How to Use the Curvature Pen Tool for Easier Drawing in Illustrator

Learn about Illustrator's better pen tool that takes the hassle out of drawing perfect curves.

Tony Harmer Tony Harmer

In this Illustrator video, Tony Harmer shows off a better way to draw designs with curves. Instead of hobbling along with the Pen tool, he demonstrates how the Curvature Pen tool creates perfect curves between points. And the paths are just as editable, no matter which tool was used to create them.

This tutorial was taken from Tony’s “Illustrator Power Tips” session at our 2021 Adobe Illustrator Summit.

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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025

This article was first published on January 20, 2022

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