Illustrator Workshop 1

Pen tool exercise - getting used to the pen tool:

I've never had any experience with Illustrator before, so this was my very first go on it. I did find it at first confusing and difficult to understand how to use the pen tool as it looked really complicated when James was showing it to us on the screen - it felt like there were lots of things that I needed to remember, like the anchor and handle and what they do - but once we actually got to do it ourselves with the help of this exercise, I think I have now a better understanding of how the pen tool works. Still not totally confident with it but with more practise, I'm sure I'll get there