DIY Printing for Album Covers and Pins
Folding, Gluing and Cutting of a Cover
A course by Paolo Proserpio , Art Director and Graphic Designer
About the video: Folding, Gluing and Cutting of a Cover
Overview
“Folding, gluing and cutting: three simple actions that, if done well, can allow you to achieve a perfect job! ”
In this video lesson Paolo Proserpio addresses the topic: Folding, Gluing and Cutting of a Cover, 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
“Folding, gluing and cutting of a cover Now that your cover has been printed, I'll explain how to fold, glue and cut. Now I take the bone, which is the tool that will allow me to make my binary in the paper. This tool is not made of real bone and will allow us to do the so-called creasing, or a groove in the paper that will allow us to fold it. I take the ruler, I place it on the cover exactly when I made the cut. Point my bone, I rotate the cutter ... and I push in the card until I get a binary. Usually, depending on the pressure you use, you can make one, two, or even three consecutive gro...”
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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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