Day 19: Using the Symbol Tools

By Tony Soh Posted on August 1st, 2008

illustrator symbols

Symbols help you to create repeated design elements easily. First, you will need to create a symbol which acts like a master copy. New instances you created are linked with the master copy. Once you update the master copy, the instances will automatically update the graphic but retain all the transformations made to the symbols.

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