How to Draw a Circle Using the Pen Tool Illustrator

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The simplest path you lot can draw with the Pen tool is a straight line, fabricated by clicking the Pen tool to create 2 anchor points. By continuing to click, you create a path made of direct line segments connected by corner points.

Clicking Pen tool creates directly segments.

Select the Pen tool ().

Position the Pen tool where you want the directly segment to begin, and click to define the outset anchor bespeak (do not drag).

Notes:

• The first segment you draw will not be visible until you click a 2nd anchor point.
• If direction lines appear, you've accidentally dragged the Pen tool; choose Edit > Undo, and click once more.

Click again where y'all want the segment to end (Shift-click to constrain the angle of the segment to a multiple of 45°).

Keep clicking to set anchor points for boosted straight segments.

The last anchor indicate y'all add always appears as a solid square, indicating that information technology is selected. Previously defined anchor points become hollow, and deselected, every bit you add more anchor points.

Complete the path past doing one of the following:

• To close the path, position the Pen tool over the showtime (hollow) anchor betoken. A minor circle appears next to the Pen tool pointer when it is positioned correctly. Click or drag to close the path.
• To leave the path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (macOS) anywhere away from all objects.
• To leave the path open, you tin can also select a dissimilar tool, or cull Select > Deselect. You can as well just press Enter or Return to leave the path open up.

You create a curve by adding an anchor point where a curve changes direction, and dragging the management lines that shape the curve. The length and slope of the direction lines determine the shape of the curve.

Curves are easier to edit and your system tin can display and print them faster if you draw them using as few ballast points as possible. Using too many points can also introduce unwanted bumps in a curve. Instead, describe widely spaced anchor points, and do shaping curves by adjusting the length and angles of the direction lines.

Position the Pen tool where you want the curve to brainstorm, and concord downward the mouse button. The first ballast point appears, and the Pen tool pointer changes to an arrowhead.

Drag to set up the slope of the curve segment yous're creating, and then release the mouse push.

In general, extend the direction line about one tertiary of the distance to the next anchor indicate you plan to depict. (Y'all can adapt i or both sides of the direction line later.)

Hold down the Shift key to constrain the tool to multiples of 45°.



Cartoon the first indicate in a curve

A. Positioning Pen toolB. Starting to drag (mouse button pressed)C. Dragging to extend management lines

Position the Pen tool where you want the bend segment to end, and do one of the following:

• To create a C‑shaped curve, drag in a direction reverse to the previous direction line. Then release the mouse button.



Drawing the 2d bespeak in a curve

• To create an S‑shaped curve, drag in the aforementioned direction as the previous management line. Then release the mouse push button.



Drawing an S curve

Press Command/ Ctrl while dragging the handles of a smooth signal, to make them inequal in length when you're cartoon a bend.



Drag diff handles while drawing curves

A. Opposite handles are equal and pairedB. Cmd/Ctrl pressed, opposite handles are unequal and paired

Continue dragging the Pen tool from dissimilar locations to create a series of polish curves. Note that you are placing anchor points at the first and end of each curve, not at the tip of the bend.

Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (macOS) direction lines to pause out the management lines of an anchor signal.

Complete the path by doing i of the following:

• To close the path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) anchor bespeak. A small circle appears side by side to the Pen tool arrow when information technology is positioned correctly. Click or drag to shut the path.
• To leave the path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (macOS) anywhere away from all objects.
• To leave the path open up, you can also select a unlike tool, or choose Select > Deselect.

You lot tin can brand finer adjustments to the closing curve:

• Printing the spacebar while closing a path to reposition the closing ballast indicate.
  
• Press Choice/ Alt, and interruption the pairing of handles of the closing anchor point.



Control closing paths

A. Reposition the closing ballast pointB. Pause the paired handles to adjust the endmost anchor point

Reposition ballast points as y'all draw

Later you click to create an ballast point, proceed the mouse push pressed downwards, hold downward the spacebar, and drag to reposition the anchor point.

Finish cartoon a path

Complete a path in ane of the following means:

• To close a path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) ballast point. A pocket-sized circle appears next to the Pen tool pointer when information technology is positioned correctly. Click or drag to close the path.
• To leave a path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (macOS) anywhere away from all objects.

To go out the path open up, yous tin can likewise select a different tool, or choose Select > Deselect.

Draw direct lines followed by curves

Using the Pen tool, click corner points in two locations to create a straight segment.

Position the Pen tool over the selected endpoint. In Illustrator, a catechumen-point icon appears adjacent to the Pen tool when it is positioned correctly. To set the slope of the curved segment you'll create next, click the ballast betoken, and drag the direction line that appears.



