Draw a digital sketch

Sketching lines and shapes and editing paths using Adobe illustrator
Tools in Illustrator that can let you create
stunning artwork.

 Tools in Illustrator are divided into six categories.

Adobe Illustrator: Draw tools

 Draw tools
 Draw tools help you to draw and edit objects and paths, and create perspective.
 You can also add symbols and graphs to your artwork.
 Complete reference below
 https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/tools-in-illustrator.html
Adobe Illustrator: Select tools

 Select tools
 Before you work on your artwork, you need to select some or all of its elements.
 Select tools let you not just select, but move, rotate, scale, and transform your artwork, with varying degrees of
precision.
Adobe Illustrator: Select tools
Adobe Illustrator: Navigate tools

 Navigate tools
 Navigate tools let you set your focus on an area of the artwork.
 You can perform basic actions like zoom in or out, rotate the view, drag artwork, or add grids to work on the
canvas.
Adobe Illustrator: Navigate tools
Adobe Illustrator: Paint tools

 Paint tools
 Illustrator offers a fine collection of vector brushes with which you can apply fills and strokes to elements in your
artwork.
 You can also add blends and build complex shapes to get the desired visual effect.
Adobe Illustrator: Paint tools
Adobe Illustrator: Text tools

 Text tools
 Text tools help you to add and edit text (type) in your artwork.
 Apart from plain text, you can also add text on a path or in an area, and apply the desired text effects.
Adobe Illustrator: Text tools
Adobe Illustrator: Modify tools

 Modify tools
 Use advanced Modify tools in Illustrator to manipulate objects and paths.
Adobe Illustrator: Modify tools
Sketching lines and shapes and
editing paths using Adobe
illustrator
 Sketching lines Example

The Line Segment tool lets you

draw straight lines in any direction
you drag your pointer.
 Sketching shapes Example

 The Rectangle tool lets you

create rectangular and square
shapes in your artwork.
_____________________________

 There is many other shape in

Adobe illustrator such as:
1. Ellipse
2. Polygon
3. Star
4. Etc.
_____________________________
Editing paths

 Select paths, segments, and anchor points

 Before you reshape or edit a path, you need to select the path’s anchor points, segments, or a combination of both.
 Complete reference
 https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/editing-paths.html
SELECT ANCHOR POINTS
SELECT PATH SEGMENTS
SELECT ALL ANCHOR POINTS AND
SEGMENTS IN A PATH
 Add and delete anchor points

 Adding anchor points can give you more control over a path, or it can extend an open path.
 However, you should not add more points unnecessarily as it makes the path complex.
 A path with fewer points is easier to edit, display, and print.
 You can reduce the complexity of a path by deleting unnecessary points.
ADD OR DELETE AN ANCHOR POINT
Working with Symbol

 Convert the objects you reuse in a document into symbols, and use a variety of preset symbols to save time
and reduce file size.
 Symbols allow you to create reusable graphic elements.
 You have the flexibility to create symbols from a wide range of objects, including shapes, paths, text,
mesh objects, and even raster images.
 Furthermore, dynamic symbols allow each symbol instance to have a unique appearance while sharing a
common base shape.
 Changes made to the base shape are applied automatically to each instance while maintaining their unique
appearance.
Explore the Symbols panel

 Before starting with symbols, familiarize yourself with the Symbols panel (Window > Symbols).
 The Symbols panel lets you create and manage symbols in your document.
 The Symbols panel contains both preset symbols and any symbols you create.
 You can also add more symbols from libraries to the Symbols panel.
 Complete reference
 https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/symbols.html
Use preset symbols from symbol libraries
Working with brush tool

 Brushes let you stylize the appearance of paths.

