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The Pencil tool creates open-ended lines. To create a closed shape with your path, press
Option/Alt before releasing the mouse button at your original starting point.

The hollow circle in the
cursor icon indicates When you release the
that releasing the mouse button, the
mouse button will shape shows the
create a closed shape. defined stroke color
but not the fill color.

7. Click near the top point of the white flame area (inside the first path) and
drag to create the white inner shape in the fire icon. Press Option/Alt before
releasing the mouse button so you end up with a closed shape.

Use the Pencil tool to
draw this shape. Press
Option/Alt before releasing
the mouse button to
create a closed shape.

8. Using the Rectangle tool, draw the shape below the fire in the template image.
9. In the Layers panel, delete the Template fire.tif layer.

10. Use the Selection tool to select all three shapes of the icon art. Change the
fill color to black and the stroke color to None.

When all three objects
are filled, you can’t see
the inner shape at the
top of the flame.

11. Choose Object>Compound Path>Make.
This option combines all three selected shapes into a single shape; the area of the smaller
shape is removed from the larger shape behind it.

Note:
A compound path is
a single shape made up
As a compound path, the
inner shape is removed of more than one path.
from the outer shape. Compound paths usually
have inner “empty” areas,
such as the letter O or Q.

12. Save the file and close it.

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