• Can't hold on or life won't change •

Seer • She/They • 24 years old • Hobbies: Competitive Ballroom Dance, Drawing • Current Fandoms: Tokotas, Seventeen, MDZS, SVSSS, Lamento, KH, 50% OFF, [K], Okami, Prince of Tennis, BNHA, FE:H/FE:A • Icon by InstantCoyote on dA, Header by @uragirishoujo

[seaside-tropical-sun]

I wanted to make a different drawing for the lunar new year but ended up only sketching it so instead have some last october, unfinished horse designs for my horsemegaverse AU o⏖<~*

No, I’m not telling you what ‘horsemegaverse’ means, I’m sure it’s obvious <3

[sintiadaria]

Disciple Shen Jiu and Luo Binghe and their Shizun Shen Qingqiu (Yuan) AU

Some of the work I have done so far for the Bingjiuyuan AU that the we are all brainstorming on twt. More to come for sure, because this is just so much fun and everyone has so many cool ideas ^^

[sintiadaria]

'I wish I could take the pain away from you'

Lyrics from the song Precious by Starbenders, original by Depeche Mode

[fistfuloflightning]

I’ll never get there, but if I put the work in, maybe I’ll get close enough that I can chase just behind perfection — and have a front-row seat as you achieve it.

Chapter 20, Cultivate by @neonghostcat

[side-salami]

The russian ilustration of svsss is going all in i see

[sadbugbois]

Two very different shen sibling dynamics that i both enjoy equally and some other svsss drawings

[lurkinginnernarrator]

Shen Yuan is literally the epitome of liking a bad story and spending hours pacing back and forth going 'but what IF it WAS good?' and despairing over How It Is Not

[booksandchainmail]

#my wife recently spent 45 minutes telling me and our other wife how she doesn't like this book becauss she's so annoyed with sqq#she loves binghe and believes that he is Valid. she just thinks sqq is the stupidest motherfucker ever to draw breath.#specifically she said that if the book was just binghe she'd probably love it.#and at the end of this 45 minute tirade i just went 'some big sqq energy there babe'#and she yelled 'I KNOW' and stomped off#easily one of the funniest conversations I've maybe ever had (tags via @words-writ-in-starlight)

[isyguess]

Fanbinding for absolute beginners - PART 1

There's a fanfic you love so much you'd like to have a physical copy of it? But you don't know how to make it? You've come to the right place! I'm a teacher and I've done this with my pupils (11 year olds), so you can do it, too!

To preface this, obviously this is only one of many methods to bind a book, and it's not perfect, but it's easy enough for my pupils to do it, so I thought I'd share how I do it, to hopefully help people who want to bind fanfics but have never done it before! :) 

Here are some examples of what my books look like when done:  

 

Part 1: Preparations on the PC and printing  

 

To start off, a book is made up of several signatures, which is just a bunch of pages folded in the middle. I've found the best signatures for this method are made of four A4 (or letter format) sheets of paper, folded, so it makes 16 pages in total. But signatures of 5 or 6 sheets work well too!  

That means you need to prepare your pdf to have a page count that is dividable by 16 (4 sheet signatures), 20 (5 sheet signatures) or 24 (6 sheet signatures). I usually just add blank pages to the front and back of the book until I reach a usable page count. Also check that your chapters start at the page you want (odd pages are on the right, even ones are on the left).  

 

If that is done, you can get to printing. I print signature per signature, and use Adobe Acrobat for that. Apparently, the free trial version can do this too, so no need to pay for it if you don't have it!  

 

The fanfic I'm printing has 320 pages, so I'm gonna print 20 signature made of 4 sheets (16 pages). I write down which pages make the signature so I can them just type them in: 

Signature 1 consists of pages 1 - 16 

Signature 2: 17 - 32 

Signature 3: 33 - 48 

Signature 4: 49 - 64 

... 

Signature 20: 305 - 320  

 

Now, printing works like this: 

In Adobe Acrobat, open your pdf and click on print. In the printing options, you first chose the "Booklet" option and then type in the pages for the signature you want to print (e.g. 1-16). Hit print and you'll have your first signature, which you can then fold in the middle! Repeat this step for all the signatures until you've printed the whole book. Done!  

If you've got any questions or need clarification an anything, feel free to ask!

(This is just a screenshot from the web, so the numbers don't match, but my Adobe Acrobat is completely in German, so it would probably be even less helpful!)

 

About the paper: I use normal printing paper in a bit of a yellowish colour (looks better than the sharp white of normal paper). Printing paper has, however, the wrong paper grain, so if you have access to paper with grain in the other direction, take that instead! The results with printing paper are okayish, with maybe a few wrinkles, but nothing too bad (in my opinion, haha). 