Drawing a directly segment followed by a curved segment (part 1)

A. Straight segment completedB. Positioning Pen tool over endpointC. Dragging direction point

Position the pen where yous want the next anchor point; then click (and drag, if desired) the new anchor point to complete the bend.



Cartoon a straight segment followed by a curved segment (part 2)

A. Positioning Pen toolB. Dragging direction lineC. New bend segment completed

Describe curves followed by straight lines

Using the Pen tool, drag to create the offset smooth point of the curved segment, and release the mouse push button.

Reposition the Pen tool where you want the curved segment to end, drag to complete the curve, and release the mouse button.



Drawing a curved segment followed by a directly segment (part one)

A. Starting time smooth point of curved segment completed and Pen tool positioned over endpointB. Dragging to consummate the curve

Position the Pen tool over the selected endpoint. A convert-point icon appears adjacent to the Pen tool when it is positioned correctly. Click the anchor point to convert the smooth bespeak to a corner point.

Reposition the Pen tool where yous want the straight segment to end, and click to complete the straight segment.



Drawing a curved segment followed by a directly segment (function 2)

A. Positioning Pen tool over existing endpointB. Clicking endpointC. Clicking side by side corner signal

Describe 2 curved segments continued by a corner

Using the Pen tool, drag to create the showtime smoothen bespeak of a curved segment.

Reposition the Pen tool and drag to create a curve with a second shine betoken; then press and hold Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) and elevate the direction line toward its opposing stop to set the slope of the side by side curve. Release the central and the mouse button.

This process converts the shine point to a corner bespeak by splitting the direction lines.

Reposition the Pen tool where you lot want the second curved segment to end, and drag a new polish point to consummate the second curved segment.

Cartoon two curves

A. Dragging a new smooth pointB. Pressing Alt/Option to split up management lines while dragging, and swinging management line upwardC. Consequence after repositioning and dragging a third fourth dimension

The Curvature tool simplifies path cosmos and makes drawing easy and intuitive. This tool enables yous to create, toggle, edit, add, or remove smoothen or corner points. You don't have to switch between different tools to work chop-chop and precisely with paths.

Select the Curvature tool ().

Drop two points on the artboard, then view the rubber band preview display the shape of the resulting path depending on where you hover your mouse.

Note: Safe-banding is turned on by default in the tool. To plow it off, use preference setting: Preferences > Selection & Anchor Brandish > Enable Rubber Ring.

Use the mouse to drop a point or tap to create a smooth point. To create a corner point, double-click or press the Alt fundamental while clicking or borer.



A. Past default, smoothen points are created for curvesB. To create a corner signal, double-click or printing the Alt cardinal while dropping a point

You can perform several actions:

• Pick (macOS) / Alt (Windows) + click to continue adding points to an existing path or shape.
• Double-click or double-tap a point to toggle the bespeak between smooth or corner points.
• Click a point or tap it and then elevate the point to move it.
• Click or tap a point and printing Delete to delete the signal. The curve is maintained.
• Press the Esc key to stop drawing.
  

Safety Band preview

The Pen tool and the Curvature tool display a preview of the path that will be drawn from the previous anchor indicate to the current position of the pointer.

Using the Pen tool or the Curvature tool, click once on the artboard to describe a shine point, and drag the mouse to create the handles as required.

Notation: When yous draw a smoothen signal, the reverse handles are e'er equal and paired. Press Command / Ctrl while dragging the handles of a smooth point, to create handles that are unequal in length (pairing remains intact).

Release the mouse button. When you move the mouse arrow across the artboard, a path is displayed indicating what will be drawn if you choose to drop an anchor point at the location of the mouse pointer.



A. Beginning ballast betoken and its handlesB. Condom Band preview of the path between the first ballast point and the mouse pointer

When the preview displayed is the path that y'all wanted to describe, click the location, and Illustrator draws the path every bit previewed.

When the preview is on, pressing Esc stops showing the preview and ends the path. This is the same activity as hitting the keyboard shortcut P while working with the Pen tool (with the preview feature off).

Turn the Rubber Ring preview on or off:

Open up thePreferences dialog (Ctrl + K)

Browse to theSelection and Anchor Display tab

Select or articulate the desired pick(s):

• Enable Rubber Band for Pen Tool
  
• Enable Prophylactic Band for Curvature Tool
  

The Pencil tool lets you describe open and closed paths as if you lot were drawing with a pencil on paper. It is most useful for fast sketching or creating a manus-fatigued wait. Once y'all draw a path, you tin immediately change it if needed.

