#the pdf versions are amazing!

[renamusing]

after the party (oneshot): ao3

my fic for the ghg zine ties that bind is finally up on ao3. it's a little flangst piece that takes place during silver soul arc and includes a little smut as a treat. hope you enjoy <3

[pigswithwings]

He was Earth, and we were the fruit of that Earth; and though he had eaten us, he would never digest us.

[pakhnokh]

House of Gentians Arc 2 || Pages 163-168 END

Wei Ying: Sorry, I can't let Lan Wangji hold me by the waist like that again ;___;

Me: Goddammit, alright, have it your way, but I'm going to draw the most intense panels of you putting your hands on his shoulders. Is Lan Wangji flinching cause it's Wei Ying who's touching him so fiercely? Is it the fact that his scars that are barely healed yet hurt from that grip? You decide!

ARC 2 EXTRAS FOR PАТRОNS Extra mini comic: The Dog Art pieces Extra mini comic: Cornetto commercial

ARC 2 Complete PDF with extras ARC 3 (TBA)

PREVIOUS PART

ABOUT+TABLE OF CONTENTS

IMPORTANT NOTE: Always be sure to click on my profile and check for updates because if you see a random part reblogged IT MIGHT NOT BE THE EDITED VERSION WITH THE WORKING LINK TO THE NEXT PART ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arc 2 has come to its end! Yes, I can't believe it too. It's been 11 months since I posted the arc's cover image. I've been through so much since then, so much of my life has changed and yet working on this project, providing 4 pages every week, was somewhat of a blessed constant and fairly, I'm going to miss it.

I have to say that I'm very grateful to you, the readers, because your excitement with this story and the wonderful comments and questions and interest and insights you left on each part is what kept me going and also helped me understand my story better, so THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! A HUGE THANK YOU TOO FOR MY PАТRОNS!!!! I wouldn't have been able to do NONE of it if it weren't for your amazing support. You have no idea how grateful I am that you are giving me the opportunity not only to create this story for you and for others, but to also develop myself further as an artist (this is the first time I do a long comic of such a scale and by thinking about you when I make updates every week, I think how much better I can make my work). Your support is also a huge help with my daughter, not only because you help me provide for her, but also because in spite of the fact that taking care of her gets more and more difficult, you being there keeps me motivated to not give up on drawing and succumb to 100% life of a mother and a housewife. You save me <3.

So what now? Now I will work on extras for members of the peke-king tier on my Pатrеоn. I will create extra comic pages, a few more arts, and a funny comic strip. When all of that is done, I will create the PDF and upload it to the shared drive (I think this arc+extras is going to be about 200 pages!!) after that, I will take a break from HoG to finish other MDZS projects I halted, and after those are done I will take a break entirely to reread MDZS and consume all its media again, so I will remember forgotten parts and get that spark ready for Arc 3! So absolutely stay tuned! Thank you all again for being with me in this journey, and hope you enjoyed the story! <3

[rosyopal-eva]

happy pride month yall, here’s a little ofmd crochet vest I made last week. 🏴‍☠️🫶🏻

I poured all of my love for this silly little pirate show in it and I’m so happy with how it turned out! Couldn’t have done it without the amazing pattern from @rollingyarncrochet on instagram tho. Here is the link to their kofi in case yall wanna get the pattern yourself, it’s SO WELL MADE! 💓

[bird-likes-to-fandom]

It is with pride I present to everyone the St. Cassian Catholic School 2009-2010 Yearbook!

I probably sound like a broken record to all of the artists, but one more time I want to thank everyone for their ideas, their art, and most importantly their patience. Over the last month I've gotten to know 17 (excluding myself haha) of the coolest people in this fandom, all of which are artists I've admired long before I posted the sign up sheets. I also want to thank everyone who signed up! All of you are amazing and I'm so so grateful you all liked my idea so much. It has been so, so awesome putting this project together, and I will forever cherish it as one of the most special things I've ever been a part of.

Special thank you to iz @time-is-a-weird-soup, who did the lettering on the cover even though they were busy, and to Nat @idk-tbh-idk for drawing father Markus when I realized halfway through the project that I forgot to list him on the sign up sheet.

