# Newbie drawing question **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 22, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-drawing-question/23790 "2003-06-22T11:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlashDeano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@FlashDeano](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FlashDeano)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-drawing-question/23790/1 "2003-06-22T11:33:10Z")
Hi, I want to know how I can creatre a movie that draws a shape on screen. I understand how to draw a line, etc but can not work out how to see the shape build. I do not want something likes Kirupas’ drawing demo as I do not want the viewer to create the shape. For example I want to see the lines being drawn and control the speed, rather than the shape simply appearing in the movie. I realise I need to change the lineTo value but I am a newbie and need some pointers to help. An example is the way the TV is drawn in [http://www.preloaded.com/v2/telly.html](http://www.preloaded.com/v2/telly.html) although I am not sure if this uses actionscript or is something else. regards ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-drawing-question/23790/2 "2003-06-22T12:29:25Z")
That sort of thing probably doesn’t use AS. I would say its probably a tweened mask. EDIT: MM have a good tutorial about the drawing API [here](http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/precision_drawing.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-drawing-question/23790/3 "2003-06-22T13:02:50Z")
yup definitely tweened mask: you draw the whole thing and then unveil the image step by step using masks…