#pls im on the floor

[kulapti]

Aug 2023, bookbinding of The Silent Isle Imbowers by Tharkuun.

I’m sooo so so pleased to finally share this! I have been actively working on this for many months and waited until Tharkuun received her copy before posting so the final result would be a surprise.

-----------About this bookbinding under the cut

This binding has been one of the more elaborate pieces I have attempted so far. This has been my first binding where I (1) made three copies of a piece at once, (2) used a modified a historical illustration, (3) collaborated directly with another artist on the decorative elements, (4) finished matching art for the cover and title page, and (5) layered paint and heat-transfer vinyl for the covers. These are also (6) the first non-tiny books I have made with this style of hinge and cover attachment.

Pretty much immediately after I first read this story I felt I had to make myself a copy of this. I had a strong mental image of a vintage-looking cover for a fairy tale, with a deceptively simple design of flowers on the cover, probably with fancy metallic accents, the kind of thing you’d find in an interesting used bookstore with no summary, no text on the back, no dust jacket, just the flowers and maybe a title. I’m going to make a separate post about making this cover design a reality because oh man has it been a journey lol! I designed and drew the digital art for the cover (digital because of the cut and application method), as well as the corresponding title page illustration (pencil and dip pen, scanned, title added digitally).

When I asked Tharkuun about it she was excited to suggest I get in touch with quillingwords, who generously agreed to collaborate with me! Among her talents quilling writes calligraphy, and hand wrote both the book title and chapter headers for me to incorporate into my plans. Check OUT those chapter headers! So fancy! A font could never!! Quilling has also been very encouraging and let me yell about this project in dms for months so the final result could be a surprise for Tharkuun. Thank u so much quillingwords, your calligraphy adds invaluable amounts of swag to this project.

I was going to do some kinda neat font for the chapter headers, but quilling’s work is too cool for that and I decided to use a modified piece of a historical illustration instead. The illustration also happens to be cool as heck: I was browsing the Artstor database (an academic quality resource available for free via Jstor, my beloved) and found E. N. Neureuther's 1836 gorgeous etching for etching of the fairy tale Briar Rose, an illustration made for a printing of a Brothers Grimm recorded German fairy tale with Sleeping Beauty elements. Much to my delight this illustration not only matches the general look I wanted but is actually relevant to the story, itself a Sleeping Beauty spinoff.

Slightly less stylistically consistent are the endpapers, which are prints of two different paintings by Arnold Böcklin: Isle of the Dead (1883) in the front and Isle of Life (1888). The first painting had occurred to me as an excellent visual to go with the story, and Tharkuun and I discussed this and agreed that pairing it with the related later, more optimistic piece was too thematically appropriate to resist.

I had fun and learned a lot making these books and I am very pleased with the result!!

Materials: Archival bookboard, cardstock, cotton cheesecloth mull, archival PVA glue, linen thread coated in beeswax, paper cord, red cotton embroidery floss. Blue cotton backed with archival paper, acrylic paint, machine cut black and gold heat-transfer vinyl. Laser printed text and illustrations. Metallic scrapbooking paper.

#artists on tumblr #bookbinding #ficbinding #fanbinding #dreamling #my art #here there be fandom #the sandman #the silent isle imbowers #tharkuun #described #id in alt text #pls imagine me screaming continuously about this project for oh idk 4 or 5 months? oh I can make shiny books?? #im not allowed to @ people in this post apparently #links and fic rec in reblog #laying on the floor I found a few missing words I must have deleted on accident while fixing formatting #poppies (Papaver somniferum) and mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) #tailfeather binding

[gunsatthaphan]

"don't forget to wear them."

#cherry magic #cherry magic th #taynew #karanachi #karan x achi #cherry magic th ep2 #tay tawan #new thitipoom #gmmtv #thai bl #bl drama #KJLHSFD LMAOOOO #this had me on the floor lmao what in the world???? #karan you creep dkjhgdf wtf #calm down my dude #they're both so embarrassing pls 😭 #also coloring this show is hard im sorry if it looks like shit #idk what they did with it tbh #its a mystery

[michsmeesh]

i have been unable to stop thinking about these two since volume 1 dropped on friday and my witcher hyperfix just hit me again at full fucking force

in other words THEY FINALLY GAVE US THE QUEER POLY BARD WE DESERVED RAAAHHHHHHH

#the witcher #twn #the witcher netflix #s3 #the witcher spoilers #jaskier #radovid #jaskier x radovid #radskier #jaskovid #also art block has kinda been fucking me up again but i FORCED myself to draw them #be proud of me pls #im literally screaming rying throwing up #i've been waiting SO LONG FOR THIS #also its funny bc i was literally on ep 2 watching together with my mom and my bff and i was like ...is this queerbait or not... in my head #so i quickly went on twt to check #AND I WAS HIT WITH THE KISS SCENE #MY JAW WAS LTIERALLY ON THE FLOOR #AND MY FRIEND JUST LOOKED AT ME LIKE #are you good??? #AND SHE LOOKS OVER AT MY PHONE AND HER JAW DROPS TOO #i rewatched that kiss at least 200 times by now #im unwell #okay sorry enough tag spamming #my art #michsmeesh #i just felt like changing my username again soz

[baeshijima]

hsr devs what is this assassination attempt against me do u hate me that much?

