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Brush Paper Deck

When to use

• An artist or studio is presenting a portfolio and a corporate template would kill the work
• A craft brand (ceramics, textiles, printmaking) needs a deck that feels like its products
• A creative proposal has to stand out in a stack of identical slide decks
• A workshop, exhibition, or residency pitch needs warmth the jury can feel in the first three slides
• A small business wants its sales deck to sound — and look — like a person, not a corporation

Workflow

1. Gather the work (input: photos, portfolio pieces, or draft content → output: content brief)
   Collect the real material: photos of the work (shot in natural light, not filtered), the story behind it, prices or terms if it's a sales deck, and the audience. A handmade deck lives or dies on real textures and real work — stock photos of "creativity" defeat the entire point. Pick the 5–10 strongest pieces; everything else is appendix or nothing.
2. Set the handmade system (input: content brief → output: style sheet)
   Define the system in writing: paper background (warm off-white with subtle grain, never flat white), ink color (near-black with a hint of warmth, not pure #000), one accent (indigo, vermilion, or ochre — pick one), brush-stroke rules (headlines underlined by a single uneven stroke, dividers as one brush line, never clip-art splatters), and type (a human-feeling serif or hand-tuned sans for headlines, plain sans for body). One accent, one stroke style, no exceptions.
3. Draft the slide flow (input: style sheet + content brief → output: slide outline)
   Order like a studio visit: enter (title with one brush stroke and one piece of work) → meet the maker (short story, one photo) → see the work (one piece per slide, with a sentence each) → how it works (process, materials, timeline) → the offer (prices, terms, or ask). One piece per slide — a grid of twelve thumbnails belongs in a catalogue, not a deck.
4. Build the slides (input: slide outline → output: styled deck)
   Apply the system: full-bleed or large photos with paper margins, headlines with a single brush underline, body text short and plain-spoken, and brush dividers between sections. Keep every texture subtle — grain you notice is grain that's too loud. Captions carry the facts (title, medium, size, year) so the slides stay clean.
5. Print-check and proof (input: styled deck → output: presentation-ready deck)
   Check the deck on a projector and, if it will ever be printed, on paper — brush textures that look rich on screen can turn muddy in print. Confirm photos are high enough resolution for full-bleed use, read every caption against the real work, and export both a presentation file and a PDF.

Output spec

Template preview

Brush Paper Deck — Template

One deck = one content brief + one style sheet. Fill both in before building slides.

Deck: {title}

Audience: {jury / client / buyers} | Purpose: {portfolio / proposal / sales}

Content brief

Real photos (natural light, unfiltered): {list — 5–10 strongest pieces}

Story (3 sentences max): {maker / studio story}

Terms (if sales deck): {prices / timeline / delivery}

Cut list: {pieces relegated to appendix or dropped}

Style sheet

• Paper: {warm off-white + subtle grain hex}
• Ink: {near-black with warm hint, hex}
• Accent (ONE): {indigo / vermilion / ochre — hex}

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