The Sky Above, by @mediumorange
I am SO excited to finally share this project with everyone!! Way back in the fall of 2023 I embarked on my first foray into bookbinding, and I thought, what better work to start this hobby off on than with one of the greatest works the Brokeback Mountain fansphere has to offer, written by my dear friend Emily?
And so began my year-long journey with this work, haha.
The book is a square back bradel style binding, covered in turquoise bookcloth. I used a kettle stitch to sew the textblock, and then Lineco-brand PVA glue as the adhesive for everything that needed to be adhered.
While I'm proud of the entire book, I have to admit the thing that I'm most proud of is the cover design.
To make a long story short, I wanted to find a way to make fully illustrated covers on bookcloth, and most of the popular methods of cover design that I had seen were all very limiting for me as an artist to do the things I wanted to do. Thus much of the time I spent making this book went into deep-diving into the world of textile design and ink transfer methods.
In my research, I discovered these types of toner sheets called Direct-to-Film (DTF, lol) transfers. Basically, you can print any design you want at most any size using the full range of the CYMK color spectrum + black + white, then you use a heat press to transfer the design onto your fabric et voila: your design is embedded into the textile.
Because neither the Renegade Bindery discord nor the bookbinder reddit groups really knew what I was talking about when I asked if anyone had ever tried this method out, I put my little rodent ears on and became the guineapig lol.
The first practice attempts I made at this came out tentatively successful, and when I tried it again for the real cover, it came out perfect. I'm still floored by the results tbh. This is such a game changer and I hope more binders can utilize direct-to-film transfers in the future!
Anyways, I really hope you love your belated birthday gift as much as I loved making it, Emily 🥰 Thank you for sharing your talents with such a small fandom sphere, and I can't wait to bind more of your works in the future!!
Editing by me
Typesetting by me
Binding by me
Art by me
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Cuando tres estrellas de Hollywood como Jake Gyllenhaal, Guy Ritchie y Henry Cavill eligen tu restaurante una y otra vez, sabes que estás haciendo algo bien. ¡Gracias por llenar de fama y sabor nuestras mesas una vez más! 🌟🍽️
When three Hollywood stars like Jake Gyllenhaal, Guy Ritchie, and Henry Cavill choose your restaurant again and again, you know you're doing something right. Thank you for filling our tables with fame and flavor once more! 🌟🍽️
[all visits posted]
HENRY CAVILL, JAKE GYLLENHALL & GUY RITCHIE in the Canary Islands, Spain while filming a new movie.
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Sometimes i hate hyperfixations cause…now i have this blog for mcr
But i dont wanna write for mcr like last summer i wanna write for Jake Gyllenhaal characters now
But Ive already built this blog off of mcr so everyone expects mcr stuff
RELEASSEE MEEEEEEE
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I got off work early on Friday so I got to make another edit :)
I Remember Everything - Brokeback Mountain
p.s thank you @lonestardyke for being very patient with me and choosing the fonts!
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Fan Cast: Iron Man (2000-2004), 79
Tony Stark/Iron Man - Jake Gyllenhaal
Captain America/Steve Rogers - Chace Crawford
Warbird/Carol Danvers - Britt Robertson
Falcon/Sam Wilson - Michael B. Jordan
Black Panther/T'Challa - Aldis Hodge
Pepper Potts - Holland Roden
Happy Hogan - Josh Gad
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