Sketchbook Design and Binding
Tips for Trimming Your Sketchbook
A course by Maru Godas , Illustrator
About the video: Tips for Trimming Your Sketchbook
Overview
“This is a special lesson dedicated to the use of the cutter. It is a necessary tool that not everyone knows how to handle correctly. I'll show you how to cut safely and how to sharpen the edges of your notebook, in case you want to try. Please do it calmly and with a quality metal ruler and cutter.”
In this video lesson Maru Godas addresses the topic: Tips for Trimming Your Sketchbook, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sketchbook Design and Binding. Learn how to make and customize your own art sketchbooks with all types of paper, colors, and formats.
Partial transcription of the video
“Tips for Trimming Your Sketchbook In this lesson, we will do a practical exercise since we’ll talk about how to finish the edges of our sketchbook. It's something that can be a bit controversial because some people advise against cutting them yourself. Some people advise taking them to a printer... I'm going to show you how I do it. The most practical option is to leave it as it is. There will be sheets on the edge that will sit more inside and others that will stick out more as one has been placed inside the other. We say that imperfection is beautiful, so you can leave it like that, it’s ...”
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Course summary for: Sketchbook Design and Binding
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, DIY, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Maru Godas
A course by Maru Godas
Maru Godàs studied graphic design at the IDEP school and at the Llotja de Barcelona. From that moment on, her career focused mainly on projects for various publishers, such as RBA, Cruïlla, Planeta, and Salvat, among others. Her true passion has always been illustration and, after discovering the Urban Sketchers collective, she took to the streets with a sketchbook in search of inspiration.
Since then, she has published several books with her work and illustrations in magazines for various big names such as La Caixa, La Vanguardia, and RACC. She currently combines her commissions with teaching, leading workshops and courses on urban sketching and illustration around the world. She enjoys sharing her discoveries with her students and, above all, encouraging them to try new things.
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