creating the River Song Journal
a few years ago (dear lord, that makes me sound so old) I wanted to make a very special birthday present for my best friend who happenes to be a Whovian, just like me.
And I thought I could get a nice River Song Journal. But all those you can find online are either crappy or waaayyy to expensive.
So I decided to do what I can do best Save the day! caughing Sorry, it wont happen again. I decided to make one myself.
The reason this post is coming now: I just found the old pictures and want to share my thoughts and the struggles I had trough the process. Maybe I can inspire others or help you creating your very own River Song Journal.
Lean back and enjoy the show:
First I did some research and stuff cuz I wanted to create something as accurate as possible.
(1) I googled around a little for the Color
or this, same color code tho.
But they didn’t sell that in my local art store so screw that I had to mix my own color! (a picture will appear later in the process, like a wilde bulbasaur or something)
I’ll just get some shades of blue, a white and a black one in order to … improvise.
A blank hardcover Notebook; the Colours; carton; glue; Tissue Paper. I already had a box cutter somewhere at home.
For the particular kind of pattern I did some more research.
And found this nice thingy
somebody else created that in order to also make their own Journal big thanks for that, it really helped me back then
but still I had to alter it in order to make it fit on the book I got.
I would really recommend switching between cutting with the box cutter and the scissor because cutter takes longer but doesn’t really hurt while scissor hurst and is fast. But you have to be very careful with the scissor because I ruined some of the carton pieces.
And now glue it on the Book!!
This looks like something already!
carefully glue the Tissue paper on it in order to create a nice patina, haptic and optic. Use a brush and something wallpaper adhesive-ish. It’s nice finish for the surface.
always let it dry properly and don’t color it too unitary. Uniqueness is beautiful.
Try not to let THAT happen.
Last thing: making it look more antique and used.
Google helps. Earl gray colors better than coffee or different things. So let me just brew some an put it in a spray can
Sidenote: She was very happy about the present. And I had fun making it!
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