Choose Object > Hide > Selection to hide the background shape temporarily. That way you
can focus on other artwork.
Click the Layers panel tab in the upper-right corner of the application window to show the
Layers panel. Click the Content layer name so that any new artwork you add will be on the
Content layer and above the content on the Background layer.
Placing an image in Illustrator
In Illustrator, you can place raster images, like JPEG files, Adobe Photoshop® files, and other
Illustrator files, and either link to them or embed them. Next you’ll place an image of hand-
drawn text.