Layered Illustration with Felt
Materials
A course by Naíma Almeida , Visual Artist
About the video: Materials
Overview
“In this class I will show you all the material you will need for this artisanal stage of assembling the work.”
In this video lesson Naíma Almeida addresses the topic: Materials, 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
“Materials In this class I will show you the material you will need in the manual step of the job. You will use the felt, the crafts knife, the scissors, the tweezers, some pins, the glue, ruler brush tool and that rigid foam board. You already know how to calculate felt, then you can buy it in the size you need. No need to buy a meter of felt and you buy in various sizes. You can buy only what you need. Here I put some for us to see. I usually use plain Santa Fe felt. It has more color options and a thinner thickness. As it has a varied color chart, I prefer to use it than using thicker one...”
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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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