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Spectacular Paper Pop-up Sculptures Designed by Peter Dahmen While studying graphic design in college, German artist Peter Dahmen was given the assignment of creating a 3D object out of paper. He soon realized a small problem. Regardless of what he designed, there was no safe way to transport it to class on his daily train commute. Instead of risking damage to his project, Dahmen devised a way to make his paper sculpture fold flat like a pop-up book, a fateful decision that changed the course of his life. He enjoyed the challenge so much that be became obsessed with creating more elaborate designs, eventually leading to a full-time career as a paper engineer. Filmmaker Christopher Helkey recently sat down with Dahmen as he demonstrates some of his more incredible paper sculptures, many more of which you can see on his YouTube channel.

Best Illustrator Tutorials: 10 ways to create incredible vector art, type and graphics from 2014 The 10 most popular Illustrator tutorials from 2014 by leading illustrators and designers. These are the most popular Adobe Illustrator tutorials that we've published during 2014 - covering techniques for designing brilliant art, graphics and type. Written by some of the UK and Europe's best creatives, these five tutorials cover how to bring a vector portrait to life, how to design an animal in the shape of a letter, how to add a sense of motion to a vector graphic or artwork, how to decorate type and how to design vector patterns to be printed or lasercut for hanging as art. Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Create stylish vector portraits In this tutorial, Eelco van den Berg lets you behind the curtain to see how he creates his incredible vector portraits by turning a photo into a ‘poppy’ vector illustration. You will learn quick and easy Photoshop adjustments that prepare artwork for translation into vector shapes. Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Add motion to an artwork

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