#document design

[docdesign]

This is an example of a more professional zine done in a unique and highly artistic style. Titled "Plastik Comb" by Thomas Schostok and Aaron Beebe, I chose this zine due to its rebellion from the convention of many other documents, such as using grids and relying heavily on text to further the document's message. The co-author of this zine and the creator of the cult 90s PDF magazine "Beast," Thomas Schostok, discusses his design choices further:

"This is a magazine about contemporary art with an unusual layout. Plastik Comb  was designed according to the style of the featured artist. Images and the text form a graphic fusion, and each spread is more a piece of art than a common, magazine-style layout. Each page stands for itself and could just as well be framed on the wall. The layouts are reminiscent of the renowned magazines of the 1990s, such as Raygun, Speak, or BlahBlahBlah. The basic idea is to create something completely new with every page and every issue, and not to stick to the usual conventions and grids. Plastik Comb is independent and is produced and distributed by artists. It does not depend on selling well and is therefore not subject to any economic rules, which often dictate the content and type of presentation.”

[natbspov]

Document Design Example - Repetition

This manual is from a chicken run I helped build over the weekend! While it was hard to follow as the pages continued, the front page does an excellent job maintaining the design principle of repetition. Each piece has its own letter, number, and image associated with it. You know exactly what each piece is called and how many are in the box. At the same time, each image is center-aligned in its box, so even if the pieces are two very different shapes and sizes, there's still clarity on the page!

-Natalie

[shawnjordison]

Creating Descriptive URLs and Links | Section 508 for Word

More best practices for Section 508 compliant Word Documents with Shawn Jordison! #Section508Compliance #AccessibilityMatters #MicrosoftWordTips #AccessibleDocuments #InclusiveDesign #DigitalAccessibility #ScreenReaderFriendly #WordDocumentAccessibility

Today we’re diving into the crucial topic of making Microsoft Word documents compliant with Section 508 of The Rehabilitation Act: ensuring URLs are descriptive and describe to the user the content of the linked page. This element is not only fascinating but also essential for MS Word accessibility and inclusivity. Video Guide Descriptive URLs and Section 508 Compliance One of the fundamental…

[jewelrydocument]

Bear jaw mask with 18k gold teeth by SPYLXN

Via @spylxn

[bacchuschucklefuck]

they tried to rebrand as The Criminals but riz is literally the city council's treasurer and also turns out people in their late 20s don't really name their friend groups. so now they're The Intrepid Heroes

[theacecouple]

For the first time in history, we are pleased to announce that the state of Kansas is formally recognizing Ace Week!!!

[secondbeatsongs]

hey, don't cry

tumblr is the new pdf! ok?

[falloutnewnobody]

how van buren joshua graham looks at you after ruining your reputation with all of the in game tribes, insulting every neutral npc within a 15 mile radius, and giving you negative luck within the first five seconds of joining your party

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murder drones intermission vuzi send post

[remxedmoon]

Are. Are you still working on Isatscryption? I hope u are... Bcuz I just read through the entire tag. And I saw the WIPs. Please tell me ur still working on ittt.....

hi! i had to rewrite this entire thing, because tumblr doesn’t want me talking about isatscryption, i guess. anyways. sorry to disappoint, but i lost the drive to work on it last year after hitting a particularly bad roadblock (why did i think making a hundred variants of the frozen opossum was a good idea) and my fixation on isat faded earlier this year, so it’s kinda just. in limbo for the time being. but since im here, i might as well showcase everything i’d made before losing steam, since people are interested. who knows, maybe i’ll pick the au back up someday but for now, heres what i had.

long ass post under the cut, i had a lot more to say than i expected.

okay, first things first, terrain cards! exciting, i know. i actually had an entire inscryption campaign planned out for this au, complete with new maps and everything. those maps being the ghost town (a frozen dormont), the frost path (the path between dormont and the house), the castle (house of change), and the throne room. each map also had a list of cards that appear in encounters, because i’m deranged, but those are also: kinda boring.

petrified wood was intended for the frost path and is pretty self explanatory, while the barrel and pillar were meant for the castle. their sigils are references to memory of barrels and pillars respectively, and they would’ve given you a free item at the start of the encounter. in hindsight, i think that made the castle way too easy, especially for a final map. i think those sigils should’ve probably been locked behind a cabin puzzle. yes i was thinking about game balancing for an au that was never going to be made into a mod.

the 4th card in this terrain set was going to be the frozen creature card i mentioned earlier, which was a copy of the frozen opossum that could drop other beasts. unfortunately, i bit off way more than i could chew and decided to make a variant for every tribe in the game, including the hidden rodent tribe. this was the worst decision i ever made, and i couldn’t even get through one before it killed all my momentum. if i ever pick this au back up, im just making it one card.

while i did have other custom cards planned, they were all boss exclusives + never really got made. speaking of those bosses though, they had a lot going on! i realized pretty early on that turning the isat bosses into masks was impossible, they just aren’t human enough to look good and recognizable. so, i turned them into stage puppets instead! they had visible strings holding them up, and you would’ve been able to see them hanging on the wall in the cabin! i’m still pretty proud of that idea

that being said, they aren’t all. finished. so i’m just going to start with the ones who had the most work done.

the lovers were the boss of the frost path and my take on accablement and abattement! a sheep and a wolf stitched together by the mycologists. the sheep was lovestruck while the wolf was detached, and at the phase 2 shift, the sheep would either sacrifice itself to the wolf or the wolf would suddenly attack and eat the sheep. fun stuff! they would use powerful fusions of canine and hooved cards during phase 1, and replace them with regular fused canines during phase 2. i really wanted to use the mycologists’ boss gimmick here, but i couldn’t figure out how to make it work with only 4 spaces for cards. alas… despite that, they were my favorite of the bosses.

