Sometimes the storm is here to stay for a while, and trying to hide from it can be exhausting. Embrace your feelings and know you’ll make it through, just like you did the last one!
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So it's been a while since i posted any books - mostly because i've been hiding my progress like a little sneak.
I just finished this bind last night of The Desert Storm by @blue-sunshine-mauve-morning, or really it's volume 1 out of like ??? 15, maybe. Please take whatever i say with a pinch of salt (I have had 0 sleep for more than 24 hours, and that tends to make me a little very sleep-deprivation drunk a.k.a. unhinged). Okay, on to thoughts! The Desert Storm was foisted onto me by @celestial-sphere-press who told me under no uncertain terms that I WOULD FUCKING LOVE THIS SHIT. Well, I did. This more than 1 million word epic about Ben Fuckin' Kenobi is pretty much god-tier fanfiction. It reads like a goddamn novel. I can never think of canon again without thinking that this good shit should be canon. I read it and then consumed half of it within a week, and I have zero regrets. @blue-sunshine-mauve-morning, i absolutely love you and love your writing. It is the best thing since sliced bread. It is better than sliced bread.
I also had the benefit of @celestial-sphere-press saying, hey would you want to use the typeset? MY GOD, i am grateful. I love this fic, i would have typeset it if it hadn't been typeset but Des did such a beautiful job that i am absolutely in awe and thankful that she and the author allowed others to use it. Look at it - it's so beautiful. I only had to think hey, i just gotta design the cover and et cetera and so the book happened.
Please also check out @celestial-sphere-press 's amazing post here and here, who is the only person i know who's started and is almost complete in fanbinding this epic, and is also making an author a copy of the entire series.
Some stats, if you will.
96215 words || 380 pages
Title font: Ghaomiec
I took some inspiration from starblight bindery's lovely desert scape as well as this amazing cover of Dune which i own. I love that the landscape emanates Dune vibes while being oh so Tattooine - just sand and heat, relentless loneliness and melancholy. This fic centres around Obi-Wan Infinite Sadness Kenobi so it needed SAD VIBES TM, which i tried to deliver in desolate landscape form.
Also thank the heavens for Renegade members, who in a masterful stroke of Group Buy Saves Money, managed to source extra-out-of-production colours of Colibri and help a fair number of us get really cool limited edition versions of bookcloth. I am now a proud owner of a lorge stash of Duo and Colibri of which i am now sitting on like a shifty dragon with a hoarding problem. Good luck getting your bookcloth now, Folio Society, ha ha (gloating)! This particular bookcloth is Colibri Copper which has been wholly stashed for The Desert Storm series. I am leaning on transitioning to Malachite for Rise and Fall when I get to it.
The front cover design was done with a stock image and converted to a PNG, which i then fiddled with and did some HTV magic with. It was remarkably easier to weed than expected. I tried something new and ironed the design on the naked bookcloth first before gluing it to the boards, which was a new challenge in making sure everything was aligned.
Endpapers are marbled endpapers (Renato Crepaldi) which I got from Hollanders, which perfectly fit the colour scheme of the bind. The only hiccup was as I was cutting, I realized the sheet was running in the opposite direction of his usual papers and half the size, and only yielded 3 A5 size endpapers and so my heart went noooooooooo. oh well. i guess i will use it for quartos.
Endbands are my favourite - silk in 3 colours in the french doublecore style (as i was binding this i did not have the mental capacity to handle the difficulty of 4 strands). the truth is i usually only can do 4 when I have higher brain function and am willing to spend 80% of my time unraveling it from getting tangled.
I also forgot to mention I had mild fuck-ups, I got glue on the front endpaper which I had to hastily remove with wet cloth, and the back square is preposterously bad but I'm ignoring it for now.
Anyway, i've actually managed to complete a few other binds which have not been mentioned here as they've all been gifts/ surprises or event books in some form. I am SO EXCITED, also because I am travelling in the latter half of July to San Diego and L.A. and I get to meet some bookbinding friends in the flesh. Renegade is fucking amazing y'all. I am ready to embrace these crazy lads who have enabled me for the last 1 year, even when i'm the solitary (1) weirdo from my country of origin in the server. Also... potentially bookbinding trip early next year??? I am enthused.
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the storm bros,,,,,,,,,,,,, comfort + silly moment
They look like the same image I'm so fggrrrrrr same poses not wanted
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Brynn: Forget me for a while.
[Wyatt avoided Brynn’s gaze; he wasn’t sure he could do that]
Wyatt: When-…
Brynn: I don’t have any answers.
Wyatt: Well, if you need anything…
Brynn: I will ask-.. maybe.
Wyatt: Alright.
Brynn: Ohh, who is outside?
Wyatt: [sighs] My neighbour.
…
Ichiro: Ah, the woman from the bar-.. I see your experiment was successful!
[Wyatt squinted; glad Brynn couldn’t understand Komorebian]
Wyatt: Ichiro doesn’t speak much Simlish.
Brynn: Is nice you are friends with your neighbour, he’s so cute!
Ichiro: You should’ve introduced me earlier.
Brynn: [sighs] I hate to, but I really must go or I miss my plane-.. apologise for me!
Wyatt: Okay, I’ll-…
Brynn: Yes, you call! Bye-bye~
[Brynn hesitated briefly, throwing one last smile over her should before taking off]
Wyatt: She has a plane to catch, so…
Ichiro: That’s a shame.
[Wyatt shrugged, side-eyeing Ichiro, he didn’t like the way he was looking at him]
Wyatt: What?
Ichiro: Nothing.
Wyatt: You’re laughing.
Ichiro: I didn’t make a sound.
Wyatt: I see it in your eyes.
Ichiro: Ahh.. the eyes are the window to the soul, hm?
[Wyatt scoffed, waving Ichiro away as he headed inside, not particularly keen on his company tonight]
Ichiro: I’ll leave you be-.. have you seen the weather forecast?
Wyatt: No.
Ichiro: There’s a storm headed our way soon, you might want to get some supplies in.
Wyatt: I’ll be alright.
Ichiro: Mhm…
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