I'm an artist, and my friend who is obsessed with Skyrim (the reason why I even play the game) had a birthday this month. I was scrolling online to see if I could order something for them and found the cheap, made-to-print spiral notebook version of the Oghma Infinium and thought... I can do that, but better. So I did.
I took a few creative liberties and obviously it's not EXACT but my friend thinks it's cool and I think it's cool so. There it is.
progress pictures from Snapchat (please excuse the typos) below:
Okay, this one is not good enough. But I spent so much time with this one, that I just show it to you. There is nice mechanisms and nice pages, but it not work as smoothly as I want. There is a reason for that, I do more and more pop up -book elements and lesser basic paper mechanisms. Because of that the binding of this book is not good. I know how to do it on future, but it was too late with this one - I need to build the pages in another way.
So, next one will be better. Maybe someone like to see this one too - so here we go.
Did. Did you see Ortho's Broomquet preview? The fact that his broomquet is mostly white like Kalim's, Rook's and Silver's and that we know by now that Idia's ideal dreamworld involved OG!Ortho being still alive and a student at Royal Sword Academy is killing me. Twst is throwing hints left and right that OG!Ortho was meant to be a light magic user heroic character just to tug further at our heartstrings with his death and IT'S WORKING. I'M IN SHAMBLES.
as much as I am rolling around on the ground waiting for more of Silver and Sebek's Excellent Adventure, I am also SO desperate to see the resolution of Idia's dreamworld and, fingers crossed, more of dream!OG!Ortho. and I don't know how it would be physically possible, but I would LOVE the Orthos to actually meet somehow! bonus points if there's some kind of very confusing confrontation!
but I do really like the three-way contrast between OG!Ortho, what Idia thinks OG!Ortho would have been like, and humanoid!Ortho. especially since Ortho's post-episode 6 arc is all about becoming independent and his own person! I want to see more of it! and I can't really put it into words very well, but, like, I would LOVE this to be the resolution where Idia finally manages to come to terms with OG!Ortho's death -- man heard "niichan" once and immediately ran down a billion flights of stairs to throw himself into Metaphorical Hell, he needs something big like this.
(if the September schedule comes out and there's still no more main story, I am going to be DESPONDENT) (I mean I will be understanding because production takes time, no one should be subjected to crunch to meet arbitrary deadlines, a good product that takes longer >>> a rushed product that is out sooner) (but I shall also be despondent)
I did a faux rebind of Dune as a birthday gift for a friend of mine. Thankfully, his girlfriend sent me pictures of his own Dune Edition (in German) and its measurements. That way he can use this book sleeve for the German edition too. He’s been complaining about that design for quite a while, basically every time we enter a book store.
I also hand-stitched this little desert design into the book cloth, because I don’t own a cricut lol
And here is how it works:
Here’s the tutorial by bindrebindery on ig
And here's the tutorial for all the tiktok kids
She's been a huge help throughout my adventures in rebinding books, and straight up just deserves more recognition.
Made another tiny thing, a little fairytale-inspired library🪟A mix of DIY and found minis from Michael’s and a local antique mall, with polymer clay exterior (box was originally for sunglasses and was too fancy to throw away). (Sold)
All of the stuff I've written thus far. [October 28th 2023]
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Five and A Half
Part Six [Added October 31st 2023]
Trouble Shooting Aside [Added November 11th 2023]
Part Seven [Added November 16th 2023]
Part Eight- and Final Post (Until I ultimately write more, cause lets face it, I've already started tweaking how I do things) [Added November 29th 2023]
Almost complete! It just needs a ceiling (transparent), a sign for the shop name, and an outer case so it doesn’t just look like messy cardboard. The individual patterns are all actual patterns (free downloadable ones)
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