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Textile Toys: Design and Creation of Fabric Characters

Defining the scale

A course by Piti Piti , Textile Sculptor

Learn to create three-dimensional patterns and apply volumetric solutions to your character designs

Best seller Spanish with subtitles in English
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12489 students

About the video: Defining the scale

Overview

“Once we choose our character it is time to choose the correct scale since our design will change when we move it from paper to pattern. In this lesson I show you what is the ideal process to perform this conversion.”

In this video lesson Piti Piti addresses the topic: Defining the scale, which is part of the Domestika online course: Textile Toys: Design and Creation of Fabric Characters. Learn to create three-dimensional patterns and apply volumetric solutions to your character designs.

Partial transcription of the video

“DEFINING THE SCALE Once we choose our character and we have all the elements ready to start working, what size will it be? It is very important to choose the correct scale. We have to think that if our character has many small elements, we can't make it too small. It better be a little bigger. If we want our character to be monumental, Certain aspects must be taken into account. such as padding and how much our fabric will stretch. So let's start with a medium scale. I recommend that the first pieces you make are between 25 and 30 cm in the body of our character. To carry out the scale of o...”

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Course summary for: Textile Toys: Design and Creation of Fabric Characters

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (640)
12489 students
6 units
18 lessons (2h 47m)
5 downloads

Category
Craft
Areas
Character Design, Sewing, Textile Design, Toy Design

Piti Piti

A course by Piti Piti

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Textile Sculptor

Omar Gad, also known as Piti Piti, is a self-taught textile sculptor specializing in three-dimensional pattern design and textile solutions. He is passionate about geometry, terror, mystery, and toys and is in constant search of the unusual.

Since opening the Piti Piti Plush Art studio, he has developed several lines of his own products, participated in individual and group exhibitions in Mexico and abroad, as well as collaborated with renowned artists and designers such as El Grand Chamaco, Bue the Warrior, Quique Ollervides, Pogo, Tixinda, Chika Galaxia, and more.

He has also worked commercially with clients including the Galería Mexicana del Diseño, Vértigo Galería, Hula Hula, MUAC, Passion & Design, Rojo Bermelo, Pepsi, Red Bull México, Habas World Wide, Kastner & Partners, and Digital Invaders.

Spanish with subtitles in English