#infodoc

[nika-the-hunter]

Spaceshiptember 2024 Day 14: Faster Than Light Film travel, the strange reality bending method of traveling the universe at ridiculous speed. This vessel is in the process of surfacing into the film, it is only part way through the process More info below the cut. Forgot to upload the rest of these :C Oops

Film Travel, also called Diving, is the only known form of Faster-Than-Light travel in the universe. It involves a vessel breaking out of known reality and cruising at speed along the outside of existence until they approach their destination, where they will breach back into the universe. Some more radical scientists liken the Film to a reservoir of literal magic, but that is not acknowledged by the wider scientific community despite the Film violating several laws of the universe.

The realm outside the universe is separated into two sections. There is the Film, and the Ether, or Void as some call it. The Film is an astronomically thin layer on the outside of the universe, which has been measured to vary between 42 to 80 AU thick. While the Ether's depth is unknown and presumed to be near infinite. Some observations can occasionally detect distant stars through the clouds of the Ether, but it is not known whether it is a reflection of our universe or another.

Inside the Film, there is a gravitational pull towards the Ether, placing it 'down' in retrospect. Its pull extends 15 AU into the Film, although it never exceeds more than 1g of force. The Film-Ether boundary is a shimmering one-way barrier, anything that passes fully into the Ether is unable to return, unless a tether or appendage is extended through the barrier to retrieve it.

There is also a ceiling appearing as a matte two-dimensional view of the milky way galaxy as seen from what would be presumed to be intergalactic space. It also has a gravitational pull but it only extends 15 meters from the surface, reaching a maximum strength of only .12g. The Ceiling is also a hard barrier, nothing is able to pass through or break through its surface unless using a Film Drive. Explosions of sufficient size will briefly warp and reverberate through the surface but will have no discernible lasting effect.

The speed of travel is dependent on the size and type of Drive used, with the smallest ship using the most up-to-date drive achieving speeds of .5 lightyears per hour of distance in real space.

Hazards:

OSHA mandates that direct exposure to drive energies be limited to 1 hour intervals, with no more than 10 cumulative hours per Dive to mitigate effects.

Drive technicians who spend extended periods of time within the containment space during drive operation are known to experience changes to their physiology, with the amount proportional to their exposure. Most minor changes vanish when transitioning back to normal space, however more extensive transformations are known to persist. Initial warning signs of over-exposure are known to be splotches of unusual skin texture, hair growth/loss, or other bodily proportion shifts. The latter are common in technicians who may be experiencing some form of body dysphoria or who are otherwise predisposed to modifications. If allowed to persist, full body changes can occur, which include but are not limited to gender inversion or anthropomorphic hybridization of species both known and unknown.

The side effects of Film exposure stated above are extremely uncommon outside of Drive containment areas, but not unheard of. Vessels are recommended to avoid the visible clouds of energy whenever passing through the Film in order to mitigate the possibility of a non-containment failure incident.

Studies have shown that lasting psychological changes have yet to be recorded as a direct effect of the energy exposure.

[falselyprofound]

Oooh, never mind. Found some cleaner photos of the manual and ID card. Definitely redoing that cover. Why is it so yellow

Current craft project idea: making myself a physical copy of The Lurking Horror, because that shit's been out of print for 38 years and is so expensive I'd be terrified to take it out of the box.

It's mostly the GUE at a Glance booklet I'm interested in recreating. Me and a friend have been doing a bit of bookbinding lately, so I could probably sew one together. Alternatively I could lean into how crappy student notebooks are and just get it spiral bound at officeworks. Hmm...

[zosanflashzine]

🎍No Matter Where💫 officially opens our Contributor Applications!

We're excited to see everyone's works! Take a shot and apply now!

Forms also used for NSFW side zine Anytime, Anyplace Links down below ⬇️⬇️

🗂️ Carrd: https://nomatterwherezine.carrd.co/ 📄 Docs: https://bit.ly/zosanflashzine-infodoc

🎨 Page/Comic: https://forms.gle/hpF2C9bmSH1fgDpr6 🖼️ Spot Art: https://forms.gle/x9i9yTj74n3V1VLZA 🖌️ Merch Art: https://forms.gle/MWph831e26M63kad7 🖊️ Writing: https://forms.gle/A5SshSKbsdat7aieA

@anizines @zine-scene @zinesubmissions @zineapps @atozines @opfandombase @opzinebulletin @zinetown @zinefeed

[hwsfemmephenomenon]

femme☆phenomenon is a zine celebrating the women cast of characters from Hetalia☆World Stars, released annually on March 8, International Women's Day

This project aims to shine a spotlight on the lovely ladies who often don't receive the love and screen time they deserve. Through a variety of visual mediums and writing, fans dedicate a moment of their time to uplifting one of fifteen characters

femme☆phenomenon One Of Those HetaGirls (1st Edition, 2025)

femme☆phenomenon Traversing Textiles (2nd Edition, 2026)

CARRD | 2026 INFODOC | INTEREST CHECK | MOD APPS

[peaterookie]

HEY!!! LET'S DO SOMETHING FUN FOR MONKEY PUNCH'S UPCOMING BIRTHDAY!!