To the St Cassian's Yearbook Committee, I love you all so so much (/platonic).

Here are all of the lovely people I've gotten a chance to work with. Follow them, check them out, tell them you appreciate their work!!!!!

@irldogbot @bi-shop @gooberdude101 @pushing-daisies-deceased @uglylilclown @youreanerdharvey @joeseventies @idk-tbh-idk @cam-stopped-eating-candles @witcherstorm @rodethecyclone @manuscripts-don-t-burn @time-is-a-weird-soup @zstarcatsz @anispelix @lillazyboithings @fizzle-y

P.S. - I've linked the flip book version of our project above, though I think the slideshow pdf might be higher quality. The slideshow is below the cut!

[cadenzaclassical-zine]

Finally, after a month or so of hard work, we present to you...

CADENZA ZINE!

You can enjoy this Zine in two ways (original):

- PDF

- Web

For our classical music fans who aren't comfortable with shipping content, we have a version where the ship content is completely removed:

- Pdf

- web

We want to thank all our amazing artists and writers who participated in the making of this Zine and our wonderful readers who continuously supported us.

Thus, this project has come to a smashing conclusion. Thank you for being a part of our journey!

[greenhorn-art]

World Champions | Artwork for World Champions by TheDefenestrator by TheDefenestrator, art by Blurb_brain

Fandom: The King's Avatar | 全职高手

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Category: Gen

Words: 71 944

At the end of season 4 of the Glory Pro Alliance, the government finally receives the information it has been waiting for: The other players have caught up. Or, In which Glory has been a government recruitment ploy for remote-piloted mecha operators all along.

About the Book

FONTS: Mundo Serif, Azonix [dafont], Segoe UI Symbol

IMAGES: Illustration by Blurb_brain [AO3]; cover image by NASA ID: 440611 [Rawpixel]; Planet Earth background ID: 6331593 [Rawpixel]; Circuit lines background ID: 3117935 [Rawpixel]; endpapers' image by Eric Eastman [Unsplash]; Swoksaar, Desert Dust, Lord Grim, Vaccaria, and Cloud Piercer [The King's Avatar Wikia]

MATERIALS: regular printer paper (8.5"x11", 96 bright, 20lb), 80pt bookboard, Iris Bookcloth (colour: Black Pearl), Neenah cardstock (8.5"x11", bright white, 65lb), waxed linen thread (white, 30/3 size), embroidery floss (shades 3750, 350, 3845, 370), leather cording (1.9mm diameter), Reeves’ acrylic paint (Mars Black, Phthalo Blue, Titanum White), Americana acrylic paint (glow in the dark), ph neutral pva glue (Books by Hand)

PROGRAMS USED: Typeset in Affinity Publisher, cover/title page/endpapers designed in Affinity Designer/Photo, QR codes generated with LibreOffice Writer, PDF arranged for printing with Bookbinder-JS

BINDING STYLE: quarto, case bound (slightly rounded, with oxford hollow, forgot to use tapes)

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Fenes' "Glory's tech isn't handwaved" AU. This was great! Funny and creative, and I'm both amazed and full of admiration for Fenes' ability to juggle so many characters.

I was feeling excited and ambitious with this one. Tried some new fun things (double core endbands, painted edges) and used some new equipment (a lying press).

The Text

TITLE/HEADINGS FONT: Azonix says 'SciFi' to me, it's a bold, non-serif, sleek font.

BODY FONT: Mundo Serif, it's a decent serif body font I haven't used before. Felt like it worked with Azonix.

SCENE BREAKS: a special character in Segoe UI Symbol of a black & white icon of Earth, the globe showing Asia.

TYPESETTING: Finished typesetting the fic, left document open on my laptop, laptop's battery failed, file now crashes immediately upon reopening, issue persists with copied versions of file (；￣Д￣) . Thankfully I had a backup file for the typeset with the barebones of the text, so I didn't have to restart from scratch...

Title Page

My thinking: it takes place in space, the world's at stake, and it's the dawn of a new horizon for Earth. Glory and the titular champions are represented by Swoksaar, Desert Dust, Lord Grim, Vaccaria, and Cloud Piercer – the captains of what I'd call the 'big 5' teams. A circuitry board background element hints at the tech/mecha nature of the story's competition. It may not match Blurb's art, but I hope I was able to convey some of what the story is about.

