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How do I draw a car in Adobe Illustrator?
I plan on reinventing automobile design as we know it, and I’m sure Mr. Musk will soon be paying attention! How do I draw a car in Adobe Illustrator?
Jason Tushinski · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
I salute your grandiose goal! You can use the Ellipse, Rectangle, Shape Builder, and Pathfinder tools to draw a car in Adobe Illustrator. Here’s how.
Car body (top half)
- Open a new document in Illustrator
- Pick the Ellipse tool from the tool panel
- Draw a medium-sized circle and two smaller oval shapes on both the right and left sides of the circle
- With your Selection tool, select all shapes
- Tap the Shape Builder tool and add the shapes—this combines the circle and two ovals into one shape, forming the car body’s top
Car body (bottom half)
- With the Rectangle tool, draw a rectangle across the base of the car body
- Take the Shape Builder tool and select both shapes
- Subtract the rectangle shape to give your body a straight bottom, and it will start to look like a car
Wheels
- With the Ellipse tool, draw two small circles (your wheels), and place them over the body
- Select all shapes (the body and the wheels) and tap the Pathfinder tool
- Select Minus front to remove the circles and cut wheel wells into your car’s shape
- Use the Ellipse tool to create your car’s wheels and drag them into place
Windows
- Use the Ellipse tool to draw a circle within the car’s body
- With the Line tool, draw a perpendicular line across the body
- Use the Selection tool to select both the circle and line
- Use Direct Selection tool to delete the lower half of the circle, giving you a window
- Take the Rectangle tool to draw a small vertical rectangle to divide the front and back windows
- Combine the semi-circle and the rectangle with the Selection tool
- Use the Direct Selection tool to remove the rectangle—your car now has front and rear windows!
Keep using Illustrator to hone your car-drawing skills—there are oodles of tutorials available online. And while you’re doing that, protect your real-life car with a robust
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