“I like the touch interface because it’s simpler,” Colby adds. “And I like that I can flip between the touch and desktop interfaces depending on what’s faster for me.”

Jeremy Packer (also known as illustrator/designer Zombie Yeti) values another kind of liberty: the ability to tweak his work while away from the office. “I’m not going to take my big Wacom Cintiq to the client’s place,” he points out.

Jeremy relies on Illustrator’s new Curvature tool to create mechanically perfect lines. “It feels like cheating,” he grins, “and I enjoy that.” The new Join tool is another favorite, especially when he works on art for his pinball machine client. “On pinball playfields, strokes around objects are very important, so I frequently fix paths with the Join tool.”

To see Illustrator’s Touch Workspace and the new tools in action, watch illustrator Brian Yap go from inspiration to completion in the video above.

(And for more, check out this tutorial on using the Touch Workspace in Illustrator.)

