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6. Click away from all objects to deselect the icon artwork.

7. Using the Direct Selection tool, click the fill of one of the white shapes to
select it.
Remember, all of the constituent shapes are part of a group — the result of the
Pathfinder Divide function — so you can’t use the Selection tool. The irregular position
of these small shapes also makes it difficult to individually select the six objects with the
Direct Selection tool.

8. With the white-filled shape selected, choose Select>Same>Fill Color.

All six white-filled
objects are selected
because the original
selection had a white fill.

Note:
9. With all six white shapes in the icon selected, press Delete.
Be careful when you
use the Select Similar
functions. They select all
similar unlocked objects
on the entire artboard.
If the art for another
unlocked icon had a
white fill, for example, it
would also be selected.
10. Select all objects in the radiation icon art and choose
Object>Lock>Selection.
This step protects the completed icon artwork from inadvertently being changed while
you work on the rest of this project.

11. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

draw with the Pencil tool
At this point, you have used a number of basic shapes to create finished icon artwork. Note:
As you might already realize, however, not all artwork can be created from basic shapes
and lines. Illustrator includes everything you need to create artwork in any form, from In Project 2: Balloon
a basic square to irregular shapes without a single visible straight edge. The Pencil tool Festival Artwork, you
is one method for creating custom shapes. Like a regular pencil on a piece of paper, will learn how to use the
the Pencil tool creates lines that follow the path of your cursor. (If you have a digital Pen tool to control every
drawing tablet, the Pencil tool can be particularly useful for drawing custom artwork.) point and path of your
Illustrator drawings.
1. With icons.ai open, make sure the Icon Art layer is selected in the Layers
panel. Zoom in to the third rectangle in the first row of background shapes.

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