my completed bind of the secret language of plants!
this was one of the hardest fics i’ve bound yet; the small spines really worried me, and didn’t come out perfect, but i’m pretty happy with it! i made mistakes with the wording on the spines, and the guillotine is still very hard to use LMAO so all of the book blocks are different sizes. but i just make sure the cases are the same size bc good enough is good enough u know?
Another mostly successful binding! This one is a binding of the most hilarious thing I've ever read, "Live From New York" by Varnes on AO3. Now, I'm gonna put a disclaimer here--I'm not really into MDZS. I've tried watching the Untamed, I've watched the anime, I've tried reading the books, and I've never really clicked with any of it. Basically I know enough about the characters to not be totally confused when I read fanfic and that's it. Which I am super glad about because I am not lying when I say this is the funniest thing I've ever read in my goddamn life.
Process info and more pics under the cut.
So this guy is 87,000 words, give or take a few, which is what I have discovered is the absolute maximum that my guillotine can cut. Good to know if I ever want to do something longer, because it will have to be broken up. And because of some sort of miracle (or maybe it was this thing from Amazon) I managed to cut this thing totally straight. Which if you've read my other posts is a huge first for me. I think the problem was that the text block was just moving around too much when the blade was pressed down, but that little magnetic bastard is tough and it kept everything exactly where it was supposed to be.
The endpapers, a bunny and moon motif that is PERFECT for this book. See, I know enough about Lan Wanji to know that he has bunnies! Anyway, these were silk screened chiyogami paper from etsy and they're beautiful. They're thicker than normal paper and almost like a very thin fabric, but they took to glue super well and I'm so so happy with how they went down (and how cute they are!)
My chapter headings:
And page breaks:
This thing took forever to typeset, but I think it was worth it. And the title page, which also took forever because my printer never wanted to line up correctly:
Anyway, except for a stray piece of HTV making it to the front cover, the exceptionally skinny text on the back cover that went kind of wonky and making the boards just a hair too short this thing came out really well. Also, I don't want to declare that I have solved all of my HTV problems but I'm pretty sure I have solved all of my HTV problems. I got this little sucker after watching someone effortlessly stick down their HTV with it and it worked like a freaking charm. I don't know if it's because it's tiny so you can put more pressure down on it or because it's crazy hot or what (it did scorch the HTV just a little) but everything stuck down great on the first try and I even peeled everything up while it was still hot. I love it. I 100% recommend it for anyone who is having trouble with getting their HTV to stick.
Anyway, I do have plans to make another colorway of this book. I've got a bright pink bookcloth and some turquoise and purple HTV that are just begging to be put to use, and once I can find some suitably good endpapers I'm gonna start on that one. Let me know what you guys think and if you want any more info, please ask!
Also go read the fic because it's hilarious okay bye!
Some folks wanted to see my hobby work, and I didn’t have anywhere in particular to post it, so… might as well be here?
This is a collection of fandom shirts made with my laser-cutter and Siser’s wonderful laser-safe heat transfer vinyl. There are so many amazing special effects vinyls in the world and they’re so underutilized! All of these except for the two Yuri on Ice ones (Katsudamn and Victuuri) are other folks’ art, my own colors/lettering/layout.
Doing another Huntober prompt even though its over cause I feel like it, and I wanted to do this for Pride since it feels even more special that my hunter Krissy and her wife Beth got to live in peace in their 70s after they had avenged their son's death 30 years ago by killing the vampire who murdered him and choose to forget their knowledge of the existence of Kindred to live a peaceful life together with their daughter. 🥹 It means even more to me since Krissy is both a lesbian and trans and that means I have a queer elder oc and honestly its really nice. And both Krissy and Beth are going to be NPCs in the Thinblood campaign Duskclub and I'm excited to see how they've been doing. :D
Btw if you like what you see and want a commission drop me a direct message on tumblr, instagram or a note on deviantart
Potentially my final Artfight attack, for @mekanikaltrifle @cruddyart and @turtelini - just our player characters (that are on artfight), busting it down, unsexual style
Someone needed to test some random HTV so, uh, this happened. Angel may look slightly shocked due to being mildly radioactive. Didn't expect him to glow in the dark! Neat!
I think he looks pretty good considering I freehanded him, which I do not recommend 'cause like two attempts at mouths pinged off to god knows where and a cat sat on and subsequently lost his original eyes.
I recently got hired by Theme Dream Productions to create and wear a Tron costume. They specifically wanted the original 80s Tron look, and while there are a lot of Tron Legacy costumes available online, the original 80s themed ones are hard to find.
After a little research, I decided to build this using reflective HTV (heat transfer vinyl). The Tron costumes glow, and I considered using EL…