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    Pencil Tool

                     The Pencil Tool in Illustrator
                     is great for freehand drawing
                     and making natural shapes
                     easily.  It  is  faster  than  the
                     Pen Tool for drawing curved
                     lines and smooth paths. You
                     can change stroke thickness,
                     colour, and style  to  match

                     your design. The Pencil Tool
                     is in the Toolbar, if you don’t
                     see it, press N to activate it.

                     2D Shapes

                     Adobe Illustrator provides several tools to create and manipulate
                     vector shapes, making it easy to design logos, icons, and illustrations.

                     Below is a guide on how to create and customize shapes. Illustrator
                     has basic shape tools for creating common geometric shapes. These
                     tools can be found in the Tools Panel. Right click on Rectangle Tool
                     (M) to see different shape tools.
                     Some of the basic shape tools are as follows:

                     1.  Rectangle Tool (M): Draws squares and rectangles.

                     2.  Ellipse Tool (L): Creates circles and ovals.

                     3.  Polygon  Tool: Generates  polygons
                         with customizable sides.
                     4.  Star  Tool: Creates stars with

                         adjustable points.
                     5.  Line  Segment Tool (\): Draws
                         straight lines.

                     To use different shape tools, follow the
                     given steps:

                     Step  1   Select  the  desired  shape  tool
                               from the toolbar.

                     Step  2   Click and drag on the artboard
                               to create the shape.
                     Step  3   Hold Shift while dragging to

                               constrain  proportions  (e.g.,
                               perfect square or circle).

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