Adobe illustrator lines tutorial

The basic idea is, click on the artboard to choose a starting point and drag the line to an ending point. Simply select the tool from the toolbar, hold the Shift key, click and drag on the Artboard to create a straight line.

You draw straight lines or curve lines. The first step is to decide on a starting point and click on the artboard to create the first anchor point. Then if you want to draw straight lines, simply click on the direction where you want to follow. Read: How to Use the Pen Tool. Click on the Edit Toolbar menu, find the Spiral Tool and drag it to the toolbar anywhere you want. I put mine together with the Arc tool. You can change how it looks by clicking on the artboard with the tool selected and adjust the settings in this dialog box.

Radius determines the distance from the center to the furthest point in the spiral. Decay specifies how much each wind of the spiral decreases relative to the previous wind.

You can set the number of Segments the spiral has. Each full wind has four segments. Style allows you to choose the direction of the spiral, clockwise or counterclockwise. The Pencil Tool is perfect for drawing freehand lines, even better if you have a Wacom tablet. You can use it to create freehand illustrations.

Select the Pencil Tool N from the toolbar and start drawing just as you would using pen and paper. A slope of 0 creates a straight line. Fill Arc : Fills the arc with the current fill color. Note : To see a dynamic preview of the arc as you set options, double-click the arc tool in the Tools panel. For a video on using shape tools, see How to draw basic shapes. Select the Spiral tool. Click where you want the spiral to begin. In the dialog box, set any of the following options, and click OK.

Radius : Specifies the distance from the center to the outermost point in the spiral. Decay : Specifies the amount by which each wind of the spiral should decrease relative to the previous wind. Segments : Specifies how many segments the spiral has. Each full wind of the spiral consists of four segments. The grid tools help you quickly draw rectangular and polar grids. Use the Rectangular Grid tool to create rectangular grids of a specified size with a specified number of dividers.

Use the Polar Grid tool to create concentric circles of a specified size and a specified number of dividers. Select the Rectangular Grid tool. In the dialog box, click a square on the reference point locator to determine the point from which the grid is drawn.

Horizontal Dividers : Specifies the number of horizontal dividers you want to appear between the top and bottom of the grid. The Skew value determines how the horizontal dividers are weighted toward the top or bottom of the grid.

Vertical Dividers : Specifies the number of dividers you want to appear between the left and right sides of the grid. The Skew value determines how the vertical dividers are weighted to the left or right side. Use Outside Rectangle As Frame : Replaces the top, bottom, left, and right segments with a separate rectangular object. Fill Grid : Fills the grid with the current fill color otherwise, the fill is set to none. Select the Polar Grid tool. Concentric Dividers : Specifies the number of circular concentric dividers you want to appear in the grid.

The Skew value determines how the concentric dividers are weighted toward the inside or outside of the grid. Radial Dividers : Specifies the number of radial dividers you want to appear between the center and the circumference of the grid.

The Skew value determines how the radial dividers are weighted counterclockwise or clockwise on the grid. Create Compound Path From Ellipses : Converts the concentric circles into separate compound paths and fill every other circle. Select the Rectangle tool or the Rounded Rectangle tool. To draw a square, hold down the Shift key while you drag diagonally until the square is the desired size.

To create a square or rectangle using values, click where you want the top-left corner to be. Specify a width and height and a corner radius for a rounded rectangle , and click OK. You can change the default radius for all new rectangles, and you can change the radius for individual rectangles as you draw them.

Alternatively, select the Rounded Rectangle tool, click in the document window, and enter a new value for Corner Radius. The default radius applies only to new rounded rectangles you draw, not to existing rounded rectangles. When the corners are the desired roundness, release the key.

To create square corners while dragging with the Rounded Rectangle tool, press the Left Arrow key. To create the most rounded corners while dragging with the Rounded Rectangle tool, press the Right Arrow key. To change the corner radius or other parameters, modify the effect parameters in the Appearance panel. Click and hold the Rectangle tool. Select the Ellipse tool.

For more information on selecting tools, see Select a tool. Specify a width and height for the ellipse, and click OK. Note : To create a circle, hold down the Shift key while dragging. Select the Polygon tool. Drag until the polygon is the desired size. Drag the pointer in an arc to rotate the polygon. Press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to add and remove sides from the polygon. Click where you want the center of the polygon to be.

Specify a radius and number of sides for the polygon, and click OK. Select the Star tool. Drag until the star is the desired size. Drag the pointer in an arc to rotate the star. Press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow to add and remove points from the star.

Click where you want the center of the star to be. For Points, specify how many points you want the star to have. To increase or decrease the number of points in the star, you can also use the up and down arrow keys while drawing the star.

The Flare tool creates flare objects with a bright center, a halo, and rays and rings. Use this tool to create an effect similar to a lens flare in a photograph.

Flares include a center handle and an end handle. Use the handles to position the flare and its rings. The center handle is in the bright center of the flare—the flare path begins from this point.

Center handle B. End handle C. Rays shown black for clarity D. Halo E. Select the Flare tool. Press Alt Windows or Option macOS , and click where you want the center handle of the flare to appear. Press the mouse button down to place the center handle of the flare, then drag to set the size of the center, the size of the halo, and to rotate the angle of the rays.