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hatam_soferet) wrote2008-10-19 10:43 pm
hatam_soferet) wrote2008-10-19 10:43 pm
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advice for artists
When doing border designs:
Draw the design onto tracing paper. This is good because it means you can sketch and change your mind without messing about with the actual art paper.
Transfer the design from the tracing paper onto the artwork however you please - there are various ways of going about it; I generally tape the tracing paper to the window and tape the art paper over that, and trace it. I like this because you can just turn the tracing paper over to do the other side and you get the mirror image. Obviously it only works during daylight :)
Now KEEP THE TRACING PAPER.
EVEN IF YOU THINK IT'S A ONE-OFF PIECE.
Then next time you want a similar design, you're already far ahead of the game. Even if you don't want to do exactly the same thing, modifying something you already have tracings for is very much easier than doing the whole thing from scratch, by a factor of about twenty.
The sense of relief generated upon realising this is tremendous. I do advise trying it.
Draw the design onto tracing paper. This is good because it means you can sketch and change your mind without messing about with the actual art paper.
Transfer the design from the tracing paper onto the artwork however you please - there are various ways of going about it; I generally tape the tracing paper to the window and tape the art paper over that, and trace it. I like this because you can just turn the tracing paper over to do the other side and you get the mirror image. Obviously it only works during daylight :)
Now KEEP THE TRACING PAPER.
EVEN IF YOU THINK IT'S A ONE-OFF PIECE.
Then next time you want a similar design, you're already far ahead of the game. Even if you don't want to do exactly the same thing, modifying something you already have tracings for is very much easier than doing the whole thing from scratch, by a factor of about twenty.
The sense of relief generated upon realising this is tremendous. I do advise trying it.