In this Illustrator tutorial you'll finish artwork
for a mono-line, or a single line wait badge like you see here.
To finish the artwork in this project you'll use a series of Drawing Tools
including the Curvature, Pen and Pencil Tools.
You also decide, which to use and understand why?
So, let's jump in.
You'll start by creating a curve here.
It's a path with simple curves.
So, the Curvature Tool will work nicely.
Select the Curvature Tool in the Toolbar
and before drawing
you'll set the stroke and fill
so, everything you draw has the same line weight.
In the Properties panel over here
change the Stroke weight to 3 by pressing the up arrow a few times.
Then remove the Fill color
by setting it to none.
To draw the first path.
Starting here click to set the first point.
Now to make a curve you're going to set points
where the path changes direction.
So, click to add one here
and then add a few more.
With the Curvature Tool you can also edit a path as you draw.
So, move the pointer over an existing point, and drag.
To add a new point so the path has a different curve here.
Click on the path
and then drag the new point.
When you think the path looks good for the next part, you'll want to zoom in.
So, press Command + on Mac OS
or Control + on Windows a few times.
To lock this path
so you don't accidentally edit it.
Choose Object,
Lock,
Selection.
Now you'll create two paths for a river, coming from this line.
You'll use the Pen Tool this time
since the Pen Tool allows you to draw more precise paths.
So, select a Pen Tool in the Toolbar.
Now to start, you'll set the first point
so click and release here.
Move to pointer down here,
now, you're going to create a straight line but instead of just clicking
you'll press and drag
so the next part of the path can be curved.
So, press and drag here
and drag so that the line here
looks like this.
Now if you make a mistake while you're creating an anchor point
you can choose Edit,
Undo Pen and try again.
To create another curve,
move down here,
press and drag again,
move down,
press and drag one more time in this direction.
Now you'll create one more S curve.
So, press and drag,
move down here,
press and drag again,
move down,
press and drag one more time in this direction,
then click, to end the path here.
To finish drawing this path,
you can deselect it by choosing Select,
Deselect.
Now the right side of the river path is more of the same.
So, starting up here
click to start the path.
Move the pointer down here,
press and drag so the line looks like this
and the next part of the path can be curved.
To create a few simple curves,
press and drag in the direction that the line will go.
Move the pointer down here,
press and drag in this direction,
move down here,
press and drag,
move the pointer down here,
press and drag in this direction.
Move down here
press and drag
and then to finish the line
click here.
Next, you'll create a snow-capped peak on this mountain path
by drawing a squiggly line.
The Pencil Tool is the perfect fit for this path
because of how free form the paths can be drawn with it.
You'll draw a path
inside of this path.
That way the ends of the squiggly line will be masked
or hidden by the mountain.
With the Selection Tool selected
click the mountain path.
Now to draw inside of it,
click the Draw Normal button in the Toolbar
and choose, Draw Inside from the menu.
If you see three small buttons down here instead of one,
click the Draw Inside button.
You'll see dotted lines around the path now to indicate
you can draw something inside.
To select the Pencil Tool,
press and hold on the Paintbrush Tool
and select it.
Come out here
and draw a squiggly path.
The ends of the path, that extend beyond the mountain path are hidden.
Now to stop drawing inside,
click the Draw Inside button
and choose Draw Normal.
Now you'll erase parts of the lines up here
with your Eraser Tool to add a little more interest.
So, first you need to select the lines.
With the Selection Tool selected,
drag across these lines.
To erase parts of them,
select the Eraser Tool in the Toolbar
and come to this line.
To erase the part in the mountain here,
press and drag across the line.
Notice that the mountain path
wasn't erased because it wasn't selected.
Now you can erase a few smaller parts of these lines
by simply clicking on each line to erase.
In Illustrator using different Drawing Tools in combination
you can create all kinds of artwork like this mono-line badge.
To practice, you can start again,
but this time try coming up with your own design.