Layered Illustration with Felt
Preparing templates for printing
A course by Naíma Almeida , Visual Artist
About the video: Preparing templates for printing
Overview
“In this class you will prepare the templates for printing and calculate how much felt you will need to assemble your illustration.”
In this video lesson Naíma Almeida addresses the topic: Preparing templates for printing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Layered Illustration with Felt. Create three-dimensional artwork with layers of felt based on a vector illustration in Adobe Illustrator.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparing templates for printing In this class, I will give tips on how to prepare templates for printing and calculate how much felt you will need. Well, now that I have it here all the elements of my illustration in the form of a mold, what I'm going to do is prepare for printing. Let's print on the common printer, at home, so we don't need to print all this color plate, even because, when it's time to cut, what will matter is the contour line. So what do I usually do? Not to waste so much printer ink and get easier when cutting, I'm going to select each of the colors, Select, Same, Fill ...”
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Course summary for: Layered Illustration with Felt
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Paper Craft, Storytelling, Textile Design, Traditional illustration
Naíma Almeida
A course by Naíma Almeida
Naíma is a Brazilian visual artist with a background in graphic design. After working in different agencies and offices, she began to dedicate herself to personal projects which allowed her to experiment with unconventional materials as well as combine manual and digital creative processes.
She has produced pieces for big names like Instagram, Carolina Herrera, The Washington Post, and Natura, among others. Her work has received international acclaim with awards from D&AD (London), Clio (New York), Ibero-American Design Biennial (Madrid), and Latin America Design Award (Peru).
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