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Pen skills in practice

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Pen skills in practice

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- So now that we know how to make straight paths and curve paths and even change the direction of paths, let's go ahead and put it all to use. We're going to create the shape of the duck, and we're going to use these guides in order to help us to create the paths. So I'm going to tap the P key to select the regular pen tool. And then I will click and drag here on this anchor point and drag out my direction line to start the curve down the back of the Duck's neck. Then I'll click again on the next anchor point and drag following the template. But when I turn this corner and I start dragging, I want to watch the shape that I'm creating. If I drag all the way to this front direction template line, well then the back of the shape, isn't the right shape. So I'm going to bring this back. And I'm actually looking right here at the template, this gray area on the back of the shape, I'll release my cursor here. And then in order to…

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