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4.  Define the following settings in the Pencil Tool Options dialog box:
                      •    Set the Fidelity slider to the midpoint.

                      •    Check the Close Paths... option
                      •    Uncheck all other options
              5.  Click OK to apply your changes and return to the artboard.

              6.  Click at the bottom-left point of the fire icon. Hold down the mouse
                 button and begin dragging around the shape of the fire.

              7.  When you get near your original starting point and a hollow circle appears
                 in the cursor icon, release the mouse button.
                 As you drag, a colored line indicates the path you’re drawing. Don’t worry if the path isn’t
                 perfect; when you release the mouse button, Illustrator automatically smooths the path.
                 When you release the mouse button, the shape shows the defined stroke color, but not
                 the fill color because you unchecked the Fill New Pencil Strokes option in Step 4.


                    Drag to trace                      The hollow circle in the
                  the shape of the                     cursor icon indicates
                  template image.                      that releasing the
                                                       mouse button will
                    Click here to                      create a closed shape.
                    start drawing.




              8.  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.                    Note:


                                                                                           Pressing the Option/Alt
                                                                                           key while you drag with
                                                   Use the Pencil tool
                                                   to draw this shape.                     the Pencil tool places an
                                                                                           anchor point at the loca-
                                                                                           tion of the cursor when
                                                                                           you press the key.
                                                                                           If you hold down the
                                                                                           Option/Alt key while
              9.  Using the Rectangle tool, draw the bar below the fire shape.             dragging, you can
                                                                                           draw a straight line.
             10.  In the Layers panel, delete the Template campfire.jpg layer.
                                                                                           When you release the
             11.  Expand the Icon Art layer if necessary.                                  modifier key, an anchor
                                                                                           point ends the straight
                                                                                           segment; continuing to
                                                                                           drag resumes drawing a
                                                                                           path in whatever shape
                                                                                           you drag.






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