#may the stars guide you <3 #SOBBING WHY ARE THEY LIKE THIS IM SO #IT WAS SO SWEET WITH ROBIN SUNDAY AND THEIR MOTHER AND THEN IT GOT DARK WHEN EXPLORING THE DARKER REALITIES OF BEING A CELEB/IDOL #AND THEN IT WENT BACK TO BEING SWEET AGAIN WHEN SHE WAS TEACHING THE CHILDREN AND THAT LAST SCENE HELLO WDYM URS AND SUNDAYS WISH #CRIES SCREAMS THROWS UP FALLS TO THE FLOOR I CANT DO THIS TODAY #ALSO NOT THEIR DRAWING WHEN AS CHILDREN BEING THE NEW VERSION BOSS WTF 😭😭 #but rockstar!robin.... we need an event where robin and serval meet.... pls...

[suntails]

you are a knight first

#the fuckng TRAGEDY of silvers upbringing can we talk abt it can we talk abt it #from day fckng one knowing 'i will die sooner than everyone i love so i will use my life to protect them' my son PLS #the disregard for his self because he has been raised to protect another. like malleus is royalty and he is a knight. this is his fate #the implications that royalty adds to the already difficult vague family ties that hold diasomnia together. they cant afford to fail. Ever. #they all have such heavy burdens the weight of life is so strong. lilia was a fucking general for fkcs sake. im AGGGHHHH #AND HIS UPBRINGING!! i think lilia TRIED to be a great dad but how can that possibly be balanced while also raising ur kid to be his knight! #talk to me while i sob on the floor im so normal #twst #twisted wonderland #lilia vanrouge #twst silver #suntails

[caelanglang]

trying to bargain for a happier ending for Akai @itotypes

plsletthembehappy

#LOOK IM DESPARATE IM SO HOOKED AND IM DOOMED BY THE TAGS ALREADY #ITO PLS #on the floor bagging the door bashing my head #you write them so well for the TO DIE !?!? PLS PLS PLS AAAAAAAAAAA #THE DESIGNS ARE SO GOOD TOO PLSSSS #pls spare them ToT #dang it I’m preparing my padded room and straight jacket for this fic #bsd #bsd au #Akai by itotypes

[elizakai]

Oh shit I spilled some.. Coffee...

NOOOOOOO PLEASEEEE KREJN

i’ll cry actually

KREJN DONT😭😭 *devestation*

KEEP YOUR MONEY YOUVE ALLREADY TIPPED ME SEVERAL TIMESSASSS EUEUEUEUEHEINFDND

#i cantTtT #asks #KIDND #girly pop #hitting my head on the floor #you don’t understand how much i appreciate #AND HOW MUCH IM GOING TO SMASH THE WALL because pls pls don’t waste your MONEY WAAAAAH😭😭😭

[rialitysworld]

my woman

#sasha pls ruin me😌 #im on the floor and my knees #so wife shaped #sasha colby #edit

[starriddenmess]

robot partner seeing you clean up your adhd messy room. You're sitting on the floor checking which clothes are clean or dirty so you either put them in the clean pile or the hamper. Your robot sits behind you and wraps their arms over your waist and rests their head on your shoulder. You stop what your doing and enjoy the cuddling. You kiss the side of their head too.

"I would like to help you, my human. There is many clothes and with my help you'll be able to actually finish it tonight and not in the 4 months you usually do" they say jokingly

You hit their arm while laughing and agree for them to help you. You also put on a show you enjoy in the back so there's some noise and it helps you feel more stimulated~

You check which clothes go into clean or dirty pile and you give your partner the clothes and tell them where it goes. This goes for an hour, which surprised you and you felt much better seeing your floor all clean again. Your robot partner immediately puts the dirty clothes in the washer and tells you to sit on the bed and relax as they put away your clean clothes in your closet.

You feel so content and happy. You watch them with a smile as they put away each clothing item. They seem to inspect each one too. It makes you blush when they inspect your undergarments as well~

As they finish, they turn to you and head bump you with a cute whirring sound. "Can I kiss you" you ask "please do" they respond.