skipping straight to the final boss here. the frost king (or just the king, according to my notes??) was meant to replace leshy/royal as the final encounter. this art of him is actually fairly outdated by now, i drew it before i decided on making the bosses puppets, and all of those candles are supposed to be frozen in the air! they would’ve gone out and abruptly fell at each phase change.

phase 1 was. pretty boring? the king primarily used strong tribeless/canine cards, and he used royal’s gimmick of targetting certain spots on the field. instead of destroying the cards on them, he would turn them into frozen creatures. if i did this now, i’d probably him freeze your entire board, similar to the prospector.

phase 2 on the other hand, was actually the reason i made those party deathcards way back when! they were intended to be used by the king during this fight, because i thought it’d be fucked up. this does mean that leshy’s quote on that post doesn’t actually appear in the campaign, because he’s not narrating this fight. i feel like king would have something to say about them, but i never wrote anything down. sad!

and phase 3 is predictable i think. the king monologues about how he’s doing the universe’s will and doesn’t get why he’s losing, only for him to suddenly understand what the universe wants him to do. he then takes leshy’s camera, points it toward himself, and turns himself into a card to fight you. something about the cards being a perfect snapshot of life, eternal in ink. i don’t know, i never finished writing that scene. probably an obvious direction to go, but i think it’s neat.

as a note, this is where my first draft of this post got sent directly to the void. it survived this time, at least!

i’m going to just do the calamity (calamité) and the pestilence (bourdon) here because im less proud of them. the calamity was the first boss, and i never actually found a design for it that i was happy with. their boss fight revolved around the transformer sigil from act 3. their cards would cycle between avian, canine, and reptile, and their tribe would be shown on calamity’s face. during the phase change, their head and half of the field would get covered in fog, so you’d have to keep track of which tribe their cards would be yourself. i actually quite like this boss gimmick, i just never really managed to make them a Character.

and i had fucking NOTHING for the pestilence. my notes literally are just about bees, because bourdon is french for bumblebee. i think the only idea i had for them was that they’d have some kind of card that’d grow stronger depending on how many unique tribes were on the field. i never managed to make a design for them… sorry bourdon.

and finally, the secret boss! the change god!! yipee!! this was a fun one. i never fully figured out how you’d encounter them, but they required you to do a puzzle in the cabin. they’d take you into a white void, be a little asshole, and then challenge you to a battle. they were an absolute shithead, iirc they refused to give you information without doing a battle because it’d be “boring”. i love them.

mechanically, this is also one of my favorites! much like magnificus in act 2, they’d replace the sigils on your cards with new ones. but, instead of the mox sigils, every single sigil is now amorphous. this extends to their cards once they enter the field and cards without sigils. at the phase change, they’d clear the field and start playing cards from your own deck, starting with your strongest card. i haven’t talked about totems here, but they use the hooved totem head! because vaugardians are all hooved animals :3

aaand i think that’s all i can fit in here without tumblr yelling at me. i actually had a lot of fun writing this (despite having to do it twice), i didn’t realize how much i missed isatscryption. part of me actually kinda wants to revisit it now?? that’s not a promise or anything, don’t get your hopes up. maybe i’ll do a part 2 to show off some of the stuff i couldn’t fit into this post at least?

hope this was at least somewhat satisfactory 👍

[docdesign]

Post 5 Submission

This is a collage poem I found by a poet named Josephine Corcoran. This collage reminds me of the DIY element of the physical zines we created for our final project. In this poem, Josephine depicts the slanted nature of politics by cutting out the words and placing them diagonally. This choice in design and alignment, along with the personal objects belonging to the poet and the natural elements like the flowers, creates a dynamic world that works together to create meaning from elements that would mean less on their own. I also love the visual element where the words are cut out on pointed pieces of paper, showing that the truth cuts like a dagger. Everything is placed with a reason, and it's clear to see that the subject, Trump, is the subject of the poem because he is the largest underlying image in the poem.

[dungeonmalcontent]

The trickiest thing is, really, how much space do I want to give to any one element and then how do I balance out the space in totality. I might actually have to design something else first due to a second physical peripheral document having some space overlap with the character sheet.

Before I get any further on this RPG project, I'm starting on a character sheet. See how that goes. If I can endure the tedium of that design, making it how I want to look, maybe I'll actually finish this and do it well. Doesn't hurt that I prefer a very clinical and precise visual design style, which is a bit easier than a lot of others hat I have seen.

[shawnjordison]

Making Microsoft Word Documents Keyboard Accessible|Section 508 for Word

Another post exploring Word & Section 508 compliance: Ensuring links are navigable using keyboard commands. #KeyboardAccessibility, #MicrosoftWord, #Section508, #AccessibleDocuments, #ScreenReaders, #AssistiveTech, #InclusiveDesign, #DigitalAccessibility

Today, we’re diving into a crucial aspect of making Microsoft Word documents compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act: ensuring keyboard accessibility for links. This element is not only fascinating but also essential for creating inclusive and accessible content. Video Guide     Get accessible documents now     Understanding Keyboard Accessibility in Word Keyboard accessibility…

[jewelrydocument]

Horn lighter by Carl Auböck

Vienna, Austria mid 20th century

Via 1stDibs

[isbergillustration]

It’s trans day of visibility so I drew my trans and nonbinary tattoo artists and part time necromancer/necromancee characters. Like them I am also trans nonbinary, but I prefer to be invisible.