I'm launching an art collab where you can redraw a MP chapter cover in your art style, and have it be showcased in a video!

Sounds fun? Check out the infodoc for more info and rules!

Send me an ask or comment if you have any questions!

[hmmkweek2025]

It's Finally Homumiko Week!

The wait is over and it's Homumiko Week at last! Please use the hashtags or tag us so that we can showcase your work. Have fun! 遂にホムミコウィークの始まりです！イベントの作品をシェアするように、ポストする際ハッシュタグを使って、あるいは我々のアカウントをタグしてください。このイベントを楽しみましょう♪ 호무미코윅 드디어 왔습니다! 해쉬태그 사용하거나 태그 하십시오. 이벤트 즐기십시오! Do be sure to check out our infodoc to reference how our tagging system works, or feel free to tag the blog directly!

Thank you to @steelsamuraiii for the beautiful art!! <3

[vodkaxtrenchcoats2]

Im working on a artur a infodoc but 2 people already posted one WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH 💔💔💔🥀 and the sleep meds are kicking in dawg I CANT DO THIS NO MORE

[naumin]

no tall towers: a postmortem

is 'postmortem' too dark a word for it? just talking about the things I learned while organising this project :)

this one's a bit rambly but it's got a little bit of instruction inside. if anyone has any questions get in touch and let's talk BOOKS!

the concept

in april i got the idea that i wanted to organise a laios/marcille fanbook (because i LOVE them and especially because there wasn't a lot of fanwork around). i originally wanted to produce and sell a solo doujin with 1 or 2 pieces of guest art. however when money and multiple people are involved there's the question of how to compensate everyone fairly. i had several ideas of how to do this:

pay contributors a fixed amount e.g. $50 per piece (this is hard when you have no idea how much your book will earn)

pay contributors a % of sales e.g. 10% of all earnings (this is hard because you need to keep track of it for as long as your book is being sold. you may want to limit how long your book is available for for this reason*)

because i didn't want to limit how long the book was available for and to make it as simple as possible for me on the admin side, i decided to make it a free book with open submissions.

*a limited sale period can be good because promoting a project is super exhausting the longer it goes on. 1 month is reasonable imo. but because this is a rare-ish pair for a newly popular series i wanted to keep it online so fans can keep finding it.

communications

i've been in almost 20 books as a contributor, and pretty much all of them create a discord server to handle communications. some are mandatory to join, some let you opt out and receive announcements via email only. depending on the projects some are very chatty and some are extremely quiet.

the main advantages of discord ime are networking (i've made great friends from being on a project together) - which also helps with morale and giving ppl positive feedback to make their works - and for organisers gives the option of instant communication, e.g. if someone asks a question several people are wondering about, you can answer them all in one go.

the disadvantages of discord ime are people muting the server (understandable) and possibly the need for moderation - most people are extremely lovely and civil, i just am a worrier. also, discord can be a time sink... you don't want to be backreading a chat for 30 minutes when you only have 30 minutes to work on your project a day! i get distracted easily so for me that was a no go. what was good is that there is a laimar server (run by @saccharineomens) so i knew people could still chat and support each other. i'm really grateful for that.

so, if you want to avoid discord my experience is you totally can. all you really need:

an info masterdoc on somewhere like google docs or a public blog post/web page - you need to be able to edit it in case you need to add new information (with a time/date marking the change)

a way for people to submit their works like google forms or just your email

a way for people to ask questions, my main tumblr blog worked fine for me. you may want to copy your answers to common questions into your infodoc as they come up

important documents

this is the infodoc I created for this project. one thing is I did forget to specify the orientation for image works (portrait), oops.

one thing I'd really like to see more in collab projects is for organisers to list their experience. we already ask contributors to give so much... what about on the other side u know. I think a lot of people leave it out because they might not think they have any relevant experience. Really try to dig deep and list any type of project you've been in or helped complete... doesn't have to be art or fandom related.. or maybe organise a solo project first to get your feet wet.

for example I used my solo books I made for school/zine fairs. i'm a visual artist and i rarely work with text. so some of them are pure images, then some of the comics have computer lettering, but technically speaking i never formatted large amounts of text in my books so that was something new I was promising people I'd do. but it wasn't scary because I think my previous projects gave me a foundation to try new stuff like that. that's all people need to see to be willing to trust you handling their works ime.

formatting a zine

so I personally used InDesign here, it's one I've worked with before and enjoy. for other pdf projects I've also used Scribus and really like it (I'll be using it for Nerd Sex again this year) and its free!!! I haven't used Scribus to format text yet but for pure image books it's a really simple case of creating your page-size image in your art program and then inserting onto the pdf pages of Scribus lol. really easy.

for previewing, viewing, rearranging etc anything to do with your pdf I really recommend PDF24. also free!!! 5 stars incredible software.

here are the indesign tutorials I used and liked:

