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It's important to cut the tiny, enclosed details first. In this example, if you cut out the whole gear first, then all the details inside it that need to be cut out are no longer held in place.
I first cut out the inner black ring, tracing around the neural nurse, skipping the hair, steam, and details inside her silhouette. Then I cut out the ring around that ring, just inside the text, then the little radiation circles. Then I cut out the ring just outside the text and radiation circles, and then the next thin ring just outside the text, before you get to the gear teeth. Finally, I cut out the gear teeth. It all took about 10 minutes or so.
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It's important to cut the tiny, enclosed details first. In this example, if you cut out the whole gear first, then all the details inside it that need to be cut out are no longer held in place.
I first cut out the inner black ring, tracing around the neural nurse, skipping the hair, steam, and details inside her silhouette. Then I cut out the ring around that ring, just inside the text, then the little radiation circles. Then I cut out the ring just outside the text and radiation circles, and then the next thin ring just outside the text, before you get to the gear teeth. Finally, I cut out the gear teeth. It all took about 10 minutes or so.