From the course: Draw Better and Faster with Illustrator CC
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Tweaking a design with the Pencil tool - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Draw Better and Faster with Illustrator CC
Tweaking a design with the Pencil tool
All right, at this point, I want to call your attention to a few design inconsistencies where our letter form is concerned. Notice these white edges on the right sides of the terminals of this character. The one down right is thick, as you can see labeled here; the one up right is thin, and then the one associated with the middle portion, the bar of the character, is downright skinny. Now, of course, we need to address these design inconsistencies, and we're going to do so using the Pencil tool. So, I'll go ahead and turn off my highlights layer because I don't really need it anymore, and I'll go ahead and zoom in on the top right terminal. And then, I'll go ahead and grab my Pencil tool, which I can get by pressing the N key and when the pencil tool is selected, you can get to its dialogue box by pressing the enter key or the return key on the Mac. Now, last time we visited this tool, I had dragged the fidelity slider triangle all the way over to the right to smooth. But for this…
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Drawing a base polygon with the Pen tool3m 9s
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Adding curves and smooth points7m 42s
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Beveling and enhancing the artwork9m 53s
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Tweaking a design with the Pencil tool4m 6s
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Drawing multiple lines at a time9m 38s
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Contour lines and opacity masks9m 17s
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Creating an intricate engraving effect7m 21s
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Creating an engraved drop shadow5m 26s
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