About the video: Using Illustrator and a Plotter 1
Overview
“This is an optional lesson (but a valuable one!) where I will give you some tips for designing and organising your templates on Illustrator. We will start by seeing how to design flat shapes.”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Using Illustrator and a Plotter 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization: Paper Art Storytelling. Explore advanced paper sculpting techniques to create impactful, dimensional artworks inspired by nature or architecture.
Partial transcription of the video
“Using Illustrator and a Plotter In this lesson, I’ll give you some tips for using Illustrator to draw your designs and templates and using a plotter to cut them out. When I started my journey into paper engineering, I was drawing and cutting everything by hand. After a few years, I decided to teach myself how to use Illustrator and invest in a plotter to do the cutting. I’ll teach you how I draw and organize my templates using Illustrator. It may look complicated at first, but I'll talk you through it and it's easy once you know how. To set up my Illustrator document, I'll start with an A4 ...”
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Course summary for: Specialization: Paper Art Storytelling
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Areas
Art Direction, Arts & Crafts, Creativity, Decoration, DIY, Narrative, Paper Craft, Product Photography, Sculpture, Set Design, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

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