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There are lots of people who use Adobe Illustrator who can't draw things very well by hand. But they do have the ability to visually imagine the graphics they want to create and then use the tool set within Illustrator to bring what's in their heads out into reality.

It's just my opinion, but I think anyone who is doing paid work in the graphic design industry should have at least some ability to sketch, draw and/or paint original artwork by hand. The skills do translate into being more productive with graphics software. I've hand-drawn a lot of sketches that I later scanned into the computer to use as a source for making clean, vector-based artwork. Tools like a Wacom tablet or an Apple Pencil in conjunction with an iPad can help someone create natural looking, hand-drawn artwork pretty quickly.

Applications like Illustrator and Photoshop are just tools. I remember seeing a humorous cartoon about it many years ago, where one of the software boxes said "design concepts not included." The person using the software has to come up with that. Being new to Illustrator is kind of like being new to playing an electric guitar. No one gets good at playing guitar without spending lots of time practicing. No one creates their own original music without a good bit of mental gymnastics.

The drawing feature is what Illustrator us all about, and it is used by countless professional illustrators producing world-class work. But you probably need professional training, you won't click-and-figure-it-out or get it all from YouTube ... like most professional tools. Clearly you're not at that level if you're looking for templates. If you want a simple, easy to learn tool, look elsewhere.