How to Add Page Numbers

How to keep Page Numbers on Top

How to Create a Table of Contents

What is Overset Text and How to Fix It <- essential for formatting text onto multiple pages

How to Reduce InDesign File Sizes

if this is all too complex here is the most basic 3-step method to creating a pdf book that applies to using both indesign and scribus or likely any other pdf creation software you can find

create new document. Select facing pages if you'll have double page spreads or think you might print out your book one day

locate the rectangle frame tool (indesign) or image frame (scribus) etc and draw a frame over your page (your whole page or just where you'd like your contents to go)

ctrl+d (indesign) or right click>get image (scribus), find your image and click on it. that's it!

repeat for all the other pages. that's my most basic guide to creating a pdf image-based book where all the pages are the same size.

publishing

publish on whatever platform you think is suitable (itch.io, gumroad, personal site, whatever etc.) and remember to advertise the shit out of it. if it's free keep saying it's free!!! if you feel like a resentful jaded broken record you havent repeated it enough my friend. say it one more time for good measure.

that's my messy postmortem of no tall towers to climb a 112-page free fanthology from 14 fans of laios x marcille including all new fic comics illustrations and recipes available for download and to print-at-home NOW!!! :) <3

[travi3sapsd]

in light of deviantart being pro-israel, i will be pulling all of my resources from the platform and uploading it to a very free archive. the first to be uploaded? all of my fuckin' PSD's. all free. and more will be added to this folder. this is a general archive to keep my stuff safe, but also great for anyone who just wants a trove of my PSD colorings. it is, once again, super free of charge, but you are more than welcome to tip/donate if you feel generous. idk just make sure to give my infodoc a read regarding rules and usage and an update log if you feel so compelled. again, it is free of charge, so you can input $0 if you'd like, but please do consider tipping bc i put my whole dick, balls, pussy, giblets, and other bodily fluids into this.

DOWNLOAD / PURCHASE : [ KO-FI ]

[ensquare-events]

Announcing Jingzhe: Awakening of Insects, a speedrun zine about the return of bugs in spring!

art by @notaozora

Jingzhe (惊蛰 / jīngzhé) is the third solar term in the traditional Chinese nongli calendar, literally translating to "the awakening of the hibernating insects." (It's separated into three pentads, which, combined with jingzhe and the overall topic of spring, will be the five themes of this zine.)

You can make anything you want, from art of your entomologist OC, to a poem about being a worm, to cosplay of a bug-themed character, to photography of insects and nature. We're also including digital merch, anything from wallpapers to printables. As this is a speedrun, however, you only have a little over three weeks to finalize your pieces.

This zine will be a free digital release. More information and signups will be posted tomorrow! It'll be hosted in the Ensquare Events Discord server, so you can join now and react to the corresponding role to be pinged when the infodoc and signup form is dropped.

If you have any questions, feel free to send an ask here on Tumblr or in the corresponding channel in the server. Thanks for reading, and we hope to see you around!

[mikeswoolhat]

MONKEES XMEN AU!!!! THIS MAKES THE XMIKE FIC MAKE MORE SENSE!!!!

FULL INFODOC LINK (includes photo/fic links)

[crosskingdomparamours]

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CROSS-KINGDOM PARAMOURS

A story of two jesters across the stars. Two kingdoms of different status and two souls interconnected.

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BLURB:

to be revealed

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LINKS:

tba!

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DIRECTORY:

Yolal Shienit - Concept Sheet 1

Interest Check - Advertisement 1

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UPCOMING:

₍^. .^₎⟆ Jasker Concept Sheet

₍^. .^₎⟆ Full profiles

₍^. .^₎⟆ Prologue Comic

₍^. .^₎⟆ Infodoc/Infodump post

₍^. .^₎⟆ Duo profiles

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written by @spidrsharks & @helpimanidiot

[galacticguidebookzine]

💫Announcement💫

Important information about the Galactic Handbook will be available soon. Please check our infodoc for more information about the upcoming project.

Also, if you are excited to see this handbook published, please help us spread the word! Thank you!

[zosanflashzine]

No Matter Where: A ZoSan AU Flash Zine

Interest Check Closes in 2 weeks! 🎍💫

Be sure to follow our beloved swordsman and cook across various universes! 💚💛

Fill up our interest check now!

🔗 https://forms.gle/vpi7urmgS7GTWFsg8

And visit our infodocs if you have further concerns!

🔗 https://bit.ly/zosanflashzine-infodoc

@anizines @zine-scene @zinesubmissions @zineapps @atozines @opzinebulletin @zinetown @zinefeed

Shares are greatly appreciated!

[hwsfemmephenomenon]

Contributor applications are now OPEN!

Applications will remain open through July. If you have any questions, drop them in our ask box!

Applications: here

Carrd: here

Infodoc: here

Acceptances will go out in early August!

[peaterookie]

1 MONTH REMAINS UNTIL SUBMISSION CLOSES FOR THE MONKEY PUNCH COLLAB!!!

WE HAVE CURRENTLY 27 SUBMISSIONS!!! YOU CAN ADD MORE TO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!! SOU O MP