The parts of this tutorial:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

[starblightbindery]

My personal goal is to try and make fanfic binding as accessible to everyone as possible, so here are some resources on how to make a fanfic hardcover for under $25.

This is a barebones bind for the broke college students and such. Happy to field questions, too!

Here's a proposed budget breakdown:

Loosely organized thoughts:

Fanfic bookbinders often share typesets amongst each other. Never pay for a typeset for a fanfic. (A typeset is shorthand in fic binding circles for a fanfic that has been formatted/designed and paginated like a book, to be printed out.)

You'll hear a lot about grain direction for your printer paper, but as a newbie on a budget without your own printer, settle for some nice 92 bright or cream colored paper. If you like the hobby, splurge after but expect to pay at least 2-3x more for short grain paper.

Printing is a pain because some copy shops won't let you print intellectual property smut, and it's very expensive. You are better off bartering instead or looking for a free printer on Buy Nothing.

You know the thick paper wrapping that comes with online orders? It's a good weight for endpapers if you need to scrounge. Paper grocery bags or gift bags (birthday presents) might work, too.

Ask your local library to give you covers from books they are throwing out. Ask for outdated textbooks (those covers are built like tanks) or three-ring binders that are too busted to be binders anymore.

Obtain a used book that was mass produced (so your destruction of it does not impede anyone's access) and maybe even become a little vindictive with it.

If you can afford it, I recommend the Olfa SVR knife (~$10)

If you can afford it, upgrade your ruler to a t-square.

(Links to Amazon products above are affiliate links)

I really hope this resource is helpful! I want to stress how possible this is and encourage people to cherish what they love through art.

If you are interested in fanfic binding and have a little more disposable income, I have an affordable Fan Fiction Bookbinding Starter Pack that I carry on my site. I pack them myself and drop them 1x/month on the 15th.

[magekrove]

my svsss comic about sqq and his little personality split (what if)

[vothlann]

Basically, I was inspired to draw Shen Yuan from the fanfic called Cultivate: Slow Life on a Monster-Infested Mountain. This was fun and the first time I practiced dramatic lighting. It's not perfect, but I think this has helped me to improve my art skills :P

Also, many thanks to NeonGhostCat for making such an amazing book! I love the details about the scenery and clothing. It was so much fun to interpret that into art xD It also has incredible twists that just casually happen, and I think that's the best and funniest thing ever :3 Hope you all have a nice day!

[rox-of-iu]

if no one got me i know cultivate mondays got me. can I get a wahoo-

(spoilers)

(i know we havent met the other peak lords but I just wanted to redraw some memes let me have this)

[rox-of-iu]

yes im clowning here again even tho there wasnt even a full new chapter cycle between the last batch I know but listen I'm rotating them in my brain constantly don't look at me-

(thats why its in a reblog instead of its own post btw. cuz its not tied to the soon-to-be-released new chapter just more add-ons to the last post hsagdaj)

[rox-of-iu]

if no one got me i know cultivate mondays got me. can I get a wahoo-

(spoilers)

(i know we havent met the other peak lords but I just wanted to redraw some memes let me have this)

[rox-of-iu]

yes im clowning here again even tho there wasnt even a full new chapter cycle between the last batch I know but listen I'm rotating them in my brain constantly don't look at me-

(thats why its in a reblog instead of its own post btw. cuz its not tied to the soon-to-be-released new chapter just more add-ons to the last post hsagdaj)

[sonialiao]

Me, a clown: hey i kind of miss drawing flowers, lets work on a garden for my next poster 🤩

My hand one week later: angry carpel tunnel noises

[friendodo]

Shen Qingqiu arrives with a tearful, red-faced Ning Yingying to the sight of two children biting the Bai Zhan Peak Lord.

drew my fave scene so far from the amazing fic Shen Yuan of No Relation by @grubus!!! this is a 10/10 friendodo recommendation, go read it!!!

twitter ver

[joyousgard]

“ao3 should have an algorithm” ao3 should continue only giving me exactly what I ask for which happens because I know how to use the search, sort, and filter functions

[nashscribblings]

Patreon done goofed.

If you haven't been made aware, Patreon shat the bed at the start of this billing cycle:

I had quite a few Patrons knocked off the roll this time around. If you got declined or a fraud warning or something, please be patient and try to stay on top of it.

Considering Grady's health issues, this comes at a really bad time. Pitching in would be appreciated.

[nashscribblings]

An update:

For some reason, Patreon appears to have moved its payment processor to Ireland. This is causing some American banks to see payments routed internationally and they're flagging the charges as fraudulent.

Just a giant damn mess.

[bigbigtruck]

I've lost about 1/5 of my Patreon income due to this mess, and I've gotten of WAY easier than most artists. Please check your subscriptions and transactions!!