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Two Simple Techniques To Help You Master the Pen Tool If you want to be a design master, you must first master the Pen tool. The Pen tool is one of the most important items in your Photoshop and Illustrator toolboxes and learning how to comfortably use it will open up new opportunities and speed up your every day workflow. Here’s a couple of techniques I use when working with the pen tool that I hope will help you get to grips with your bezier curves. The Pen tool comes with all kinds of options for creating, removing and tweaking bezier points and curves. Let’s look at the different variations and what they do: Pen Tool – The Pen tool Swiss army knife. Add Anchor Point Tool – This variation of the Pen tool adds additional points anywhere on a path. Delete Anchor Point Tool – This variation of the Pen tool removes existing points from a path. Convert Anchor Point Tool – This variation of the Pen tool creates bezier handles on a point to form a curve. There’s also two other tools that are used alongside the Pen tool: Technique one