Paper Sculpture for Set Design
Sketching the Design 1
A course by Sarah Louise Matthews , Paper Engineer
Joined April 2021
Joined April 2021
About the video: Sketching the Design 1
Overview
“To design your project, you'll start by sketching out a composition for your paper elements, either by hand or using Illustrator – whichever you prefer!”
In this video lesson Sarah Louise Matthews addresses the topic: Sketching the Design 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Paper Sculpture for Set Design. Learn paper crafting techniques to create beautiful 3D illustrations and structures for a product photography set.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sketching the Design In this lesson, we'll sketch out the composition for our final design, either using Illustrator or by hand, whichever you prefer. I’ll start by showing you how to design it by hand on paper. I’ll start with a plinth on the base to ground the work. I don't want it to be too high, and your sketch doesn't have to be good just to plan out the overall composition. I'll start with a quarter circle, and a pyramid, and then a cube. To add some interest to the background, I'll add a lozenge shape. Don't worry too much about your drawing. Now I'll start adding the flowers from my...”
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Course summary for: Paper Sculpture for Set Design
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Design, DIY, Paper Craft, Product Photography, Sculpture, Set Design, Traditional illustration
Sarah Louise Matthews
A course by Sarah Louise Matthews
Sarah Matthews is a paper engineer based in Yorkshire, England who has been making things out of paper for as long as she can remember. She went on to study textile surface design at university, but soon realized that her true passion lay in working with paper and so decided to specialize in it. After graduating she began selling her paper products on Etsy and sharing them on social media, where her work began attracting commissions.
Since then, she’s built a following of over 30K on Instagram and created paper window displays for brands including Ted Baker, Pandora, and Selfridges. She’s also written for Mollie Makes Magazine and published her own book, Paper Craft Home, in which she shares her expertise.
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