Deke's Techniques 284: Tracing a Photo in Photoshop to Create an Avatar

Deke traces a photo with the pen tool as the first step in creating an avatar in Illustrator.

Friday Fundamentals: Illustrator Pen Tool Mysteries Decoded

Deke's Techniques 253: Drawing the Pen Tool Icon in Illustrator Without Using the Pen Tool

In this week's free movie, Deke draws the pen tool icon in Adobe Illustrator without actually using the Pen tool

My 11-Hour "Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Advanced" Video Course Is Now Live at lynda.com

dekeSpeak March 22, 2011

Coming to Grips with the Intricate and Powerful Pen Tool

Photoshop World 2010 Las Vegas Session Notes

Photoshop CS5 One-on-One Begins May 3

The Mating Habits of the Pen Tool

Adobe's landmark pen tool ranks among its most powerful but least understood features. And yet it all hinges on this: anchor points are boys, control handles are girls. It's not a drawing tool, it's a mating ritual.