Illustrator is a great program for creating illustrations. However, if you want to trace in Illustrator, you will need to use the tracing tools. These tools allow you to trace your illustrations in different ways, and they can be very helpful when trying to track down specific details in your artwork. To start, open Illustrator and click on the Trace tool. This will open a new window that will look like Figure 1. In this window, you will have several options available to you. The first option is the size of the tracing area. You can choose how large or small your tracing area is by clicking on the size slider at the bottom of the window. The second option is the type of tracing paper you are using. You can choose between a white or black paper. The third option is whether or not you want to add any borders around your tracing area. If you do not want any borders, then select this option and click on OK. The fourth option is whether or not you want to save your drawing as a file. If you select this option, then Illustrator will create a file with your traced artwork inside it. If however, you do not want to save your drawing as a file, then select another option and click on OK again. Now that you have all of these options available to you when working with the Trace tool, it is important that you understand what each one means before using them! The firstoption allows for freehand tracing of an image or object without any borders around it (Figure 2). This type of tracing can be very helpful when trying to track down specific details in your artwork because it allows for unrestricted freedom in how the traced image looks and behaves (Figure 3). The secondoption allows for precise control over how each line of traced artwork appears (Figure 4). This type of tool can be used extremely well when trying to create detailed illustrations because it allows for precise control over where each line meets up with other lines in
