Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

3 Using Shapes to Create Artwork for a Postcard

Basic shapes are at the foundation of creating Illustrator artwork. In this lesson, you’ll create a new document and then create and edit a series of shapes using the shape tools for a postcard.

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Create a document with multiple artboards.

• Use tools and commands to create a variety of shapes.

• Understand Live Shapes.

• Round corners.

• Work with the Shaper tool.

• Work with drawing modes.

• Use Image Trace to create shapes.

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