#im feeling something #like needing domestic love with a robot partner #im yearning too much now... #robot #monster fucker #my post #robot fucker #monsterfucker #robophilia #robot lover #robot yearning #hahaha no my floor is not covered in clothes atm.... and i rather write this instead 😳 #im not good at writing so pls be nice LOL

[significant-ace-nnoyance]

what if robin stays over at nancys house bc hers got split by the gay earthquake and she sets up on nancys floor paralleling johnathan s2 and then nancy pauses and says “could you just sleep up here?” anD ADJLFSAJFL

#like tell me their dynamic wouldn’t fit so perfectly. nancy has a type and that type is autistic queers #pls i can imagine robin being like awkwardly are you sure bc im completely fine down here i mean ive slept on the floor before when i was- #and nancys like jUST- *softly pats bed* come up here please? and robins just stunned into silence and and #ronance

[lucidicer]

comfort above all else (☼)

#proving that im actually doing stuff in the sims #this is the only area of the house somewhat finished pls theres a whole second floor #ea take ur time with infants actually #ts4 #x

[katasstrophy]

okay but what if the only reason rin and sae are (forced against their will) to be (somewhat) civil with each other in their adult years is because their gfs are ride or die besties that would rather leave their (petty) asses than compromise their friendship

#i’m genuinely losing my shit over this rn LMFAO LIKE. i know their character are more complex than that okay i know it hurts me let me cope #with the rin light novel snippets with self indulgent humor okay let me make myself giggle bc NAUR listen. THE POTENTIAL ZKSJBDBDJX #theyre like ‘baby pls u can have any other best friend in the world it shouldn’t be hard to find a new one right’ and ur on the floor #(i lied this is mostly rin PLLSSS he’s so dramatic i will die) #you threaten to break up with him like semi seriously to knock him off his bullshit and he shits his pants has nightmares about it for weeks #TRIES TO BREAK UP SAE AND UR BESTIE PPLLSSSS then he gets text from sae like ‘two can play that game’ i cant #theyre so down bad horrendously for you both it makes them ill they’ll endure your stupid double dates that threaten to end in violence #at any second sjshsndkd they totally shit talk each other once back home im crying okay ted talk over but yeah comedy GOLD #sae >:( #rin loml <3 #—bllk.thoughts! #blue lock x reader #itoshi sae x reader #itoshi rin x reader

[scionshtola]

a little reunion at the noumenon 💕

#im running out of captions #friends pls click them if u love me they're better that way 😭 #anyway sometimes your wol is so tall u have to sink them into the floor so they can kiss their gf's temple #oc: corisande ymir #ffxiv #y'shtola rhul #gpose

[64sue]

HIS CURLS ARE EVERYTHING 🧎🧎🧎

#formula one #formula 1 #las vegas gp 2023 #mclaren #lando norris #ln4 #papaya #obsessed much? #las vegas casino #he can choke me #HIS CURLS ARE EVERYTHING TO ME!!!!!!!!!! #PLS ONE CALL BABY IM ALL YOURS #ON THE FUCKIN FLOOR #IM SO WEAK WHEN HEEEEEEEE

[baeshijima]

since maintenance has (i think…?) started . . .

MAY ALL ROBIN WANTERS (me) BE ROBIN HAVERS (me) !!!

MAY ALL TOPAZ WANTERS BE TOPAZ HAVERS !!!

MAY ALL BOOTHILL WANTERS BE BOOTHILL HAVERS !!!

MAY ALL FU XUAN WANTERS BE FU XUAN HAVERS !!!

HAPPY 2.2 AND ROBIN ALBUM SOON RELEASE EVERYONE 🥹🥹

#may the stars guide you <3 #GRAAAHHH ROBIN COME HOME I AM BEGGING ON MY KNEES ON THE FLOOR FOREHEAD ON THE GROUND BODY FLAT IN A BOW #pls win the 50/50 and have enough for light cone… maybe try for topaz too…. #also ill be pulling for her a bit later so u will see my results a bit later than usual #mainly bc i am waiting for mimi (if u see this hi pookie) to be ready so i can livestream my pulls 🫡 #also im going to try and wake up early for the update so i can like. do the story. and explore. and pre farm her asc mats. and get jades. #ANYWAY RAAAHHH NEW STORY AND ROBIN AND SUNDAY AND JING YUAN AND DAN HENG AND FIREFLY AND BOOTHILL AND H TB AND AND AND #GREAAAAHAHAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[donnies-pop-tart]

would you ever go back to your Tech Support story?

I am endlessly amazed and flattered that people still enjoy that fic so many years later, it's incredible to me and I want to lovingly shake you all and drown you in my affection. But unfortunately, I don't think I'll ever pick up Tech Support again, despite how much I still love and adore Katrin and I do miss the bayverse boys very much. The muse required for that fic is not one I've felt since, and to be honest I have no idea where I would even go with it??

However... the insanely talented @afreakingdork and salacious @desceros have inspired in me a brand new nsfw fic for rise Donnie if that would garner any interest~? 👀 I highly recommend checking out their work if you haven't (and if either of yall see this I will be gushing in your inboxes soon because I am full of thoughts and feelings), but they gave me the writing bug and now I'm like 17 unpublished chapters deep in a soft/feminine kitsune!reader x Donnie fic that I have wretchedly filthy plans for as yet another work of personal catharsis.

So! No more Tech Support (that I can forsee) but perhaps something new (with much better writing)! But thank you for the ask! Still crazy to me that Tech Support hasn't totally fallen off into the ether, wild.

#tmnt #ask #rottmnt #tmnt 2k14 #tmnt 2k16 #what even are the bayverse tags anymore #anyway thank you for the ask im floored people still read that fic but pls ive grown so much #my writing is better let me make a new thing for you my dear it will be so much better