Anchor points are set down equally y'all draw with the Pencil tool; you do not make up one's mind where they are positioned. However, you lot can arrange them once the path is complete. The number of ballast points set down is determined by the length and complexity of the path and past tolerance settings in the Pencil Tool Preferences dialog box. These settings control how sensitive the Pencil tool is to the motility of your mouse or graphics-tablet stylus.

Click and concord the Shaper tool (). Select the Pencil tool.



Position the tool where you want the path to begin, and drag to describe a path. The Pencil tool () displays a small x to betoken drawing a freeform path.

As you drag, a dotted line follows the pointer. Anchor points appear at both ends of the path and at various points forth it. The path takes on the electric current stroke and fill attributes, and remains selected past default.

Draw constrained or unconstrained straight segments using the Pencil tool

Yous can use the pencil tool to draw constrained or unconstrained direct segments.

• Constrained straight segments: Concur the Shift central, and then apply the Pencil tool to draw directly segments constrained to 0, 45 or 90 degrees. While drawing a direct segment, the straight-segment cursor () is displayed.

• Unconstrained straight segments: Concord the Option/ Alt key to draw unconstrained straight segments. However, to draw a polyline path:
  1. Draw a line segment.
  2. Do one of the following:
  • Keeping the Shift or Option/ Alt key pressed, identify the cursor at the endpoint of the line. When the path-continuation cursor () is displayed, click the mouse button and draw another line.
  • Keeping the mouse button pressed, release and press the Shift or Option/ Alt key, and draw the next segment.

Select the Pencil tool ().

Position the tool where you desire the path to begin, and outset dragging to draw a path.

After y'all've begun dragging, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS). The Pencil tool displays a small-scale circumvolve () to point that you're creating a closed path.

When the path is the size and shape yous want, release the mouse button (but not the Alt or Pick central). Afterwards the path closes, release the Alt or Option key.

You don't have to position the cursor over the starting bespeak of the path in order to create a closed path; if you lot release the mouse button in some other location, the Pencil tool will close the shape by creating the shortest possible line back to the original indicate.

Yous tin can edit any path using the Pencil tool and add freeform lines and shapes to any shape.

Add together to a path with the Pencil tool

Select the Pencil tool ().

Position the pencil tip on an endpoint of the path.

You lot can tell you lot're shut enough to the endpoint when the small x side by side to the pencil tip disappears.

Drag to continue the path.

Connect ii paths with the Pencil tool

Select both paths (Shift-click or drag effectually the two with the Selection tool).

Select the Pencil tool ().

Position the arrow where you want to begin from one path, and start dragging toward the other path. The Pencil tool displays a small merge symbol () to betoken you're calculation to the existing path.

Drag onto the endpoint of the other path and release the mouse push.

For best results, drag from 1 path to the other as if you were simply continuing the paths in the direction they were created.

Reshape paths with the Pencil tool

Select the path you want to change.

Position the Pencil tool on or near the path to redraw.

You lot can tell y'all're close enough to the path when the minor x disappears from the tool.

Drag the tool until the path is the desired shape.



Using the Pencil tool to edit a airtight shape

Depending on where you brainstorm to redraw the path and in which management you lot drag, yous may become unexpected results. For example, you may unintentionally alter a closed path to an open path, modify an open path to a closed path, or lose a portion of a shape.

Double-click the Pencil tool () to set whatsoever of the following options:

Fidelity

Controls how far yous have to motility your mouse or stylus before a new anchor bespeak is added to the path. The Fidelity slider has v presets you tin can cull from. The leftmost slider preset (Accurate) is most accurate for drawing paths. The rightmost slider preset (Smooth) creates the smoothest paths. Cull a preset that suits your cartoon needs best.

Fill New Pencil Strokes

Applies a fill to pencil strokes you describe after selecting this option, but not to existing pencil strokes. Recall to select a fill earlier y'all draw the pencil strokes.

Alt/ Option Cardinal Toggles To Smoothen Tool Option

With this checkbox enabled, while using the Pencil tool or the Brush tool, you tin can press Alt (Windows) or Pick (macOS) to switch to the Smooth tool.

Close Paths When Ends Are Within: _ Pixels

When the endpoints of a path you are drawing are in close proximity and inside a certain predefined number of pixels of each other, the path-close cursor () is shown. When you release the mouse button, such a path is closed automatically.You lot can fix the predefined number of pixels using this selection.

Edit Selected Paths

Determines whether or non you can change or merge a selected path when you are within a sure altitude of it (specified with the next option).

Inside: _ pixels

Determines how close your mouse or stylus must exist to an existing path in guild to edit the path with the Pencil tool. This option is only bachelor when the Edit Selected Paths selection is selected.

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