The circuitry image is used as decoration throughout the book. I only used the avatars of the top five teams' captains because too many silhouettes would lessen their impact and readability. (Removing the backgrounds was tedious, but worth it.)

Here's what it should have looked like. The test prints for this and the BB art were fine, but I think my inkjet started running out of ink just when I printed the final copies and I didn't reprint them. (Too impatient, really wanted to finish up and read the book)

The Cover

World Champions is another Big Bang fic, and once again I based some of my design choices off of the accompanying artwork. The dominant colours of Blurb_brain's illustration are red and blue-green.

COVER PAPER: For the decorative cover material I used NASA's ASTER image of Poyang Lake. NASA has some really interesting photography some of which remind me of marbled paper, thought it could be interesting. I chose this image of Poyang Lake because 1) it's in China, 2) the colours were similar to Blurb's awesome illustration (fate strikes again, dropping matching images and artwork into my lap!), and 3) NASA is tangentially relevant to the fic, which takes place in space.

BOOKCLOTH: Verona bookcloth in the shade Black Pearl, a lovely dark navy blue colour. Thought it suited the cover paper and title page. (Bought it for this fic specifically, but the colour goes well with almost all of my decorative papers so it should see a lot of use in the future!)

Endpapers

The final decision that held this project at a standstill for two months. In the end I drew inspiration from the matchups against the final opponent in the story. The image I used is a little chaotic and a little too unrelated to identify why I picked it without an explanation, but this book is for me and I know why, so there. (Note that I played around with the colours and cropped the photo.)

Endpaper inspiration: the maps for the matches against the Infilhites

"a long bridge through an enormous tube-like hall, where light seem to come from every side through stained glass windows. It was visually confusing, limited lateral motion" "a warehouse, crates stacked on and beside metal racks that went all the way to the ceiling." "a house of mirrors, fully enclosed to be sure the Infhillte couldn’t fly out of it." "like a volcano, rivers of lava moving sluggishly down a slope, occasional vents of overheated air nearby." "a series of overlapping bridges between halls and stairways, level after level layered over an open abyss."

Trimming & Painting the Edges

Going all out, a 2-for1 deal: the opportunity to use my lying press for the first time and learn a new technique!

TRIMMING: Used a paring chisel and lying press.

CHISEL: The 1.25" wide paring chisel I used was form a modern manufacturer. (Vintage paring chisels are very thin, enough so that you can bend/flex the blade. But don't do that.) It's long and wide blade made it easier to register against the surface of the press for consistent cuts. Looks like this one below from Lee Valley.

LYING PRESS: My dad's project. Solid black walnut, hand carved screws and internal threads — he even made the tools to make the threads too! The jaws of the press are each 3 7/8" wide. It's big and heavy (though much smaller than full-sized professional ones omg), but there's enough of a flat surface to register the chisel against. A thicc boi, much like this one below from Bookbinding Supplies.

PAINTED EDGES: The idea was to have dark navy edges, speckled with white stars. I used acrylic from a tube to paint the edges — tutorials recommended it over liquid bottled acrylic, and I had an old set hanging around. Had to water it down because otherwise the paint just flaked off.

My test of trimming and painting went well. Then the trimmed book itself came out slightly crooked, the paint required significantly more watering-down than before, and the white paint did not want to be both opaque and speckle-able. Unfortunate, but still book-shaped! And now I have an idea of what to do differently next time.

Also, did not like the glow-in-the-dark paint. Looked too translucent in the light when compared to the white acrylic, and needed a thicker coat to be visible in the dark. (The thickness combined with the translucence and base colour kinda reminded me of boogers... Ended up scrapping most of it off, so there's not much left to glow.)

Endbands

Still in the mood to have fun and go all-out, I attempted double-core endbands for the first time.

TUTORIAL: YouTube @ BookbindersChronicle: Bookbinding 101 Sewing Headbands Session 2. Also watched @ DAS Bookbinding's Double-Core Endband // Adventures in Bookbinding, but I personally found Chronicle's closeup video easier to follow.

