One of the best things about Deepnest is you can define what you want to nest your designs into. This means if you have an oddly shaped piece of scrap or you want to nest everything into a circle it’s easy. For any odd shapes (anything other than rectangles) you will need to draw...
I researched a bunch of tutorials on how to make paper shadowbox designs, and applied what I learned to the map. Basically, you merge the outer edges of the map with the inner rectangle, so the ends of the fragile roads are held in place. When you create the rectangle for the frame,...
“it takes some training to wean yourself off the absolute digital idea of perfection,” says scott boms, the lead designer at facebook’s analog research laboratory, which offers letterpress and silkscreen classes to employees and designs the company’s signs. but for every bit of fuss, ...