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How to Draw a Heart in Adobe Illustrator

Hello! This is a tutorial for beginners. We will draw a heart in Adobe Illustrator using simple shapes. The heart is a very common symbol. So it will be useful for any design or illustration.

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Take the Ellipse Tool (L) and draw a circle. Hold Shift button while drawing. So you will get a circle and not an oval.

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Make a copy of the circle. You can use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. Align circles with the help of the Align panel.

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Select both circles and open the PathFinder panel. Click Unite to combine circles into one shape.

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Now take the Direct Selection Tool (A) and select the anchor point in the middle. Then pull down this point.

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You should to get the shape as on the picture below. Hold Shift button while pulling down.

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You can see two anchor points on the picture below. You should delete them.

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Take the Pen Tool (P) and click to the anchor point to delete it. You can use Delete Anchor Point Tool also.

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The bottom anchor point does not look very good. So take the Convert Anchor Point Tool (Shift+C) and click to this point to fix it.

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You can pull a little to the side by the Convert Anchor Point Tool (Shift+C) to add a rounding.

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Then take the Direct Selection Tool (A) and select sides of the heart.

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Now press the down arrow on the keyboard several times.

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Use the ellipse with radial gradient fill to create the shadow.

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Heart is ready! You're doing fine :)

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