#meta creations

[aydracz]

I turned my favourite GO fanfics into mini books

As part of my larger mixed-media project, I created these mini books as a big kudos to the wonderful authors who created these masterpieces.

a lighthouse (burning) by @books-and-omens

Black and silver for the storm, blue endpapers for the raging seas and cracks on the spine for that big lighthouse mystery and the erosion of trust that goes hand in hand with it.

Read the fic here

Strange Moons by @racketghost

Lots of death, military uniforms and significant emotional moments in the sunlight (or its absence). Hence skeletons, green and gold.

Read the series here

A Memory of Eden by @improbabledreams900

A more traditional design for the most emotionally devastating fanfic I have ever read. Big embellishments didn't seem fitting for a story that doesn't sugarcoat the realities of life (and death) in any way.

Read the fic here

To make the mini books, I used the printables provided by Thicketworks Studio that I redesigned in Canva for my purposes. (The link currently doesn't seem to be working, but hopefully it's just a glitch.)

Bonus: Aziraphale's tiny spectacles (made from a garden wire)

The books and spectacles are now part of my South Downs cottage cosplay

[aydracz]

The South Downs cottage windows

As promised, here are the windows used in my cosplay of the South Downs cottage.

I used real photos of British cottage interiors and added a few bits and pieces to make each of them tell the story I wanted. Let's see how many easter eggs and references you can spot!

1. Kitchen

2. Aziraphale's library

(After I selected this photo, a friend pointed out to me that there is a Terry Pratchett quote in there: “Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.” A good omen indeed!)

3. Crowley's plant room

5. Living room, part 1

6. Living room, part 2

7. Bathroom

8. Staircase

Which leads to the...

9. Bedroom. I'll leave the details up to you.

That's it! The great thing about the removable windows is that I can change and update the scenes as needed and so the cottage can be an ever-evolving thing. Let's see where the story takes us!

P.S. if you spotted the ineffable ducks in the bathroom, they are by Shadow Raven Creations: here. I got the AO3 tag sticker at last year's TIC and you can find it here.)