I used embroidery floss from a 100pk of assorted colours off Amazon, wrapped around a core of 1.9mm leather cording from Michaels. I drew from Blurb_brain's art for the general colours, choosing a dark base, with red, blue-green, and gold. The specific shades were picked to go with the cover.

[ikimaru]

Hi Sunny! First of all, I absolutely love your work, especially your Voltron comics. (Also your Homestuck art is amazing!) I had a question regarding the Vr AU comic. Will the full version be available for purchase as just a PDF? I'm in the United States and would love to support you and have a copy of the comic, but the shipping costs are a bit higher than I expected. Thank you for posting incredible work!

hello! thank you so much! 💕

I'll make the PDF on its own available probably once I'm done sending out the printed copies!

and yeah it's a heavy zine, probably over 1 pound including the packaging and everything (this isn't aimed at u, just thinking about mail services, the irony is the shipping cost for something this heavy from Italy to the US is how much usps charges to have 1 single keychain shipped from the US to Europe lool and like 3 times as high if it was 1 zine)

[juleskidding]

This is my piece for the @pillarmenzine which has a free digital pdf version as well as a physical copy and merch for preorder :D This is the most fun i've ever had working on a zine and everyone did such an amazing job <3

[tobys-walrus-crew]

Attention Pirates! Calling all hands on deck!

Next year in January it's gonna be 10 years since our favorite show set sail! Let's do something awesome!

We're making a fanbook and we want everyone to join! If you're interested, if you paint, draw, play, do cosplay, make ikebanas out of coffee grounds, chase sharks across the oceans or train walruses, join us! If you do none of those things, join us anyway! We welcome everyone who wants to express their love for Black Sails in a creative, visual way!

The brief rundown is up there ^^^ and the full version is in this pdf on our little google island:

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

- The Walrus Crew

Pspsps... reblog it please, so it can reach as many people as it can!

[Image ID: information about the event written out on the backdrop of a seascape that looks like sunset. The text says: Fellow pirates and fans of Black Sails! On January 25th 2024 we will all be celebrating 10 years since our favorite show premiered. Because of this, we would like to invite you all to create a fanart book with us! "Know no shame!" We all remember Meditations and how the title page dedication from Thomas broke and empowered us... How about we create our own dedications to the show? The rules are simple: create a dedication page to Black Sails - paint, draw, write, or take a photo! Are you a cosplayer and want to participate? Amazing, pose! Do you sketch cartoonish characters? We love them! Are you a writer? Fabulous! Join us! Are you a fan and just want to say thank you, yes, please! It's your piece of paper! We will make the fanbook available in PDF form for the enjoyment of all! And maybe print it out for the creators of the show. The format is A4 (a page per participant), and the deadline is December 24t!. You can submit your works to 10bsfest@gmail.com If you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer them (or help you out in case of trouble). #BlackSals #10YearsBlackSails / End ID]

[hanafubukki]

I got Into Another Wonderland book by @stormgardenscurse

It’s a Twst Isekai AU and I’m having so much fun reading it. If you love your isekai stories and twst, please check out the PDF version here

Estelle’s writing is amazing and I always love reading her works. I fully recommend checking out this series and her masterlist too. 💚💚💚

(The envelops are yume letters I commissioned 💞💞💚💚)

I got these extra goodies from Estelle and I’m screaming ahhhhh they are so cute 💞💞💞 malleus with the pianoooo 💞💞💞 chibi general liliiiaaaaa, and loook at grrrimmmm

Ahhhh I love it so much 💚💚💚✨✨✨

[thuban-x]

《Love Actually》 - COLLABORATIVE ZINE - RVB

It's  a Christmas themed collection of fanworks from my friends and me. You can download a free e-book(PDF, 90pages) version at the link below:

Kofi (and the support we reiceved will be used for the next zine)

Big thanks to @helentowersky who organized this amazing collaboration, and other authors for participation: @cassette4papa / 乔肆 / 北山行/ @multiaxisblog / 祁夏 / @xiayansworld / @yingxi307496. I had so much fun designing the zine, and thank Towersky again for putting up with my endless improvising.

my art & fic:

· art collection 《Feliz Navidad》：

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

· art for others' fics: 10 11

· fic 《i walk this earth all by myself》: AO3

[hotwaterandmilk]

Random things

Random thing 1: Pumpkin Scissors returned to serialisation in Bessatsu Shounen magazine last month after a 4-year hiatus and it hasn't missed a beat. Picks right up where it left off, feels like no time has passed. Truly hope it continues like this because it is an A+ series.

