#dsfdsfj i literally handed in my thesis on a wednesday then was dead for the rest of the day and then i spent all of thursday and friday in

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oh haha you know when you hand in your thesis and then shift into rabid design mode

On a serious note though, DTA (besides just being very engaging to read and fun to analyze and speculate about) was the one thing that managed to fix the creative block I'd had since the start of the pandemic, and I'm super grateful for that. Literally the first thing I did once I had a reasonable amount of free time this year was to come up with the original designs for these covers and then toying with the idea of adding some chapter illustrations.

This was a very fun exercise in thinking about how to design a series of books (this time I got to do this a lot more thoroughly than the first time around, and it’s, uh, certainly managed to give me a new sense of appreciation for what publishing houses are doing :-)) and a neat new way of getting to interact with the text, and it’s been so cool to see all the different designs that other people have been sharing (and how different those design directions all are!) ☀️

#taking a short break from this now but i'm already looking forward to preparing parts 2 and 3 of tgog and also tfk #down to agincourt #dta #dsfdsfj i literally handed in my thesis on a wednesday then was dead for the rest of the day and then i spent all of thursday and friday in #a haze designing the front covers and spines #also i think it's kinda fun how the back covers turned out saying the world - the end / we fight to win / you're creators / you - your own #mission update #typesetting tag #book design #art edit #my art #true to form tumblr erased about 30 % of the level of detail of at least the front cover pictures but eh. whatever #also idk if it's necessary to explain the sunrise imagery but 'new day - new beginnings - new hope' is a vibe that fits dta really well imo #also uhhh thank you to my sister #who had to suffer through me asking 'do you prefer this version or this slightly different version' dozens of times #and also to the aginchat for all the discussions that are happening there #crafts tag