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12. Repeat Steps 8–11 to create the third circle in the wheel shape.

13. Using the Selection tool, click away from all objects to deselect them.
14. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

drAW With the penCil tool
The Pencil tool provides another way to develop curved artwork. Drawing with the
Pencil tool is easy; simply drag a line or shape, and the stroke — in whatever color is
currently set in the Tools panel — follows the cursor.
With the proper equipment — notably a pressure-sensitive drawing tablet —
the Pencil tool might very well be the most important tool Animate offers. This notion
is particularly true for artists skilled at sketching or drawing with natural media such
as pen and ink, pencils, and pastel chalks. Other people find the Pencil tool difficult
to use, preferring the Pen tool, Bézier curves, primitive shapes, freeform shapes, and
combinations thereof.

1. With corvette.fla open, make sure the Wheels layer is active. Hide the
Body layer so the lines do not interfere with the area where you are working.

2. Choose the Pencil tool in the Tools panel. Using the Properties panel or
Tools panel, make sure object-drawing mode is toggled on.

Pencil tool

The Wheels
layer is selected.

Project 1: Corvette Artwork 51