{"id":28729,"date":"2017-01-30T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T23:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/"},"modified":"2017-01-30T14:35:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T19:35:29","slug":"design-illustrators-drawing-modes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/","title":{"rendered":"[#Design] Illustrator&#8217;s Other Drawing Modes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <i>CreativePro.com<\/i> &#8211;<a title=\"Illustrator's Other Drawing Modes\" href=\"http:\/\/creativepro.com\/illustrators-other-drawing-modes\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"offsite\"><strong>Illustrator&#8217;s Other Drawing Modes<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: left;\"><p><em style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: #666;\"><span style=\"font-size: 3.5em; font-weight: bold;\">&#0147;<\/span><br \/>\n<a title=\"Illustrator's Other Drawing Modes\" href=\"http:\/\/creativepro.com\/illustrators-other-drawing-modes\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"offsite\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/tutorials\/file-adobe-illustrator-01-icon.png\" alt=\"Illustrator?s Other Drawing Modes\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you use Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, you ought to be familiar with both stacking order and layers. Generally speaking, layers let you segregate groups of content, while the stacking order refers to the order in which items are placed on a particular layer. Illustrator has\u00a0a few\u00a0additional options for working with the layering of objects on the page. In addition to the Normal drawing mode, two others &#8211; Draw Behind and Draw Inside &#8211; can save you\u00a0time in creating objects in your preferred order&#8230;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 3.5em; font-weight: bold;\">&#0148;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"READ MORE: Illustrator?s Other Drawing Modes\" href=\"http:\/\/creativepro.com\/illustrators-other-drawing-modes\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"offsite\"><strong><big>READ MORE &raquo;<\/big><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you use Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, you ought to be familiar with both stacking order and layers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-graphics-tutorials"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[#Design] Illustrator&#039;s Other Drawing Modes - WHUZZUP!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[#Design] Illustrator&#039;s Other Drawing Modes - WHUZZUP!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you use Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, you ought to be familiar with both stacking order and layers...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WHUZZUP!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EricBrooksDotComWeb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"EricBrooksDotComWeb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-30T23:00:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/tutorials\/file-adobe-illustrator-01-icon.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eric Brooks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EricBrooksCom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EricBrooksCom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eric Brooks\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Eric Brooks\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3b162468e1f9814f6e9f61460db00a3a\"},\"headline\":\"[#Design] Illustrator&#8217;s Other Drawing Modes\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-30T23:00:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":103,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/images\\\/tutorials\\\/file-adobe-illustrator-01-icon.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Graphics Tutorials\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/\",\"name\":\"[#Design] Illustrator's Other Drawing Modes - WHUZZUP!\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/images\\\/tutorials\\\/file-adobe-illustrator-01-icon.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-30T23:00:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/images\\\/tutorials\\\/file-adobe-illustrator-01-icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/images\\\/tutorials\\\/file-adobe-illustrator-01-icon.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[#Design] Illustrator&#8217;s Other Drawing Modes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/\",\"name\":\"WHUZZUP!\",\"description\":\"What&#039;s new at EricBrooks.Com plus news and gossip all over CyberTown\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WHUZZUP!\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/images\\\/posts\\\/cropped-favicon_64-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/images\\\/posts\\\/cropped-favicon_64-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"WHUZZUP!\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/EricBrooksDotComWeb\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/EricBrooksCom\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ericbrooksdotcom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/ericbrooksdotcom\",\"https:\\\/\\\/myspace.com\\\/ericbrooksdotcom\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/ericbrookscom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/ericbrooksdotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3b162468e1f9814f6e9f61460db00a3a\",\"name\":\"Eric Brooks\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/62114f8baf9a3737e7686125b69907010ad6aff5dfc07c12707e8a18bb49bc34?s=96&d=blank&r=x\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/62114f8baf9a3737e7686125b69907010ad6aff5dfc07c12707e8a18bb49bc34?s=96&d=blank&r=x\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/62114f8baf9a3737e7686125b69907010ad6aff5dfc07c12707e8a18bb49bc34?s=96&d=blank&r=x\",\"caption\":\"Eric Brooks\"},\"description\":\"Web &amp; Graphic Designer, Blogger, Musician, Evil Clown. I also code websites and promote people for a living. Still kind of a jerk, though. Approach with food.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\",\"EricBrooksDotComWeb\",\"ericbrooksdotcom\",\"ericbrookscom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/EricBrooksCom\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ericbrooks.com\\\/whuzzup\\\/author\\\/site-admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[#Design] Illustrator's Other Drawing Modes - WHUZZUP!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[#Design] Illustrator's Other Drawing Modes - WHUZZUP!","og_description":"If you use Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, you ought to be familiar with both stacking order and layers...","og_url":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/","og_site_name":"WHUZZUP!","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EricBrooksDotComWeb\/","article_author":"EricBrooksDotComWeb","article_published_time":"2017-01-30T23:00:01+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/tutorials\/file-adobe-illustrator-01-icon.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Eric Brooks","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EricBrooksCom","twitter_site":"@EricBrooksCom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Eric Brooks"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/"},"author":{"name":"Eric Brooks","@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/#\/schema\/person\/3b162468e1f9814f6e9f61460db00a3a"},"headline":"[#Design] Illustrator&#8217;s Other Drawing Modes","datePublished":"2017-01-30T23:00:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/"},"wordCount":103,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/tutorials\/file-adobe-illustrator-01-icon.png","articleSection":["Graphics Tutorials"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/","url":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/","name":"[#Design] Illustrator's Other Drawing Modes - WHUZZUP!","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/tutorials\/file-adobe-illustrator-01-icon.png","datePublished":"2017-01-30T23:00:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/tutorials\/file-adobe-illustrator-01-icon.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/tutorials\/file-adobe-illustrator-01-icon.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/design-illustrators-drawing-modes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[#Design] Illustrator&#8217;s Other Drawing Modes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/","name":"WHUZZUP!","description":"What&#039;s new at EricBrooks.Com plus news and gossip all over CyberTown","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/#organization","name":"WHUZZUP!","url":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/cropped-favicon_64-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/cropped-favicon_64-1.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"WHUZZUP!"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EricBrooksDotComWeb\/","https:\/\/x.com\/EricBrooksCom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ericbrooksdotcom\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ericbrooksdotcom","https:\/\/myspace.com\/ericbrooksdotcom","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ericbrookscom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ericbrooksdotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/#\/schema\/person\/3b162468e1f9814f6e9f61460db00a3a","name":"Eric Brooks","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62114f8baf9a3737e7686125b69907010ad6aff5dfc07c12707e8a18bb49bc34?s=96&d=blank&r=x","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62114f8baf9a3737e7686125b69907010ad6aff5dfc07c12707e8a18bb49bc34?s=96&d=blank&r=x","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62114f8baf9a3737e7686125b69907010ad6aff5dfc07c12707e8a18bb49bc34?s=96&d=blank&r=x","caption":"Eric Brooks"},"description":"Web &amp; Graphic Designer, Blogger, Musician, Evil Clown. I also code websites and promote people for a living. Still kind of a jerk, though. Approach with food.","sameAs":["https:\/\/ericbrooks.com","EricBrooksDotComWeb","ericbrooksdotcom","ericbrookscom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/EricBrooksCom"],"url":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/author\/site-admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28729"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28765,"href":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28729\/revisions\/28765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}