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still trying to remember how the fuck to use a tablet. i had an old PSD file with some sketches from last dnd campaign sitting in it waiting to be cleaned up and colored, so thats what i did today :p i am very out of practice, clearly

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i finally cleaned off my computer desk so i can get at my tablet and ive been getting back into the swing of drawing with raz. of course. because i love him. anyway heres my boy <3

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Reflections in Glass

The last of my posts about the books I made to celebrate Quantum Break's 9th birthday! Here's Reflections in Glass by GS_Pier, an AU where the events of the game happen in 2010 rather than 2016.

The cover paper for this one is suminagashi paper gifted to me from an acquaintance in the Renegade discord server. It seemed like the right kind of ghostly vibe for this fic! The typeset is also fairly simple, like the others, but the reflected text on the title page and chapter headers was fun :3

(Original post about the books is here.)

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Shifted

Another post about those Quantum Break books I made! Here's Shifted by Lyrecho, a (technically unfinished) fic that does some interesting pre-canon setup stuff.

As with the previous book, the cover paper for this book was one I had been saving for a while and finally decided this was a good enough project to use it for. The typeset is fairly simple, but I had some fun with fonts for pages with Beth's journal. I also got some good practice doing 3-color endbands on these books!

(Original post about the books is here.)

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Domino Effect

I said I'd make more detailed posts about my Quantum Break books, so here's the first one! Domino Effect (by dapperwerewolf) - it's been taken off AO3, as far as I can tell, so I can't share a link, but here are more detailed pictures of the books!

Not much to comment about the design of these books. The cover paper had been in my stash for several years, so I figured it was time to stop saving it and actually use it for something cool! And the only fancy thing I did with the typeset was make some cool text gradients in the chapter titles :3 so that was fun and pretty simple and easy!

(Original post about these books is here.)

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Happy (Late) 9th Birthday, Quantum Break!

So, yesterday was April 5th, the 9th anniversary of Quantum Break's release. Did I mean to post this yesterday? Yes, yes I did. But in my defense... I was playing Skyrim X'D

Anyway, I've had this project in wings for a while, so I'm excited to finally show off! I now present...

A bunch of books of Quantum Break fanfic!

Yup, I actually finished these during Binderary and have just been waiting to show them off. I'll make individual posts about them soon, but in the meantime, here they are!

Book 1: Domino Effect, by dapperwerewolf - This one actually seems to have been taken off of AO3 in the time since I made the book. AO3 user dapperwerewolf, if you're out there, message me! I made a second copy of the book to send to you, if you want it! (Detailed post here.)

Book 2: Shifted, by Lyrecho - Technically an abandoned/unfinished fic, but I think it stands on its own just fine! Lyrecho, if you want a copy, hit me up! I made two! (Detailed post here.)

Book 3: Reflections in Glass, by GS_Pier - This one just goes hard. I had a GREAT time doing all those little text reflection effects in the typeset. GS_Pier, if you want a copy, hit me up! (Detailed post here.)

Anyway, that's my Quantum Break Appreciation Post for this year! I've been so busy with other stuff, I couldn't do a whole month this year, but mayyyyybe next year for the 10th anniversary... MAYBE...

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Oh, pamphlets are super easy. Make the document in your word processor of choice, export it to PDF, impose it using an imposer (I use bookbinderjs) or just use the pamphlet settings native to Word (I'm pretty sure Word has them, anyway, but I don't use Word so idk for sure), then print & stitch it together with a cardstock sheet as a cover. The pamphlet stitch is very easy, you can pretty much just search "pamphlet stitch" and you'll find plenty of tutorials and pictures and videos. Here's the first one that comes up on DuckDuckGo, but there's totally others.

Go forth! Have fun making a bajillion of these! They're so fun and fast!

a selection of quick'n'dirty pamphlet binds because i had a bunch of short typesets i wanted to make multiple copies of. am i counting this toward my binderary goal? ehhhhh not really because theyre not hardcovers. but i figured i'd post anyway cuz the lil mushroom one in the front was cute :>

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once again i am on my hands and knees begging more people to get into interstitial. im even posting this on my fuckin art blog so more of you fools have to look at it. look. play interstitial. pls. its so fun! listen to the actualplay, ITS SO FUN!

-> interstitial: our hearts intertwined (1st ed rulebook) -> interstitial: our worlds connected (2nd ed rulebook) -> interstitial actual play podcast (although it's hard to see the older episodes on this site, i recommend starting with season one because it's SO FUCKING FUNNY, seriously, i lose my mind every time criss angel is mentioned)

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binderary roundup! heres all the books i finished in february (minus one that i already sent to someone lol). so that's... 47! my god! i am taking a break forever now. goodbye X'D

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LAST BOOK IN THE QUEUE! so this'll go up on the last day of binderary, if my calculations are correct X3c

but i still have more! i'll post them soon!

in the meantime, here's this shiny paste paper covered quarto :3 (yes, i'm FINALLY using up some of the paste paper i made last year, lol.)

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huh. this might be the second-to-last book i'll post for binderary? *checks queue dates* damn yeah i guess i hit my goal this year, cuz i actually still have several more. i'll have to post them all at once on the last day, or do a roundup on the first of march.

ANYWAY. here's this cutie ^w^ i really enjoy the purple :>

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oh baby. more book. sorry ive run out of interesting things to say about these. i just like the colors. this particular set of neon yellows/greens/blues is sort of hard to photograph nicely but you'll just have to take my word for it that they're Very Pretty irl. lol

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another one with that yellow-green-purple color palette! the cover paper for this one was a gift from somebody in the renegade discord server, so i'll be keeping this one for myself >:3c (i fucking love purple...)

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ah here we go, an actual book this time! i made a bunch with this same sort of color palette for the pages because i had all these colors left over from another pack i got specifically for one other color in it XD

also hoo boy that three-color endband turned out a little wonky. i gotta perfect that on a bigger book that gives me more room for error XD

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a selection of quick'n'dirty pamphlet binds because i had a bunch of short typesets i wanted to make multiple copies of. am i counting this toward my binderary goal? ehhhhh not really because theyre not hardcovers. but i figured i'd post anyway cuz the lil mushroom one in the front was cute :>

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woe. goth a study in scarlet be upon ye

i actually originally typeset & bound a first copy of this as a christmas gift, but decided i wanted a copy myself, so. here is my second copy. for my bookshelf :3c

also this typeset is available as a pdf in my folder of public domain typesets, if you wanna use it to make a book too :3

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another little quarto notebook! this one has three different styles of pages: lined notebook pages, grid pages, and dot grid pages! just a lil variety, for funsies