About the video: Preparing Your Templates
Overview
“We explain how we prepare the files for cutting with a plotter and what the advantages are of using a plotter. If you're just starting to work with paper, you probably don't have a plotter yet. That's why in this lesson we'll also show you how to translate the digital designs to paper by hand.”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Preparing Your Templates, 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
“Once everything is sorted, we are ready for cutting or printing. As you can see, I finished the template design for all the elements in the visual. There are quite a few colors and we want to share with you how we can keep it organized and structured and what is the best way to cut everything and how to sort that. What we always do is check first if everything is on the right layer. You want that things you want to cut on the cut layer and the things which needs to be scored, you want those in the scoring layer. So I always select everything and I click on the eye icon. You see, this is wha...”
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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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