 You can apply brush strokes to existing paths, or you can use the Paintbrush tool to draw a path and
apply a brush stroke simultaneously.
About brushes

 There are different types of brushes in Illustrator: calligraphic, scatter, art, pattern, and bristle. You can
achieve the following effects using these brushes:
 Calligraphic brushes
 Create strokes that resemble those drawn with the angled point of a calligraphic pen and are drawn along the center of
the path.
 When you use the Blob Brush tool, you can paint with a calligraphic brush and automatically expand the brush stroke
into a fill shape that merges with other filled objects of the same color that intersect or are adjacent in stacking order.
 About brushes
Scatter brushes
 Disperse copies of an object (such as a ladybug
or a leaf) along the path.
Art brushes
 Stretch a brush shape (such as Rough Charcoal)
or object shape evenly along the length of the
path.
Bristle brush
 Create brush strokes with the appearance of a
natural brush with bristles.
Pattern brushes
 Paint a pattern—made of individual tiles—that
repeats along the path.
 Pattern brushes can include up to five tiles, for
the sides, inner corner, outer corner, beginning,
and end of the pattern.
 Brushes panel overview

 The Brushes panel (Window > Brushes) displays brushes for the current file.
 Whenever you select a brush in a brush library, it is automatically added to the Brushes panel.
 Brushes that you create and store in the Brushes panel are associated only with the current file, which means
that each Illustrator file can have a different set of brushes in its Brushes panel.
 Complete references
 https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/brushes.html
Painting sketch design

Painting methods
Illustrator provides two methods of painting:
 Assigning a fill, stroke, or both to an entire object
 Converting the object to a Live Paint group and assigning fills or strokes to the separate edges and faces of paths
within it
Paint an object

 After you draw an object, you assign a fill, stroke, or both to it.
 You can then draw other objects that you can paint similarly, layering each new object on top of the previous
ones.
 The result is something like a collage made out of shapes cut from colored paper, with the look of the
artwork depending on which objects are on top in the stack of layered objects
Paint a Live Paint group

 With the Live Paint method, you paint more like you would with a traditional coloring tool, without regard
to layers or stacking order, which can make for a more natural workflow.
 All objects in a Live Paint group are treated as if they are part of the same flat surface.
 This means you can draw several paths and then color separately each area enclosed by these paths (called
a face).
 You can also assign different stroke colors and weights to portions of a path between intersections (called
an edge).
 The result is that, much like a coloring book, you can fill each face and stroke each edge with a different
color.
 As you move and reshape paths in a Live Paint group, the faces and edges automatically adjust in response.
Paint a Live Paint group
About fills and strokes

 A fill is a color, pattern, or gradient inside an object.

 You can apply fills to open and closed objects and to faces of Live Paint groups.
 A stroke can be the visible outline of an object, a path, or the edge of a Live Paint group.
 You can control the width and color of a stroke.
 You can also create dashed strokes using Path options, and paint stylized strokes using brushes.
About fills and strokes
Fill and Stroke controls
Fill and Stroke controls

You can also specify color and stroke for a selected object by using the following controls in the Properties panel
and the Control panel:
 Fill color
 Click to open the Swatches panel or Shift-click to open an alternate color mode panel, and choose a color.
 Stroke color
 Click to open the Swatches panel or Shift-click to open an alternate color mode panel, and choose a color.
 Stroke panel
 Click the word Stroke to open the Stroke panel and specify options.
 Stroke weight
 Choose a stroke weight from the pop ‑up menu.
Apply a fill color

 You can apply one color, pattern, or gradient to an entire object, or you can use Live Paint groups and
apply different colors to different faces within the object.
 Complete reference
 https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/painting-fills-strokes.html
 Selecting and arranging sketch design objects

 Move objects
 You can move objects by dragging them with specific tools, by using the arrow keys on the keyboard, or by
entering precise values in a panel or dialog box.
 You can use snapping to help you position objects as you move them.
 For example, you can snap the pointer to guides and anchor points and snap object boundaries to gridlines.
 You can also use the Align panel to position objects in relation to each other.
Move objects

 You can then use the Shift key to constrain the movement of one or more objects so that they move in a
precise horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction relative to the current orientation of the x and y axes.
 You can also use the Shift key to rotate objects in multiples of 45°.
Move or duplicate an object by pasting
Move an object by dragging
Move an object using the arrow keys
Move an object by a specific distance