Paper Playground: Create a Papercut Picturebook

Entering a Paper Playground 1

A course by Karishma Chugani , Artist, Illustrator, and Educator

Artist, Illustrator, and Educator. Madrid, Spain.
Joined August 2011
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5,086 students
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About the video: Entering a Paper Playground 1

Overview

“Now that we have defined the principle elements of our story, in this lesson we will begin playing around with simple formats to enter a paper playground of cuts and folds.”

In this video lesson Karishma Chugani addresses the topic: Entering a Paper Playground 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Paper Playground: Create a Papercut Picturebook. Create a paper universe full of possibilities using visual ideas from your sketchbook and paper cutting techniques to bring them to life.

Partial transcription of the video

“Entering a Paper Playground Now that we have defined some of the basic elements of our story, in this lesson, we will begin playing around with simple cuts and folds and making paper formats to enter our own playground. To begin, I wanna talk a little bit about how a simple question or request can turn into a beautiful, elaborate paper playground. To do this, I want to talk about my project in my master's degree of picture books, where the illustrator, Violeta Lópiz, who came in as a visiting lecturer, had sent us a series of instructions to make some self-portraits before our class. The id...”

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Course summary for: Paper Playground: Create a Papercut Picturebook

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (169)
  • 5086 students
  • 4 units
  • 18 lessons (4h 31m)
  • 8 downloads
  • Category

    Craft, Illustration
  • Areas

    Arts & Crafts, DIY, Narrative, Paper Craft, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Karishma Chugani

Karishma Chugani
A course by Karishma Chugani

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Artist, Illustrator, and Educator

Karishma Chugani is an artist, designer, writer, and illustrator from Morocco. She has a degree in Fashion Design with Printing from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, and a Masters in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths University in Design Futures.

Karishma has worked as a fashion designer, published several books, and participated in collective and solo exhibitions internationally. She also teaches creative workshops to children, teachers, and illustrators at her mobile school L’École de Papier, as well as institutions like Institut Français Madrid & Casablanca, Casablanca American School, Colegio Santa Isabel Madrid, and Libreria Gil in Santander. Her clients include Jerraflore, Le Chocolat des Francais, Marketing Magazine France, Jamini Paris, and the toy shop Wonderland.


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Paper Playground: Create a Papercut Picturebook. Illustration, and Craft course by Karishma Chugani

Paper Playground: Create a Papercut Picturebook

A course by Karishma Chugani
Artist, Illustrator, and Educator. Madrid, Spain.
Joined August 2011
  • 98% positive reviews (169)
  • 5,086 students