Let’s say I wanted to select that stop sign so I can copy it onto its own layer. The stop sign is made up of nothing more than a series of straight lines, which is going to make this extremely easy. First, I need a starting point for my path, so I’ll start in the top left corner of the sign by clicking once to place an initial anchor point. In this case, it doesn’t really matter where I start the path, but I’ll start in the top left corner: