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Okay, I am LATE but this post is dedicated to Great Decisions’ 2-year b-day!! 🥳🎉
Sad, I wasn't ready for the official date, but I gave myself a week, and here we are! I am making a bookbind for Great Decisions by @rydoesartandstuff!! A beautiful story that honestly deserves better than what I can give it! But I'm gonna give it my best shot
So here's a couple of pages as I am currently still in the typeset
Overall info:
I am planning on yapping about this for a sec, so here's a summary!
The illustrations you see are not done and are temporary to see what they would look like in the typeset. Goin' for Trolls scrapbook and paperdolls
There's going to be at least 4 books. The current PDFs are for a 7 x 5 book because that's what I have for supplies but I am planning on making another set for A4 paper.
Currently the first book is over 921 pages on Word, but when printed, that should be cut by about half in irl.
The four books are: 1 = The wilderness + Pop Village, 2 = Trolls + The JD Depression ark, 3 = TWT + The JD bandaid ark, 4 = TBT + ???
Might be five books, depending on how long the last two arcs are, and if I want to make a book for the author's notes + QnA answers + art stuff!
So I'm making these books for me, which just means they will be up to my standards and not necessarily "professional" in any way. If anyone has advice or fun facts for me, I would love to read them! Also questions are more then welcomed as well!
I think this will take me a long time, and I'm kinda excited for it!
Illustrations:
The currently shown art is not the final, but I wanted to show what I was thinking and it helps me see what it might look like. I am trying to make the art look kinda like Poppy’s scrapbooks and kinda like paper dolls while still having some of that illustration vibesss. I'm liking how it's turning out! I want to add more textures as that is such a big part, to me, from the Trolls movies!
I'm thinking about making the full illustration the chapter heading itself but this will most likely be the only one that is, if I do. So far I want every book to have a pre-book illustration to show The Boi’s current state. I just think it would be nice.
I was also hoping to wait for Ry to answer my latest ask but I waited too long to ask them! Because I kinda wanted more of their answers before they realized what I was using it for, I guess if they don't read this, I'll be fine lol! but
I have asked Ry what some of their favorite/iconic scenes they think of with certain parts of the books, and I’m planning on illustrating most of those scenes! Plus a bit of my personal favorites. Some are going to be small doodle illustrations to the side or something, but I would like to do every scene they mention!
I haven't drawn illustrations for my bookbinds before so uh, hopefully I'm not giving myself too much hah! I'm excited and I'm planning on taking my time with it
Font:
I might mess with the chapter heading font. I'm not sure if I'm happy with it but it's nice right now.
The drop cap (the fancy first letter~) I made if you can't tell lol. The font I think might be a bit too thick but overall I like it! I wanted a leafy and like heavy lettering that I just couldn't find so I tried making a font for the first time!
If anyone sees anything funky, let me know! I have no idea what makes a "good font."
Typeset:
I'm kinda close to being done with the typeset. I'm messing with the frontmatter right now with how I want to arrange it and what exactly I want in it. Like, do I want all the tags at the start or put them in an appendix at the end? Where do I want the illustration and the quote? Is the illustration going to be on the right side or left? That kind of thing
And I would like to make a custom table of contents. I don't really like the ones on Word. I'm not quite sure how to do that yet, besides just drawing one out manually once I'm all done messing with the pages. So we will see!
So, book one is practically all done with typesetting until I get the illustrations done, then I just have to redo the drop caps to make sure they all look nice!
I'm working on two and three at the same time.
I'm not planning on starting on four until the story gets concluded!
Books:
There's gonna be four books, so far. The PDFs are for a 7 x 5 book since I think small book cute, plus the supplies I already have for bookbinding are for that size.
Book one will be = The wilderness + Pop Village, Book two = Trolls + The JD Depression ark, Book three = TWT + The JD bandaid ark, and Book four = TBT + ???
Then I think I might make an Appendix-type book just as a bonus? Right now I have eatch Author notes at the end of each book in an appendix, but I think it might be kinda cool to have a seperate book to read that. Though I don't know if it might just be annoying to have to grab and keep track of.
So! I think to make it cooler and worth having a whole book for this, I could put answers to QnA's in it and maybe some art! Either the author's own work for each character as a reference, or maybe some of the fan art in there too, as kinda a history thing to have!
Also, it would make the Story books shorter, which might be a plus
Pages as of today on Word for any who are curious
Book one: 921 (The Great Creator wrote so much for the gremlin children, and I love it- Especially since they wanted to write more XD)
Book two: 626
Book three: 760
Conclusion:
Thank you, Ry, for making a cool story and sticking with it as best you can! I think we all can tell how much love and care you put into eatch chapter!!!
I'm very happy to have a new long-term project to work on! I'm also excited to have this story on my shelf!!!!!
This is SO SO COOL OMG I'M OBSESSED WITH THE CREATIVITY!
The homemade text, the drawings, AH! I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to hear you love this story so much that you'd make something like THIS for it! It just simply blows my mind ToT
I wish you all the fun in making it, and I will get to your ask today! (Hopefully XD) Gosh, I'm just grinning like an idiot over here, I gotta go lie down...
I am having fun and hopefully it turns out alright lol!
I honestly love it so much! And don't even worry about answering in anything I ask quickly! I'm still working on the first set! Be as fast or as slow as you'd like!
Okay, I am LATE but this post is dedicated to Great Decisions’ 2-year b-day!! 🥳🎉
Sad, I wasn't ready for the official date, but I gave myself a week, and here we are! I am making a bookbind for Great Decisions by @rydoesartandstuff!! A beautiful story that honestly deserves better than what I can give it! But I'm gonna give it my best shot
So here's a couple of pages as I am currently still in the typeset
Overall info:
I am planning on yapping about this for a sec, so here's a summary!
The illustrations you see are not done and are temporary to see what they would look like in the typeset. Goin' for Trolls scrapbook and paperdolls
There's going to be at least 4 books. The current PDFs are for a 7 x 5 book because that's what I have for supplies but I am planning on making another set for A4 paper.
Currently the first book is over 921 pages on Word, but when printed, that should be cut by about half in irl.
The four books are: 1 = The wilderness + Pop Village, 2 = Trolls + The JD Depression ark, 3 = TWT + The JD bandaid ark, 4 = TBT + ???
Might be five books, depending on how long the last two arcs are, and if I want to make a book for the author's notes + QnA answers + art stuff!
So I'm making these books for me, which just means they will be up to my standards and not necessarily "professional" in any way. If anyone has advice or fun facts for me, I would love to read them! Also questions are more then welcomed as well!
I think this will take me a long time, and I'm kinda excited for it!
Illustrations:
The currently shown art is not the final, but I wanted to show what I was thinking and it helps me see what it might look like. I am trying to make the art look kinda like Poppy’s scrapbooks and kinda like paper dolls while still having some of that illustration vibesss. I'm liking how it's turning out! I want to add more textures as that is such a big part, to me, from the Trolls movies!
I'm thinking about making the full illustration the chapter heading itself but this will most likely be the only one that is, if I do. So far I want every book to have a pre-book illustration to show The Boi’s current state. I just think it would be nice.
I was also hoping to wait for Ry to answer my latest ask but I waited too long to ask them! Because I kinda wanted more of their answers before they realized what I was using it for, I guess if they don't read this, I'll be fine lol! but
I have asked Ry what some of their favorite/iconic scenes they think of with certain parts of the books, and I’m planning on illustrating most of those scenes! Plus a bit of my personal favorites. Some are going to be small doodle illustrations to the side or something, but I would like to do every scene they mention!
I haven't drawn illustrations for my bookbinds before so uh, hopefully I'm not giving myself too much hah! I'm excited and I'm planning on taking my time with it
Font:
I might mess with the chapter heading font. I'm not sure if I'm happy with it but it's nice right now.
The drop cap (the fancy first letter~) I made if you can't tell lol. The font I think might be a bit too thick but overall I like it! I wanted a leafy and like heavy lettering that I just couldn't find so I tried making a font for the first time!
If anyone sees anything funky, let me know! I have no idea what makes a "good font."
Typeset:
I'm kinda close to being done with the typeset. I'm messing with the frontmatter right now with how I want to arrange it and what exactly I want in it. Like, do I want all the tags at the start or put them in an appendix at the end? Where do I want the illustration and the quote? Is the illustration going to be on the right side or left? That kind of thing
And I would like to make a custom table of contents. I don't really like the ones on Word. I'm not quite sure how to do that yet, besides just drawing one out manually once I'm all done messing with the pages. So we will see!
