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Just my way of using the pen tool. The pen tool is pretty complicated thing to explain. Hopefully this is easy enough to understand. There is a lot more information that I could have put about the mechanics of the pen tool, but I didn't want this to be any longer. And really, it just takes patience and playing around with it.

Normally I wouldn't have bothered to make a tutorial, since there are so many already out there. But I wasn't quite satisfied with them. Most of them give an inefficient method involving adding anchor points in the middle of a path in order to move and curve them. If you want to use that method, that's fine, and those tutorials are out there.

I'm not saying it's wrong. But that method...just doesn't jive with me. XD It's inefficient, and adding extra anchor points puts more stress on the program.

Anyway. Enough of my spiel. Eww, I just ate a really nasy flavored jelly bean.

Someone on FP had specifically asked how to make lines with varying widths, which was the real reason I decided to do this tutorial anyway.

If you have any questions, feel free to note me or leave a message in a comment. I know I suck at doing tutorials. XD

Edit: Typos fixed. :0
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Mood: Relief ~toxicsoil Sep 13, 2011
Thanks NatameSecrea! Very useful info
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~mitsuko-chan14 Apr 21, 2011
waaa! when i was trying to click on the stroke path, i couldnt :(
ill try again but crap i must have done something stupid TT_TT

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!SiNgInGxSoLaC3xXD Oct 22, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
Omg I did what you said and I finished my line art in less than an hour! and it looked so AWESOME! THANK YOU!!

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~KlassicaGitara Oct 12, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
oh mah bacon i never knew that you could finish a path without actually closing it :O omg im so slow :slow:

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Mood: Joy ~Frolay Jul 21, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
Thanks for posting this! I learned how to use the pen tool a few years ago in a class, but I unfortunately forgot how to really use it cause I had a PS Elements 5 (and it isn't till at earliest 7 that the pen tool appears) but I recently got PS CS2, so I have access to it! You have reminded me of the basics on how to use it, so now I can start using it again. :bow:

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!Lovingthesnow Feb 11, 2010
Thank you I needed this tutorial.

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~Ukiby3000 Oct 10, 2009
That's how I like my tutorials: SIMPLE!

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~FallenAngel130 Oct 6, 2009
when using the pen tool it doesn't just make a line to and from the path it makes a circle with them
how do you stop this?

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~NatameSecrea Oct 7, 2009
I'm not quite sure what you mean. Could you provide a screenshot or different explanation?

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~monika458 Apr 8, 2009
thank u so much for this tutorial :)...beafore, i was so confused with the pen tool but now i can understand it a bit more =D i know that there are a lot of tricks but this one is the best! :D answer this question please:
-are you going to put more tutorials about photoshop??...shading, coloring, or wathever? beacause it´s too difficult find the correct tutorial.

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