Transcripts
1. Introduction : Hi, I'm Melinda decline and I'm an illustrator and an
intrapreneur from Helsinki. I've been making stickers
for as long as you remember, from drawing directly
on one labeled papers, illustrating on my iPad, printing them out than
cutting them by hand. But now I have a cricket
char which makes sticker making more fun, relaxing, and even addicting. So why cricket Choi, cricket joy is only eight
by four by 4 " in size, which really fits well in
my small working space. Also, I didn't want to put more money on a
cutter that I would probably not managed to use
because I'm not tech savvy. But I was able to figure
out cricket Choi. And in this class, I will share with you how
to create die cut stickers. The set of stickers
that we will be designing will be Kawhi snacks. We will design our
stickers on Procreate, then send them to the cricket
design space to have them printed and cutting them
on the cricket join. We would need an iPad and
Apple pen or any stylus if you have the Procreate app and
a cricket design space, we would then of course
use the crickets joy, and a four-and-a-half
by 6.5 " man. Also would need
printable sticker paper, a printer, a cutter,
or scissors. By the end of this class, you will have dicot
stickers that are truly Hawaii and something that
you have designed yourself. You can also check out
my previous class in creating stickers on
cricket Choi and procreate. If you would also want
to make sticker sheets. I really hope to
see you in class.
2. Class Project: For the class project, we will be creating die
cut Hawaii smack stickers. By cut stickers or
stickers that are cut around the shape
of the artwork, which is also known as
custom shapes stickers. The set of stickers
that we will be designing will be Kawhi snacks. We will design our
stickers on Procreate, then send our sticker designs to the
cricket design space. You have them printed and cut. We would need an iPad and Apple pen or any
stylus that you have. The Procreate app and the
cricket design space. We would of course
need the cricket joy and a four-and-a-half
by 6.5 " map. Also a printable secret paper, a printer, and a
cutter or scissors. I really like working on a
four-and-a-half by 6.5 " smart as it allows me to print more stickers on an
A4 sticker paper. Let's get started.
3. Kawaii: Since we're drawing
Hawaii snacks, let's look at the basic
style of gouache. Drawing. Characters have
cute eyes and Smiley faces. Usually the eyes and the mouth
are close to each other. The more rounder they are, the third day become. So avoid sharp edges. Use bustle colors for
a more Hawaii look. I suggest to create the color palette before
starting your project. Also add some elements
like stars or confetti. You can download my confetti brush from the class
resources section.
4. Drawing Kawaii Snacks: Now it's time to
draw Hawaii snacks. Let's open Procreate, hit the plus sign and let's
create our canvas. I will set it at 15 by 15 " or 300 DPI for good quality
printing, hit Create. Now we can start drawing. I will be using
the ink bleed pen from the inking section
of the brush library. I will set the pen
size to 101st. Let's create a face that we will use for all our Hawaii snacks. Using the same base, we have a consistent look. You can draw different
Hawaii phases until you find the one
that you really like. Now let's open another layer. I'll be setting my
pen to size 35. Let's draw an ice cream. When drawing Hawaii
snacks start with the shape as drawing a
really just about shapes. Go to the sharp edges and
just round them up a bit. Remember that when you
hold your pen in place, it will create a straight line. Also, it will create
a nice curve shape. Now let's activate
the Alpha lock for some confetti to add another
element of cuteness. I suggest to draw six to eight drawings depending on the size
that you are going for. I always suggest to draw each
snack on different layers. Let's draw some more. I've added tumor snacks to have a total of six Hawaii snacks. You can look at my
illustrations again from the previous video
for inspiration. But also remember that
inspiration is everywhere. You can find
different snacks and turn them into Hawaii snacks. When you have done
all your drawing, Let's name this file. Hawaii snacks.
5. Setting Up Stickers: Now let's set up our stickers. Let's create another canvas. I will set it at four by 6
" or 300 dpi. Hit Create. Now we will upload
all the stickers from the Hawaii snacks
file to this canvas. Is the copy and paste process. Copy the layer than face it
by swiping three fingers. Continue doing this
until you have all your stickers
uploaded to this Canvas. We will then arrange
the stickers to have enough space between
the stickers and around the stickers
as we will be putting the offset
around them later. Put all the stickers in one layer by pinching
them together. Removed the background,
then save this file as PNG and send it to the
cricket design space.
6. Preparing Guide: So here we are on the
cricket design space. First, we will prepare
the guide for cutting. So let's start a new project. Let's go to shape.
Select square, then set it to four by 6 ". Then select and duplicate. Let's change the color
of this layer so that we can see better
what we are doing. Adjust the size of this layer to create the border
of the guide. Place it. Select, then
align and center. Select, slice. Then unselect the layers except for the
transparent layers. Select them positioned to zero. Select them set operation
to draw and pen. Then make it follow
me in this process. Then take the four-and-a-half
and 6.5 " smart. We are going to draw on the map to help with the
cutting of stickers. Be sure to change
the blade to Penn. Then click, go and load. And now we have a guide where we will place our stickers,
spark cutting.
7. Printing Stickers: So now we will
upload the stickers. Follow me in this process. Let's add the offset. Select stickers, click Offset. I can choose how thick
the offset would be. You can change the color of
the offset d are choosing. Select both layers, then attach. Place this thicker
layer on a guide. Select all, then
attach and duplicate. We are duplicating
so that we can print two sheets on
an A4 sticker paper. Select all ten position to zero. Since the cricket
joy doesn't have the ability to print it cut. We will change the setting
to make her Select All, then set it to print and cut. Make it continuous
center printer. Be sure that your printer
has the right setting. E.g. if you're printing on
a glossy stick your paper, then set the printer to print glossy paper and select
the Add bleed, then print. Now we have two
sheets of stickers. Let's cut the sheet. Be sure
not to cut the guide out. Place one on the mat, placing it exactly on the guy.
8. Cutting Stickers: Now it's time to
cut our stickers. Let's go back to our
canvas by clicking Cancel. Select both the sticker
sheets than detached. Since we can only cut one
sticker sheet at a time, Let's delete the
other sticker sheet by selecting it, then Delete. Now let's go back
to cricket joy. Then unselect the stickers, but leave the offset
and the guide. Select all, then change the
operation to Basic Guide. Then make it chews on math. Check that the map size is
correct, then continue. But the base material, I will use medium card stock. This will depend on the
thickness of your sticker paper. Then I will set the pressure to more as we are making
die cut stickers. Now let's change
the pen to blame. Load the math with the
sticker sheet on it, then go and load, and now it's ready. Now we have created Hawaii
snack die cut stickers. I think they're truly Hawaii.
9. Thank You: Thank you for joining
me in this class. I hope you enjoy designing
Kawhi snack stickers. And you have learned something about the process of
making dicots stickers. Please don't forget to snap
a photo of your stickers and post them in the
class resources section. Bye for now and see
you again soon.
Elaine Vitikainen, An illustrator from Helsinki
