Transferring your design [5]
You will need:
- Your warped up frame with cardboard strip at base
- Design template (downloadable pdf below)
- Thick tip felt-tip pen
- Sticky tape (eg.sellotape) & scissors to cut tape
You will need:
Just started a fun course with FutureLearn — ‘Explore Animation’ — a free online course created by The National Film & Television School (NFTS). I calculate that there are about 1000 of us on the course — students of all ages from all over the world meeting up online for four weeks to discuss and…
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