About clipping masks A clipping mask is an object whose shape masks other artwork so that only areas that lie within the shape are visible—in effect, clipping the artwork to the shape of the mask. Once you have created a clipping mask, you can still go inside of the mask and make changes (or change the shape […]

For bonus points and to build upon your Adobe Illustrator skills, complete more of Chris Spooner’s tutorials. Each one will be worth as much as 10 Extra Credit points. I will update this post regularly with more tutorials I pick out for you. If you see one on the site that you would like to […]