The point-by-point method

- When it comes to vector building,…there's nothing more fundamental…than building your shapes one anchor point at a time,…hence the name point by point.…it simply defines the most common method designers use…to create vector art.…In this movie,…we'll go over a four step method…that will help you optimize point by point building…and help you create your drawn design more precisely.…So I'm going to build this skull artwork,…and the area we're going to focus on to demonstrate…building point by point in Illustrator…is on the left hand side of the skull.…

And for all of you skeletal nuts out there…this would be the zygomatic bone,…just a little extra trivia.…We're going to go ahead and grab the pen tool here,…and we're going to begin building.…Where we're going to start at though is,…I'm going to start right down here, right at the bottom.…And we'll just place a point,…anywhere that comes to a point gets a point.…You've heard me say that already in other movies,…and, once again,…this curve is so narrow…we don't need an anchor point anywhere in between.…