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Learn what each drawing tool—including the Pen tool, Pencil tool, Curvature tool, Paintbrush tool, and Blob Brush tool—does best.
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What you learned
Understand what the drawing tools create
All of the drawing tools create paths. Paths come in the form of a closed path like a square or circle or an open path like a line. All paths—closed or open—are made up of anchor points, which control the direction and shape of the path, and line segments (or paths) that connect those anchor points.
Paintbrush tool
The Paintbrush tool, similar to the Pencil tool, is for creating more free-form paths. The great thing about the Paintbrush tool is that you can select a brush, like a calligraphy brush or texture, applied to the path you draw.
Blob Brush tool
The Blob Brush tool, found by pressing the Paintbrush tool in the Toolbar, creates filled, compound paths. New shapes painted with the Blob Brush tool will merge with existing shapes with the same appearance settings.
Pencil tool
The Pencil tool, found by pressing the Paintbrush tool in the Toolbar, creates more free-form paths—similar to drawing on paper with a pencil.
Curvature tool
The Curvature tool is a more intuitive drawing tool that allows you to create paths with great precision without switching tools. With the Curvature tool, you focus on adding, editing, and removing anchor points to control the look of a path.
Pen tool
The most powerful drawing tool found in Illustrator is the Pen tool. With the Pen tool, you can create and precisely edit anchor points to make paths.
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