the next step.

