Add your start anchor point by clicking one time with the left mouse button.

The control handles, attached to each anchor point and always in a straight line with them, shall determine the shape of the curve on either side of the anchor point. And once the Pen tool is mastered, it becomes a really cool weapon for icon designers.Д«ezier curves are made up of three components вЂ“ two anchor points (begin and end), segment lines, and control handles. That means вЂњpractice, practice and practiceвЂќ. Drawing Bezier curves, which is one of the tasks we do most, costs a little more time and effort. Curved lines are also called Bezier curves (named after the French mathematician, Pierre Bezier, who developed a method for defining curves mathematically). With the Pen tool, we can easily draw straight or curved lines. So we will pay much attention to these tools more than the others. The Pen tools are not only the heart of Adobe Illustrator but also the core of our job.

Convert Anchor Point tool, used to change corners to curves and vice versa it also allows you to tweak the exact character of a curve.

Delete Anchor Point tool (-), enables you to delete existing anchor points.

Add Anchor Point tool (+), allows you to add new anchor points.

Pen tool, used to generate straight and curved lines.

We use the Pen tools to draw and edit curves. The Pen tools are the essence of Adobe Illustrator. Select the appropriate tools then click on your canvas, a dialog box appears for you to type units in, hit OK and start drawing. These tools are similar to the Rectangle tool and will be used when we want to change the Corner Radius (by using the Rounded Rectangle tool), or to change the Radius and side (by using the Polygon tool), or to change the Radius 1 or/and Radius 2 and the vertex of your star (by using the Star tool). The Rounded Rectangle tool, the Eclipse tool, the Polygon tool and the Star tool Click the left mouse button and drag on the artboard.Дў. Use this when you want your path to be a rectangle or square shape.Д¬lick on the Rectangle tool in the Tools panel (or press the M key) to select it.

The Shape tools include the Rectangle tool, the Rounded Rectangle tool, the Eclipse tool, the Polygon tool and the Star tool. Everytime we drag, the artwork moves with the hand pointer. This tool is usually taken right after our artwork has been zoomed in or zoomed out.Д¬lick the Hand tool in the Tools panel and drag downward or upward in the document window. We use the Hand tool to scroll to different areas of the document. Select Zoom tool or press the Z key and right click on the canvas to select Zoom in or Zoom out, or we can press the keys combination Command/Ctrl++ to enlarge and Command/Ctrl+- to reduce. The Zoom tool allows us to enlarge or reduce the view of artwork we are viewing or when we want to edit everything in detail.

However, followings are the ones we always rely on when making an icon.

Adobe illustrator with curuture tool