Paper Cutting Illustration: Create Extraordinary Books
Harlequin Characters and Fanzine 2
A course by Paz Tamburrini , Illustrator
About the video: Harlequin Characters and Fanzine 2
Overview
“You will see a procedure similar to the one in the previous unit, but this time it will be to find another of the characters in the story.”
In this video lesson Paz Tamburrini addresses the topic: Harlequin Characters and Fanzine 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Paper Cutting Illustration: Create Extraordinary Books. Push the boundaries of traditional books by creating a story illustrated in 3D.
Partial transcription of the video
“Turn-up and Accordion Book Characters I've already set up a bunch of variations. I tried different heads with different bodies and I liked these options. Now I have to choose which one I'll use out of these. But that comes later. We'll start now on the second turn-up book and we'll use a similar process, but to look for the Red Queen. I already have another sheet prepared the same way we did for Alice's, but a bit bigger to build the Red Queen. And we're going to work the same way we have been. We'll cut things out and look for shapes until we find the characters that interest us. I'll star...”
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Course summary for: Paper Cutting Illustration: Create Extraordinary Books
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Category
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Areas
Bookbinding, Children's Illustration, DIY, Editorial Design, Narrative, Paper Craft, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Paz Tamburrini
A course by Paz Tamburrini
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Paz Tamburrini is a professional visual artist, engraver, and illustrator who specializes in creating books using paper cutting. Her work has been published around the world in editorials such as Edelvives, La brujita de papel, Gerbera and Milrazones.
She studied a Master's in books and children's literature at the UAB and is just as fascinated by the theory of books as she is by the practical side of their creation. Her passion for turning the book itself into a narrative element led her to learn various paper engineering techniques which she uses to create pieces that awaken the curiosity of many different audiences.
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