955 Illustrator on the iPad: The drawing tools

- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland. … Welcome to Deke's Techniques. … Today we're inside Illustrator on the iPad … in which we'll examine the free form drawing tools, … starting with the pencil tool. … Now, if the very mention of pencil tool … invokes flashbacks of tragically herky jerky path out lines … that looked exactly like what they were, … primitive examples of computer assisted design, … then let me assure you, … those days are a welcome thing of the past. … Adobe has equipped the last several versions of Illustrator … with a pencil tool that practically reads your mind, … and Illustrator on the iPad is no exception. … Combined with an Apple pencil, … the pencil tool is the vector based free form drawing tool … that you've been hoping for. … Oh, and along the way, I'll take you on a tour … of the anchor point level path operations, … including simplify, smart delete and more. … Here, let me show you exactly how all that stuff works. … All right, so here we are inside Illustrator …