Hi everyone, in this video we're going to look at... how to draw something with... kind of using the Pen tool, but not really... if the Pen tool is in your, I don't like you basket, this video is for you... we're going to show you how to use something called the Ben tool... basically just means you can just drag lines and get anchor points, super handy...
plus we'll work through these crazy things... what is Mirroring, Mirror Angle, they're actually really handy... when you want to, like avoid all the shortcuts we did in the last video... so let's get into drawing without the Pen tool, kind of. So let's grab the 'Pen' tool, you're like... "Hey, you promised us not to learn the Pen tool, because it's painful"...
we're going to start with the Pen tool just to kind of color it in... so we're just going to click, and all the kind of key transitions... just go through and click... where do I want it, across here? I don't know... like before, let's put a couple of box head...
and just kind of hit all the transitions and apexes... and then we're going to use the Bend tool. So the Bend tool is this one here, the shortcut for it is... holding down the 'Command' key on a Mac, 'Ctrl' key on a PC... what you can do is just click on the middle and just go, oh look at that... look at us doing bending stuff...
you might find this is just an easier way to get your icons... into some sort of order... and be like, "What about these guys?" So when you have got things that are not mirroring, word, I can't say... what you can do is switch back to this Selection tool... which is 'V' key on keyboard... click on this guy and say, actually...
you can be either just Mirror Angle or Mirror Angle and Length... nothing really happens, except when you go and change this, can you see... it becomes, see the length on the other side changes, the angle is the same... you end up with just, yeah, it's a way of kind of smoothing these things out. The other one is, if I'm still on my Selection tool, click on this... if I go 'Mirror Angle'...
click on it again, it'll mirror the angle but not the length, can you see... you'll need both, in this case I probably want Mirror Angle and Length... I don't know why it deselects, but hey, it does... so it does the length and the angle now... that is a-- that can be a nicer way of doing drawing... if the Pen tool and all the shortcuts are just a bit mad.
Same thing is, if you've got a curve and you need it to be a corner... go to 'No Mirroring', and then go and break it... instead of all the shortcuts. So first of all, the Bend tool, just handy... remember, hold down the 'Command' key, just go... add your own sound effects...
you can get really close to what you want... and if you need to change something, you... is going to be 'Mirror Angle and Length '... this one here is fighting with him. The one last one, if I click on this, using my Selection tool... remember, you can move this guy back to his home base, he disappears...
all right, that is how to use the Pen tool, without using the Pen tool... all right, that is it, I'll see you in the next video.