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  • Kali Lewis
    Kali Lewis
    125 Points

    Trouble following Illustrator Foundations video instructions for Pen Tools

    Posted December 17, 2015 5:10pm by Kali Lewis
    Kali Lewis
    125 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    1 Answer

  • Heather Kant
    PLUS
    Heather Kant
    Courses Plus Student 736 Points

    my pen does not draw a straight line it starts from a center point then works out from both ends. how do i stop this?

    Posted October 20, 2015 8:46pm by Heather Kant
    Heather Kant
    Courses Plus Student 736 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    1 Answer

  • Jacquelyn May
    Jacquelyn May
    498 Points

    How to Get the Box around the object at 4:54

    Posted September 4, 2015 2:35pm by Jacquelyn May
    Jacquelyn May
    498 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    2 Answers

  • Jacquelyn May
    Jacquelyn May
    498 Points

    This is the worst tutorial video. Can you think about revising it? It is absolute hell trying to follow.

    Posted September 3, 2015 8:15pm by Jacquelyn May
    Jacquelyn May
    498 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    5 Answers

  • Anthony c
    Anthony c
    20,907 Points

    "click and drag out, and release and then again connect those final points."

    Posted August 4, 2015 2:49pm by Anthony c
    Anthony c
    20,907 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    1 Answer

  • Caleb Kleveter
    MOD
    Caleb Kleveter
    Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

    How do I connect the last two points in the shadow?

    Posted June 2, 2015 4:49pm by Caleb Kleveter
    Caleb Kleveter
    Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    1 Answer

  • Don Shipley
    Don Shipley
    19,488 Points

    How do you connect the final points?

    Posted May 14, 2015 5:55pm by Don Shipley
    Don Shipley
    19,488 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    2 Answers

  • Max Syzonenko
    Max Syzonenko
    1,474 Points

    How do I add bezier handle?

    Posted May 8, 2015 4:13pm by Max Syzonenko
    Max Syzonenko
    1,474 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    1 Answer

  • Chris Collier
    Chris Collier
    17,774 Points

    A longer pen tool tutorial would be nice

    Posted April 8, 2015 3:01pm by Chris Collier
    Chris Collier
    17,774 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    2 Answers

  • Gaoyuan Chen
    Gaoyuan Chen
    2,546 Points

    Resize my object

    Posted March 28, 2015 2:24am by Gaoyuan Chen
    Gaoyuan Chen
    2,546 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    1 Answer

  • Shaun Kelly
    Shaun Kelly
    5,648 Points

    Is there away to undo the Outline stroke without pressing the undo shortcut key ?

    Posted February 11, 2015 11:22pm by Shaun Kelly
    Shaun Kelly
    5,648 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    2 Answers

  • Tony Bao
    Tony Bao
    17,840 Points

    Bezier Handles Not Appearing?

    Posted January 2, 2015 4:13am by Tony Bao
    Tony Bao
    17,840 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    2 Answers

  • Ben Holland
    PLUS
    Ben Holland
    Courses Plus Student 4,062 Points

    Pen Moon Tools ! Need help urgently .

    Posted December 17, 2014 10:07pm by Ben Holland
    Ben Holland
    Courses Plus Student 4,062 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    1 Answer

  • sakatagintoki
    sakatagintoki
    12,624 Points

    Stuck creating the curve on the Moon Icon from 6:46 onwards

    Posted November 15, 2014 1:46pm by sakatagintoki
    sakatagintoki
    12,624 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    3 Answers

  • Sharina V. Jones
    Sharina V. Jones
    11,459 Points

    Direct select + alt copies image

    Posted November 2, 2014 6:29am by Sharina V. Jones
    Sharina V. Jones
    11,459 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    2 Answers

  • Andrew Mitchell
    Andrew Mitchell
    12,861 Points

    The Video for Pen Tools will not buffer. I have tried it in Mozilla and Chrome, other videos appear to be working fine.

    Posted October 25, 2014 4:26am by Andrew Mitchell
    Andrew Mitchell
    12,861 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    1 Answer

  • carolina valencia
    carolina valencia
    2,111 Points

    Help With Illustrator's Direct Selection Tool

    Posted October 14, 2014 4:33pm by carolina valencia
    carolina valencia
    2,111 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    2 Answers

  • Ivan Burda
    Ivan Burda
    10,897 Points

    The "Add Anchor Point Tool" doesnt work for me

    Posted September 27, 2014 11:15am by Ivan Burda
    Ivan Burda
    10,897 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    3 Answers

  • Ines Rosas
    Ines Rosas
    4,476 Points

    Hi! It seems to me like outline strokes is "destructive". Is there a way to keep an un-outlined version as well?

    Posted August 19, 2014 2:48pm by Ines Rosas
    Ines Rosas
    4,476 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    2 Answers

  • Gerry Scullion
    Gerry Scullion
    307 Points

    Bit unclear from 6.38 - 7.40

    Posted May 25, 2014 7:54am by Gerry Scullion
    Gerry Scullion
    307 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    0 Answers

  • jdh
    jdh
    12,334 Points

    Pen Tool Settings

    Posted May 22, 2014 12:41pm by jdh
    jdh
    12,334 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    1 Answer

  • Alison Pearce
    Alison Pearce
    7,440 Points

    Creating Curve on Moon Icon

    Posted May 21, 2014 10:30pm by Alison Pearce
    Alison Pearce
    7,440 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    4 Answers

  • Vijai Mani
    Vijai Mani
    2,819 Points

    curve using additional anchor points

    Posted February 16, 2014 7:41am by Vijai Mani
    Vijai Mani
    2,819 Points
    • Design
    • Illustrator Foundations
    • Creating an Icon
    • Pen Tools

    2 Answers

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