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Let's jump into each of these improvements. The Pencil tool also has some new tricks up its sleeve, and we'll see it work its magic.

We'll look at the evolution of the Pen tool and explore the new Curvature tool.

This article examines some of Illustrator's latest drawing features. No longer will you be judged for your Illustrator prowess based on how well you've mastered the Pen tool alone now a host of other tools and methods are available. But as Illustrator has evolved over the past few versions, new and improved ways of drawing have been added. When I used to think of drawing in Adobe Illustrator, all I could envision was the Pen toolthe mainstay of vector creation.

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