From the course: Drawing Vector Graphics
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The point-by-point method - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Drawing Vector Graphics
The point-by-point method
there's nothing more fundamental than building your shapes one anchor point at a time, hence the name point-by-point. This simply defines the most common method designers use to create vector based artwork. In this movie, we'll go over a simple two part method that will help you optimize point-by-point building and help you create your drawn design more precisely. So, let's get started. and I'll refine it even more. But in terms of this composition, I think this is actually good enough. This is about the size I originally drew it and I scanned it in. I improved the clarity in Photoshop by adjusting the levels, but this is still my rough sketch that I initially drew out and I placed it into Illustrator. I've already gone ahead and set the opacity, locked the layer, and on the layer above it we're going to start building. Now, once again, I've pointed out in several of the movies that wherever your drawn design comes to a point gets a point. That's easy to discern. So, the first thing…
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