#barcode header

[dragonpride17]

could i get a barcode header with the transmasc, nonbinary, rosboy, aromantic, demisexual, bisexual, xenogender, kenochoric, tenethesia, synthroin, hardkoria, and dubstextro flags? -robofox-mogai

ID in alt text

here you go!! @robofox-mogai

[thvkosmos]

jeffbarcode packs !

[somniabyte]

about me:

minor (17)

neurodivergent

my labels will be unspecified unless asked directly

it/she/that pronouns (he/him can be used if using multiple pronouns within the context)

I am generally nameless; if you need to refer to me by name, somnia or somniabyte are ok.

other blog(s): @garden-of-flags

things i’ll do/requests:

search for (lgbtqia+/mogai/liom/qai) terms and/or flags!

find/make archive links (ex.: if you see a post with a broken link lmk and i’ll try to find the page that was linked (or something similar to it))

source finding (not always successful but i’ll give it a good try!!)

make hq/hd & resized versions of flags

sometimes make flags for terms but that is only if I have inspo & more spoons (giving sample desired colors makes it more likely to happen)

flag identification (you send flags in search of the term) but this sometimes take longer

rephrase & grammar check posts/definitions to be more professional/clear for coining (or other) posts (this may require some back and forth)

barcode flags/headers (preferably for terms with simple stripe flags) — if you have a specific flag for something that has multiple flags, pls specify

feel free to send other requests! i find helping others very enjoyable ^^. i’ll let you know if i don’t feel that i can and/or want to complete it. (i will expand my wills and won’ts as i discover them)

what I won’t do/things most likely rejected:

coin new terms (unless smth easily named and defined, like hexodic)

boundaries:

no specified dni but will block if I need to.

don't involve me in discourse.

please use tone tags

I reserve the right to refuse asks if they make me uncomfortable (extreme nsfw, racist, a-phobic, etc.)

send as many asks as you want!

pretty please let me know if anything in my blog can be reformatted to be more accessible! (but please be specific)

i love being on tag lists!! i only interact/like with ones that describe me tho

art credit:

pfp probably by iryna khort.

banner by chris long.

[f4ncystuff]

like or reblog if you save/use

🧺: jeffbarcode messy headers.

[kirkscarr]

it’s official!! First, Best Destiny -- Part 1 by the lovely @ophelia-j finally has the physical form that it deserves!! here’s a little photoshoot of the finished product (:

to see how i bound this book i have another post that can be found here.

next up: specialty pages!!

first off there are these title pages

and then the copyright page!

the table of contents!

*note: i did remove the chapter notes to format it more like a “real” book. (looking back, i honestly wish i hadn’t because i do always love reading those!) because i removed the notes, i decided to include which episode/movie the chapters follow in the table of contents!!

the chapter headers!! THEORETICALLY it says t'hy'la in vulcan script.

and then i have this TBC page that i stuck in right before the epilogue!

this is such a small detail but it honestly might be one of my favorite parts. i did my very best to emulate a real book's design, so i have this fun little barcode/QR code at the very back. and!! the QR code links to the actual Ao3 story!! how cool is that???

conclusion!!

throughout every step of the bookbinding process i was mentally like "this is gonna be the step where it ALL FALLS APART" and??? it never did??? like? i just made a 900 page book??? that's crazy guys.

anyways!! i am so, so, SO thrilled that i am now the proud owner of a physical copy of First, Best Destiny -- Part 1.

*sidenote for the author!! thank you so much for all your support on my last post - it actually made my day! <33

[copperbadge]

Genuine question; how is it self publishing with Lulu and are there any copyright issues? Thinking about taking some of my older world building and turning it into a Actual Novel.

I hope it's okay if I answer this publicly, I've had a few questions about it recently!

I've been doing it long enough that my frame of reference for difficulty may be a little skewed, but it's relatively straightforward -- Lulu has a publishing wizard that walks you through selecting options, uploading a document, adding a cover, and such. There is still a lot you have to do yourself that they don't really tell you how to, but it's not hard to google for some and they do have forums that cover other bits.

There are generally speaking no copyright issues with going through a self-publisher, but it depends on the services you obtain from them. With Lulu -- as with, I think, most Print-On-Demand printers -- there's an array of routes to go from unpublished document to published book.

