Paper Tailoring: Illustrating with Scissors
A course by Sr. García , Cut-and-Paste Illustrator

Learn to illustrate an editorial article with the collage technique
With nothing but a pair of scissors and a bit of imagination, Sr. García teaches you how to make a collage to illustrate a magazine article. Discover how to tackle commissions and complete them quickly with various techniques. During your journey, learn to get results that have an aesthetic and communicative impact on the viewer. In addition, Sr. García teaches you how to work with raw material—paper—and shows you where to acquire great cut-out material and how get your hands on some simple tools: irony, surrealism, and a pile of old magazines. Welcome to Sr. Garcia's paper-tailor shop (keep in mind: a pencil and computer mouse are not allowed).
What will you learn in this online course?
10 lessons & 11 downloads
- 96% positive reviews (361)
- 4,765 students
- 10 lessons (1h 6m)
- 11 additional resources (5 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish · Romanian · Indonesian
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Who is this online course for?
This course is for any illustrator, designer, or ordinary person who wants to exchange their pencils and computers for scissors, at least for a few hours.

Requirements and materials
Are you a good observer? Perfect. That is the base you need to make an impressive editorial collage. No prior knowledge is necessary for this course, just some very basic tools: scissors, a cutter, some adhesive, and, above all, a handful of old magazines.

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Sr. García
A course by Sr. García
Sr. García is an illustrator, designer, and observer (but not a voyeur). He has published his work far and wide, including in El País Semanal, Esquire, Diario Sur, S Moda, Líbero, Público, and Ein Magazin Über Ortey Opzij, but he continues to look for ways to showcase his work. He has worked for advertising agencies and publishers such as SM. He is the founder of the Madrid Collage Society, one of his latest adventures with scissors and glue.
Content
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U1
Why collage
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Collage as a language
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My favorite tailors
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U2
The drawers of a tailor: Tools and "raw material"
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The few tools that I need
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Raw material, magazines and paper
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Search to find
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U3
Frac, sweater, tuxedo? We found out about the order
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Illustration based on a keyword
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Illustration based on an image
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Illustration based on a long story
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U4
The last stitching
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The retouching
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Added to the seams
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FP
Final project
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Paper tailoring: Illustrating with scissors
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Super inspiring well organize an amazing way of communicating ideas,!! don’t miss it
Lo mejor fue saber que no hace retoques con la computadora, me gusta que sea bien artesanal y que se puedan ver las "imperfecciones" Muy lindo curso, saludos desde Argentina...tendre que viajar al Rastro de Madrid a buscar esas revistas jaja, lindooo seria.
This is the best course I have taken on Domestika. The instructor is fantastic, to the point, he does not take himself too seriously, and he makes you feel like you can absolutely begin this work as soon as you finish the videos.
Very inspiring. Great instructor. Thank you.
Es bueno como para introducción al collage; da buenos tips e ideas de diseño.