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19. In the Layers panel, click the empty space
immediately left of the Backgrounds layer. Lock the Backgrounds
This step (locking the Backgrounds layer) is a safe- layer to protect the
guard to avoid accidentally changing the background objects on that layer.
rectangles while you’re drawing the icon artwork.

20. In the Layers panel, click the Create New Layer button.
In the next stage of the project, you will start tracing
the objects in the templates. The completed icon
will be a series of black icons on top of the rounded
rectangles with the brown background color.
Create New
At this point, the background shapes are mostly Layer button
obscured by the placed images, because the template
layers are above the layer containing the rectangles. If you tried to draw the icon shapes
on the existing non-template layer, you would be drawing behind the template — in
other words, you wouldn’t be able to see what you were drawing. Instead, you need a
layer above the template layers, where you can create the icon artwork.

21. In the Layers panel, drag Layer 6 to the top
of the layer stack.
New layers are placed immediately above the selected
layer. You need this new layer to be above the
template layers so you can see what you’re drawing.

22. Double-click the Layer 6 name in the Layers
panel. Type Icon Art and press Return/Enter
to finalize the new layer name.

23. Save the file and continue to the next stage of the project.

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