While I haven't recently created any files personally to share, I did want to share this with all of you that use MTC, SCAL or other software with your electronic cutters. If you have ever been on the MTC forums you may have seen paperkutz share some celebrity "portraits" cut from layered paper. They are truly awesome works of art. Many people on that forum had asked for him to share his methodology and experience so they could learn how to do such projects (most want to do family members). I am happy to say that he has finally found the time to sit down and work on sharing that information. He has started a blog where he will be posting files to try and then tutorials on how he does it so we can all learn how to do it too! He shared a 6 layer cut file of Tom Cruise that he created to show us how it works. It is actually fairly easy to cut this file as it does not have many small intricate pieces and therefore goes together fairly easily. I didn't have the correct 6 colors of paper he recommended (you really can use 6 any monochromatic shades of any color) but thought it was a decent job for a novice. Here is the "portrait" I cut and assembled using paperkutz' file and instructions:
You can find out more about paperkutz and his technique and tutorials (and get this cut file of Tom) by visiting his blog here: http://paperkutzstudio.wordpress.com/
His plan is to post another cut file of a different celebrity by the end of this week and then in the following weeks go through how to pick your own photo, how to posterize it and turn it into a cut file. After his tutorials are done, he is going to have a mini-contest for you to create your own files based on his tutorials that you have completed! So be sure and stop by his site for all the details. I'm very excited that he will be sharing his knowledge and expertise as I would love to use this process to create portraits of my family.
I'm so excited about this that I wanted you to see more of his actual work (its not all on his blog at the moment) so here are links to his other celebrity portraits that he has done and shared on the MTC forum: (There are no cut files shared for these - just his awesome end products to inspire you and show you why I am so excited to learn his techniques!)
I hope to have some more things I have actually done to share soon. I'm still trying to figure out what to do about a new blog. I need to do a new one and drop the "cricut" name from it as I don't want to get in any trouble by using it. As always, thanks for stopping by! Have a great week.