Random thing 2: The Paripi Koumei stage play is happening right now and it honestly looks like a lot of fun, but Eiko's #1 Fan has an acrylic stand and individual bromides while Kobayashi doesn't. Entirely my own bias at play here, but the only Eiko's #1 Fan merchandise I'd want would be something featured the drama version of the character (because she is fucking adorable). OTHERWISE, PLS GIMME EIKO'S TWO DADS! (Also omg I need the Eiko & Nanami hug bromide, just hook it to my veins they're too cuuuute.)

Random thing 3: Manga Toshokan Z has a bunch of books by Matsubara Chinami available to read online for free (in Japanese) including my top pick, Rururu Miracle. You can support the artist paying for a PDF download, but this is optional. I mention Matsubara specifically because I've been scanning some old Sho-Comi stuff and she stood out to me, but I was also excited to see some of Omi Ayuko's horror/fantasy works on there (my pick being Kaze no Tategami from the Ayuko no Suspense Gekijou series) and Kusunoki Kei's Daitokai ni Hoero (see below). Plus Shibata Masahiro's Akai Kiba: Blue Sonnet (though you do really need to read the previous Akai Kiba books and they're NOT on this website). So overall definitely worth looking around for older, obscure one shots and series from a variety of genres and publications.

Random thing 4: I have been extremely lucky with filling in some 2000-2001 Nakayoshi furoku gaps lately so I'm going to have plenty of new things to share on that front. This is of course in addition to the pretty heavy focus I've had on Hana to Yume, LaLa and others lately. I've got sooooooooo many amazing things I can't wait to share.

[jccatstudios]

Hiiii!! Still can’t get over how amazing the SOC comic turned out, very great job!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼 I have two questions: I was very curious, what were the differences between the originally posted version and the final pdf version? Aand secondly, is there a theoretical possibility to obtain your comic physically some day? Would loove to add it to my Grishaverse collection 🦦

Thank you so much!!! To answer your questions...

The differences between the two versions are pretty small. Here are some of the edits I made:

moved speech bubbles to fit within printing guidelines

made character designs more consistent (ex. Inej's hair ties and knife belts, got rid of Geels's ring, got rid of the fastener on the back of Kaz's coat, etc)

updated faces of the main characters whenever I thought I could draw them better

updated backgrounds for consistency

got rid of a panel on comic page 29

changed the size of some things

expanded the art to fill the bleed for print (can't see that in the pdf though)

slight changes to dialogue

overall clean up of the art, especially in the beginning pages

I worked with a few of my professors on the edit passes, and they really helped me out with these subtle tweaks! Soon, I will be updating the tumblr pages to match the final pages, but you'll still be able to see the old pages on places where I can't edit photos, like insta and twitter.

As for the second question, while I will be doing a print run of Chapter 2, it will only be for people I know or people who are able to meet me in person. I went into my reasons a bit more here, but long story short is that the comic is too close to the source material to sell (in my opinion) and it would be too expensive to ship.

Also, I am 100% cool with people printing out the pdf and making their own copy! I've seen some people put it in a binder with plastic sleeves, but I also think you could just make a stapled copy too. I know that's not as nice as a perfect bound version, but that's a good way to have a physical copy.

[grayseeker]

Behind the Scenes: Starstruck '24

As we celebrate the launch of Starstruck '24, I wanted to take you behind the scenes and share a glimpse of the journey that brought the zine to life. This year marks the fourth anniversary of the SkyStar Smut Exchange. In prior years, the exchange has been compiled through an Ao3 collection, plus our social media accounts. But this year, with over half the contributions coming from artists and comic creators, it felt important to showcase all the amazing works in a single format. Thus, the birth of an e-zine seemed not just necessary, but inevitable.