So, book one is practically all done with typesetting until I get the illustrations done, then I just have to redo the drop caps to make sure they all look nice!
I'm working on two and three at the same time.
I'm not planning on starting on four until the story gets concluded!
Books:
There's gonna be four books, so far. The PDFs are for a 7 x 5 book since I think small book cute, plus the supplies I already have for bookbinding are for that size.
Book one will be = The wilderness + Pop Village, Book two = Trolls + The JD Depression ark, Book three = TWT + The JD bandaid ark, and Book four = TBT + ???
Then I think I might make an Appendix-type book just as a bonus? Right now I have eatch Author notes at the end of each book in an appendix, but I think it might be kinda cool to have a seperate book to read that. Though I don't know if it might just be annoying to have to grab and keep track of.
So! I think to make it cooler and worth having a whole book for this, I could put answers to QnA's in it and maybe some art! Either the author's own work for each character as a reference, or maybe some of the fan art in there too, as kinda a history thing to have!
Also, it would make the Story books shorter, which might be a plus
Pages as of today on Word for any who are curious
Book one: 921 (The Great Creator wrote so much for the gremlin children, and I love it- Especially since they wanted to write more XD)
Book two: 626
Book three: 760
Conclusion:
Thank you, Ry, for making a cool story and sticking with it as best you can! I think we all can tell how much love and care you put into eatch chapter!!!
I'm very happy to have a new long-term project to work on! I'm also excited to have this story on my shelf!!!!!
Anyway about the actual art, it's a bit messy but when is my art not. I'm trying to mess with how to draw Trolls in general but also these two goofballs. I think I might make Hickory a bit more beefy later as he is in the authors illustration but we will see!
Mostly I just wanted to draw the two because I miss them T^T and I needed more of John Dory being oblivious lol. Then I started thinking about how JD just picks people up sometimes and I was like how would he pick up Hickory? And I was like, like he would a critter so here we are-
JD is 100% thr type to become overly protective to anyone injured/sick, even if mild, and Hickory is no exception!!! I love this, I needed this, Oblivious JD and Smitten Hickory my beloved…
Trust me, we will eventually get some good ol JD and Hickory healing time… Eventually. One of my friends keeps asking when JD and Hickory will have their “Go to the Cottage” moment (Heated Rivalry style)😂
But this art is beautiful, I’m currently gnawing on it like a deranged beast, BLESS, I love everything about them!!!
Also him just scooping Hickory is EVERYTHING TO ME
Anyway about the actual art, it's a bit messy but when is my art not. I'm trying to mess with how to draw Trolls in general but also these two goofballs. I think I might make Hickory a bit more beefy later as he is in the authors illustration but we will see!
Mostly I just wanted to draw the two because I miss them T^T and I needed more of John Dory being oblivious lol. Then I started thinking about how JD just picks people up sometimes and I was like how would he pick up Hickory? And I was like, like he would a critter so here we are-
JD is 100% thr type to become overly protective to anyone injured/sick, even if mild, and Hickory is no exception!!! I love this, I needed this, Oblivious JD and Smitten Hickory my beloved…
Trust me, we will eventually get some good ol JD and Hickory healing time… Eventually. One of my friends keeps asking when JD and Hickory will have their “Go to the Cottage” moment (Heated Rivalry style)😂
But this art is beautiful, I’m currently gnawing on it like a deranged beast, BLESS, I love everything about them!!!
Also him just scooping Hickory is EVERYTHING TO ME
Anyway about the actual art, it's a bit messy but when is my art not. I'm trying to mess with how to draw Trolls in general but also these two goofballs. I think I might make Hickory a bit more beefy later as he is in the authors illustration but we will see!
Mostly I just wanted to draw the two because I miss them T^T and I needed more of John Dory being oblivious lol. Then I started thinking about how JD just picks people up sometimes and I was like how would he pick up Hickory? And I was like, like he would a critter so here we are-
If I had a dime for every show I've watched that had someone dying while their best friend was getting some, I would have two dimes. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
When I was younger everyone cared about Talk Like a Pirate Day. Every September 19th it'd be yars and shivers me timber all the way down, and people took delight in it. Now nobody ever talks like a pirate, on that day or any other. So few of us cling to the old ways. This is where our society went wrong. People not talking about pirates once a year, everything else about society is fine, probably
