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Create illustrations and other graphics with vectors.
Accelerate your design by learning about the drawing modes
Speed up your designs using two drawing modes — Draw Inside and Draw Behind. See how to build your artwork smartly!
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What you learned
What are drawing modes?
In contrast with the default Draw Normal drawing mode, which stacks shapes on top of each other as you create them, the other drawing modes let you draw inside objects or consistently stack art behind shapes.
Draw Behind mode
Once activated, the Draw Behind mode lets you draw behind all other content, or you can select an object and keep drawing, pasting, or placing artwork stacked behind it.
Draw Inside mode
When you select a shape and choose the Draw Inside mode, all art you create or add will appear inside the shape. The outer shape acts as a clipping mask and hide all art beyond its boundaries.
You can edit the contents of the shape that clips the art by entering Isolation mode.
