- With the exception of the grid tools,
the line tools that we witnessed in the previous chapter
let you draw open path outlines.
That is to say the first and last anchor points
do not connect.
The open path begins at one point and ends at the other
which is why these points are generally known as end points.
In addition to the line tools
Illustrator offers a hand full of shape tools.
Each of these draws closed path out lines.
The first anchor point connects to the last one.
There is no end point,
the path continues all the way around.
If that perhaps sounds too elaborate, my bad,
they're actually and mostly a straight forward bunch.
One draws a rectangle from corner to opposite corner.
Another draws rectangles with rounded corners.
A third draws an ellipse
which is essentially a symmetrical oval.
The fourth draws regular polygons,
such as this hexagon here.
The fifth draws stars which can have
as many points as you like.
And the sixth, well it's pretty cooky.
It lays down a bunch of shapes at a time
to create automated lens flare effects.
Now for the most part they're a simple bunch.
Just drag around to draw closed path out lines.
I mean far be it for me to record a ton of movies
just to prove how you can use a few seemingly mundane tools
to create a wildly cool piece of art work.
Ah, but actually too late, because as you're about
to see in Illustrator even the most obvious of tools