Learn the pen tool in 10 minutes

Stumbled upon this tonight. Download the PDFs which will teach you the pen tool by having you trace over the lines.

http://www.sketchpad.net/drawing8.htm

If only I had found this before hours and hours of pen-tool frustration. Though this alone will not make you the master of your pen tool, if you complete these tutorials, you are well on your way to becoming one with your pen. My best advice is to complete these tutorials, then go find a complex shape to trace. Go find a photo of your family dog, and trace it using the pen tool, or go find a picture of your mom naked, share it with us, and then trace it.

The tutorials are good, and I've recommended Mike's site to many people looking to learn Path Ops.

But 10 minutes?

That's unfairly blowing warm, wonderful breezes up people's skirts (or kilts, as the case may be). Nothing as powerful as the Pen Tools can be adequately learned in 10 minutes.

Well I can learn how to drive a car in 10 minutes too, but it doesn't mean I'm going to be good at it. At least I will know how it works.

I wouldn't let you spend 10 mins alone with MY car, Mattboy... no way!

Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?

Ted Stroehmann: Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the excercise video.

Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7... Minute... Abs.

Ted Stroehmann: Right. Yes. OK, alright. I see where you're going.

Hitchhiker: Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?

Ted Stroehmann: I would go for the 7.

Hitchhiker: Bingo, man, bingo. 7-Minute Abs. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the 8-minute folk.

Ted Stroehmann: You guarantee it? That's -- how do you do that?

Hitchhiker: If you're not happy with the first 7 minutes, we're gonna send you the extra minute free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B".

Ted Stroehmann: That's right. That's -- that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute Abs. Then you're in trouble, huh?
[Hitchhiker convulses]

Hitchhiker: No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.

Ted Stroehmann: That -- good point.

Hitchhiker: 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 doors. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.

Ted Stroehmann: Why?

Hitchhiker: 'Cause you're ****in' fired!

[QUOTE=FlackBait]Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?

Ted Stroehmann: Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the excercise video.

Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7... Minute... Abs.

Ted Stroehmann: Right. Yes. OK, alright. I see where you're going.

Hitchhiker: Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?

Ted Stroehmann: I would go for the 7.

Hitchhiker: Bingo, man, bingo. 7-Minute Abs. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the 8-minute folk.

Ted Stroehmann: You guarantee it? That's -- how do you do that?

Hitchhiker: If you're not happy with the first 7 minutes, we're gonna send you the extra minute free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B".

Ted Stroehmann: That's right. That's -- that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute Abs. Then you're in trouble, huh?
[Hitchhiker convulses]

Hitchhiker: No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.

Ted Stroehmann: That -- good point.

Hitchhiker: 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 doors. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.

Ted Stroehmann: Why?

Hitchhiker: 'Cause you're ****in' fired![/QUOTE]
Haha, one of the best parts of that movie. :D

Yes, and I'm so glad you quoted Flack's entire post in your reply, just in case we couldn't suss what you were referring to.

WHEW! That was close!

I was going to go with the "if you don't have anything nice to say don't say it at all" policy, but I guess that also works Utopian. :p

Yes, and I'm so glad you quoted Flack's entire post in your reply, just in case we couldn't suss what you were referring to.

Zing! The Harshness!

Somebody should "sticky" this thread.