If the toolbar you see is displayed as a double column, you will see all three of the drawing modes as buttons toward the bottom of the toolbar.

Next you’ll place artwork from another Illustrator document that contains text shapes and artwork you will use to create another piece of fruit. You’ll learn more about masks in Lesson 15.

If artwork is selected, the new object is drawn directly beneath the selected object.ĭraw Inside mode: This mode lets you draw objects or place images inside other objects, including live text, automatically creating a clipping mask of the selected object.

The three drawing modes are as follows:ĭraw Normal mode: You start every document by drawing shapes in Normal mode, which stacks shapes on top of each other.ĭraw Behind mode: This mode allows you to draw behind all artwork on a selected layer if no artwork is selected. Drawing modes allow you to draw shapes in different ways. Illustrator has three different drawing modes available that are found at the bottom of the toolbar: Draw Normal, Draw Behind, and Draw Inside. You can cycle through the drawing modes by pressing Shift+D.

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