Paper Playground: Create a Papercut Picturebook
Publishing Tips
A course by Karishma Chugani , Artist, Illustrator, and Educator
Joined August 2011
About the video: Publishing Tips
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk to you about the different possibilities of taking your book project out into the world: as an artist book, an exhibition piece or as a published book. I will share my personal experiences in self-publishing as well as working with publishing companies.”
In this video lesson Karishma Chugani addresses the topic: Publishing Tips, 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
“Publishing Tips In this lesson, now that we have all finished our maquettes, we will think about the possibilities of what happens next. Spend a little bit of time reflecting upon the work you have done. While looking at your maquette, think about what's missing. Try to perfect any imperfections or flaws that you find within the pages. Complete any details you think may be missing. Think about the cover design, remember this is the first encounter of your reader with the book. Design a cover that is at once inviting and enticing to the reader to enter and open the book and flip through the ...”
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Course summary for: Paper Playground: Create a Papercut Picturebook
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Narrative, Paper Craft, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Karishma Chugani
A course by Karishma Chugani
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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