DIY Printing for Album Covers and Pins
Creating the File to Print the Pins
A course by Paolo Proserpio , Art Director and Graphic Designer
About the video: Creating the File to Print the Pins
Overview
“A well done file will ensure that what you see on your computer is printed correctly. Now I'll show you how to make it! ”
In this video lesson Paolo Proserpio addresses the topic: Creating the File to Print the Pins, which is part of the Domestika online course: DIY Printing for Album Covers and Pins. Learn to create graphics for band merchandise with Photoshop and Illustrator, and apply them using thermal and transfer printing techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Creating the file to print the pins Before making a project it is essential to have a brief, that is to have a goal to go towards with their own creativity, in order to orient the research to go and find those items which can be useful for making your graphics explode. When you don't have a real client, you have to "self-brief", that is, you have to find a concept that you have to pursue to get to the creative project. So, start with things you like to create your own graphics. The graphics I have decided to make is linked to underground culture, in particular to the punk circuit. So I thou...”
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Course summary for: DIY Printing for Album Covers and Pins
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Areas
Art Direction, Arts & Crafts, DIY, Fine Arts, Printing
Paolo Proserpio
A course by Paolo Proserpio
Paolo Proserpio is a graphic designer who lives and works in Milan. He's been a big fan of the underground music, graphic design, and art scenes since he was young. He first studied at the Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio followed by the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan where he specialized in graphic design.
He worked in the fields of music and fashion during his student years and continued for a time after graduating. He now has over a decade of experience running his own studio, which focuses on graphic design and art direction, primarily for printed products such as gadgets, T-shirts, catalogs, packaging, and album covers.
From 1999 to 2009, he also worked as a photographer for magazines, webzines, and agencies, as well as MTV.it, capturing images of famous musicians and bands from Italy and around the world. Since 2005, he's been sharing his knowledge on brand design and printmaking techniques as a professor at the I.E.D in Milan, and currently teaches two courses on screen printing at the Domus Academy.
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