How to draw freehand in illustrator

Digital drawing is slightly different from traditional hand drawing on paper.

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Is it more difficult then? Not necessarily. It’s definitely easier to draw lines using software, but when it comes to details and shading, I have to say that traditional drawing is much easier. 

On the other hand, you can say digital drawing is easier because there are so many smart tools you can use to draw anything in Adobe Illustrator.

In this article, you’ll learn how to get started drawing in Adobe Illustrator using different tools.

I’ll show you the tools on the same drawing so that you can see what you can do with each tool. Honestly, I always use multiple tools to draw.

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Let’s see an example of turning this image into a drawing. You can use the Pen Tool or Pencil to outline and the Brush Tool to draw details. If you don’t need precise outlines, you can complete the drawing only using the brushes.

I lowered the opacity of the image so that you can see the drawing lines and strokes better.   

Let’s get started with the pen tool. 

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