Getting started
In this lesson, you'll create an illustration of a pear pierced by an arrow. Before you begin, you'll restore the default preferences for Adobe Illustrator. Then you will open the finished art file for this lesson to see what you'll create.
1. | To ensure that the tools and palettes function exactly as described in this lesson, delete or deactivate (by renaming) the Adobe Illustrator 10.0 preferences file. See “Restoring default preferences” on page 4. |
2. | Start Adobe Illustrator. |
3. | Choose File > Open, and open the L4end.ai file in the Lesson04 folder, located inside the Lessons folder within the AICIB folder on your hard drive. |
4. | Choose View > Zoom Out to make the finished artwork smaller and leave it on your screen as you work. ... |
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