Это фан-проект по созданию визуальной новеллы по игре "Pathologic"
The full English translation of the Pathologic Dating Sim is here!
It has been such an honor and a pleasure to be a part of the English localization team ♥️
Thank you to @mattewkanada and the rest of the Russian developers for letting us work with them on this piece of art! So much heart and soul has gone into this project, and everyone should go play it now ♥️
Ничего не бойся,
Ни о чем не жалей.
Давай забудем обо всем,
Улыбнись, если было о чем.
Трейлер финального дня Pathologic: Визуальная новелла.
Арт: BillyToots и Маттьё
Анимация и постпродакшн: Персичек
Трек: ifwe - Солнце
After a long game of subterfuge and a circuitous trip through the post, I can at long last share this gift that I made for @starsforscales !
The typeset is one I am particularly fond of. I used plates from Cloches de Noël et de Pâques, a compilation of art plates by Alphonse Mucha compiled by Emile Gebhart. The bookcloth reminded me of fur or cowhide, and made a nice juxtaposition with the leaf-patterned endpapers. It all felt right for a story about herb brides.
The fic, Death and the Dancer, was made as an incredibly generous gift to me, so I had to return the favor. I suggest you all go give it a read, of course ♥️
Rescued a used copy of one of my all-time favorite books, trimmed the edges, and gave it a fresh cover!
My original plan was to make a very ornate design/border which I may still do later, but for now I like the way the simplicity draws you in. Made with duo Evening Red, because the queen Tanith Lee deserves it ♥️
Three hidden fore-edge paintings for the Elven Kings for three commissioned copies of Between Two Fires for author Christopher Buehlman!
The robin is a reference to the song Delphine sings while traveling through Paris, which her mother taught her. The angels presiding over the demon falling into a river needs no further explanation! And the stag and boar running through the autumn woods is a depiction of the hunting scene later in the book.
These were such a pleasure to make, and honestly, great practice for me. I no longer feel intimidated by leather binding and gilded fore-edges! Though with temperatures soaring up over 105 this summer, the hours I spent outside sanding down edges made for hard work 💪🏽
Each book has it's own personality, with none being exactly identical. I tried to match marbled paper and woven endband colors with what I had planned for each individual fore-edge painting.
After roughly planning out a thumbnail in Procreate, I try to finish the physical painting within a single day to prevent putting too much strain on the book spine for too long. This tiny painting press was jigged up by my dad (¡gracias papito!), and it helps immensely while I complete the piece.
It also delights me that all 4 books (including the first gifted copy) were made from the same leather hide! Though each cover has its own patterning and texture from being individually cut and hand dyed, they are all connected ♥️
Thank you so much to Christopher Buehlman for the opportunity to bring these to life! I am so proud of them!
My most ambitious bookbinding project to date, a gift for author Christopher Buehlman for his incredible book Between Two Fires.
More info and process below the cut!
Since the book is set during the 14th century, I really wanted to do a typeset that included semi-contemporary art as accents. Before even printing the book there was a lot of work to do in the typeset process, including researching the artwork for chapter pages and dropcaps, as well as the title page image, all taken from woodcuts from the 15th-16th century (most of them are from Hans Holbein the Younger). It's not quite the same time period as the story, but I liked the more austere look of old woodcuts to illuminated art from the 1300s.
After typesetting and formatting, it was time to print, fold, and sew!
Then trimming the sawtooth edges with a chisel...
...and gilding the edges, weaving faux double-core endbands, and painting a hidden fore-edge image that reveals itself only when the book is flexed. These were all Firsts for me, and while they are far from perfectly executed, I'm obsessed. Every book is getting gilded edges and fore-edge paintings now.
I really wanted this book to have a leather cover, both because I've been eager to try my first true leather case, and because it felt so fitting for the rough, Medieval vibes of the book itself. Unfortunately, I got influenced by my local leather supplier, who convinced me that dying my own leather was the way to go...
...and she was right 🙈 I love how much control over the color and texture of the finished leather I have this way, and I will definitely be using up this veg-tanned hide that I purchased for future projects.
The symbol on the front (matched on the back) is my own design, and meant to evoke a comet. The detail of the protagonist Thomás witnessing a comet in the sky, and thus standing between the fires of the heavens and earth, was one I wanted to emphasize for the title.
I'm so thoroughly proud of the finished project, hiccups and all, and I'm so eager to make more leatherbound books now. Thank you so much to Christopher Buehlman for his blessing in creating this bind, which is now safely within his possession!
Getting stoked for Pathologic 3: Quarantine to drop next week, so of course, I had to prepare for a themed play party with my friend!
I spent the day cleaning up/redrawing the shmowder, panacea, and twyrine labels from the Patho 2 assets and making some printable and foldable mockups! I hand-foiled the twyrine label myself, though it would work just as well painted gold or left as-is.
If anyone wants to make their own to join in the festivities on March 17th (Bachelor day!), I made an easily printable page! For the shmowder, just cut along the red lines and fold like a matchbox. Works especially well when printed on cardstock, but printer paper works fine!
My first serious book rehab project for my friend Beta! Her beat-up old copy of The Poisonwood Bible had, in her words, the "covers ripped off when I got it. This was left behind in my high school study hall and the teacher said if no one claimed it then I could have it."
I had to completely cut off the previous spine, since the original was perfect-bound and VERY tattered. I re-glued everything and reinforced the "new" spine with a literal strip of surgical bandage (my cheap alternative to buying bookbinding mull, which is just a wide-weave cloth anyway). It was so much fun to redesign this cover based on what I knew of the contents, and there was something so lovely about knowing I was giving a much-loved book new life! ✨
Bind #4 was when I decided to invest in a foil quill and play around on this Secret Santa gift for @kinkmom! This is an anthology of all her Pathologic fics in a snug little tome, and my first foray into some slightly fancier typesetting. I'm so proud of the result!
blakekathryn
pixelskylines
dailybridgerton
jbbartram-illu
annaxmalina
stormborns