On Learning Curves: A Tale of Two Typesets

Typesetting Starstruck '24 was an adventure in itself. Initially, I used a program called Atticus, known for its robust e-book formatting capabilities. After painstakingly laying out every page, I discovered a crucial limitation: Atticus, though awesome in many other ways, doesn’t support live links in PDF exports. This was a dealbreaker, since linking contributors' social media profiles was important for attribution.

Switching gears (and software), I rebuilt the entire zine in Affinity Publisher. This came with its own set of challenges, because my Affinity skills were pretty rusty. I had used the software last year when I typeset an e-zine version of my story Detention (richly illustrated by the amazing @fuccerito), but Starstruck is a more complex project with multiple contributors, title pages, a table of contents, and so on, so I had to learn a lot of new skills on the fly.

There may have been tears involved. Also, so cursing. But the result? Absolutely worth it! The final product is something I am deeply proud of. Of course, a zine is only as good as its contents, and the contributions to Starstruck '24 are genuinely stellar. It's 178 pages of pure smutty goodness from our talented community members. You can grab your copy of Starstruck '24 for FREE at itch.io. Enjoy! Please note: This is for adults only.

[daught3rofyahweh]

Ways to give Jesus vibes to your craft 🕯

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ᶠᵒʳ ʷⁱᵗᶜʰᵉˢ ʷʰᵒ ʷᵒʳᵏ ʷⁱᵗʰ ʰⁱᵐ ♡

Practice green magic, love magic, and healing magic

With being a form of God, Jesus of course is connected to all things nature and spent a lot of time living in it due to living conditions in his era, so green magic could definitely grab his attention! Love magic that consists of self-love and friendship work, is a great way to involve Jesus into your spells because he is all about love and teaching people to be better versions of themselves and bring people together, though I'm not sure he'd appreciate you doing romantic spells as it might go against the other person's freedom. Jesus was an amazing healer, from wounds, to exorcisms, etc., so I'm sure he'd love to help with some anti-illness and mental health spells for yourself and those close to you.

Get a tarot deck that you feel resonates with him

Find a deck that reminds you of him due to it's art or you just feel like would draw him in. I have seen many christianity themed decks around the internet and they can be SOOO PRETTY!!

Buy crystals that remind you of him

A great way to feel closer to Jesus in your craft, is to carry crystals that resonate with his personality. Crystals that represent peace, love, tranquility, protection, and spiritual awakening and psychic development very much suit Jesus's personality. The most popular stones associated with him throughout history have been bloodstone and amethyst.

Do home blessings and protection spells

Jesus was known for bringing peace, cleansing, and protection to all places and people he visited. Do home blessing spells and protection spells to clear spaces, yourself, and loved ones from harm done by evil spirits and people and bring comfort. It could be as simple as sprinkling salt or holy water around or having some iron laying around. The cleaner the space, the more welcoming it is for Jesus's presence.

Incorporate the bible into your practice

The bible can do more than just teach you ways of life, it can also bring blessings and protection. The bible is very powerful as it is the word of God, verses and psalms can be used in many kinds of spells from jars, charm bags, witches bottles, etc. Verses and psalms could even just be used in picture frames as decor as a easy way to let their power into your home.

Here is a pdf from pinterest that is very helpful with the usage of psalms:

Read books about Jesus and the religion

Books can be very helpful when it comes to learning more about Jesus and the ways you can connect with him. I love my book about the catholic church because it has explained so much to me about God.

If you don't own a rosary, knot magic is your friend

Knot magic is a great alternative for those who don't own a rosary yet but would really like to do a prayer meditation. I have actually made one of these but I made an anglican version due to those rosaries only having 33 beads so its faster to make. Using knot magic as a rosary allows the user to pray to Jesus while also practicing their craft at the same time due to being able to use any color, annoint with oils or holy water, and add charms to the rope.

Get herbs and plants that remind you of him

Buy herbs, spices, and plants that remind you of him due to their properties. Use the herbs and plants in spells, as decor for altars, etc. A spice that I commonly associate with Jesus is mustard seed due to him mentioning it a lot in the bible. Mustard seed represents growth, dependence, and faith.

Listen to worship music during workings and divination

Listening to worship music while practicing your craft can help energize your spells, rituals, and divination while also bringing protection and calmness to you while doing so. It can also attract Jesus to help you in the working and can be used as an offering.

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