So you can do it all yourself -- you can edit, proof, typeset, design the cover, purchase an ISBN, and do all the marketing. Or, at any step in the process, you can purchase services from Lulu that will do that for you. I can't recommend purchasing their proofing/design/marketing stuff; on the one hand it's where they make their money, but because of that they're not providing super great value for what you pay. And as a self-publisher, unless you have a massive platform or great marketing and hustle, you probably won't recoup in sales what you paid for.

Whether or not you buy other services, Lulu charges a per-book print fee, but you set your own prices, so like the book might cost $5 to print, but if you set the price at $10 you're making a pretty sweet profit per book. Some other POD publishers also charge a "setup" fee, but I'm not familiar with what that entails.

In any case, there's only one point at which copyright becomes an issue, which is the ISBN -- the serial number and barcode that identifies your book so that (for example) bookstores can sell it and libraries can stock it. You don't HAVE to have an ISBN, but it makes it much harder to get it distributed if you don't.

You can obtain an ISBN on your own -- cost varies by country, many make them available for free but in the US a single ISBN is $125 or you can buy like 100 for $500. If you want to have one but don't want to buy one, Lulu will give you one, but they then become the publisher of record. I don't really know how that works in terms of copyright, but it does impact some rights to the book, so if you use a Lulu-issued ISBN that would be something to research. If you're just publishing a book through them without using their ISBN, they're basically a printer -- they have no right to your book as an item of intellectual property.

Now, outside of copyright considerations, it is certainly more work to self-pub. If you want it to look professional you have to have access to a good program for typesetting, you have to know how to set margins and gutters, title/author headers and page number footers, and if you want to do an epub that's a whole other ball of wax.

I don't get super fancy. I typeset in Word, because Libre Office and Open Office (at least last I checked) didn't have a few of the features Word has, but any other program has a much higher learning barrier to entry. You also have to upload the document as a PDF, so you have to be able to save/print it as a PDF.

Lulu does have a cover-design app you can use to make a cover, but it's extremely basic, so if you don't want your cover to look like it was designed in Canva, you'll need access to a design program like Photoshop or Glimpse, or to commission a cover from someone who does. Once you've uploaded your document, Lulu will give you a template that tells you exactly what size your cover should be, where the bleed margins are, and etc.

And then we get into the nitty-gritty stuff like how only certain fonts can be used for the document (there are twelve fonts that Lulu allows, it's listed on their site somewhere, I just use Garamond) and you need to make sure any art that goes on the cover is either free for use or Creative Commons or similar (or you buy the art for use). Google does have a handy Creative Commons filter on their imagesearch function, which has been useful for me in the past, but on the copyright pages of many of my books you'll see credit given for images used.

So to do your first book there is a bit of a steep learning curve, but once you're past the curve, you'll have some pretty good skills for future publishing. I did a book a year for several years, in my twenties, and then didn't publish at all for several years, and had to relearn a lot when I started publishing again, but it came back pretty quickly. And depending on how fancy or professional you want your book to look, you don't necessarily have to put in a TON of work. Like, I try to make mine look as much like pro-published books as possible, but some authors on Lulu just shove a formatted word document into a PDF and call it a day, they don't bother with headers/footers and fancy formatting and such.

In any case, while I think going the professional route of querying publishers and agents is laudable and certainly I wouldn't advise anyone to go to selfpub first thing, selfpub can be awfully satisfying, and it starts to feel kind of like a fun hobby after a while.

[neopronouns]

barcode header for @ashisaroace! flags in order are faeflux, acespec, aspec, aroace, fluidflux, xenogender, mspec, genderfluid, panflux, polygender, arospec, genderfae, and queer!

image id: the listed flags arranged side-by-side. they have been rotated 90 degrees so that their stripes are now vertical and have been resized so that each stripe is the same width. end id.

banner id: a 1500x150 teal banner with the words ‘please read my dni before interacting’ in large white text in the center. end id.

dni link

[madeyesaes]

PREMADE HEADER :: 1000*560.

LIBRE || contact par mp ou via discord

© mad’eyes.

INFORMATIONS ET POSSIBILITÉS

Modifications : titre et textes, image principale (si fournie), palette (si fournie), fond (unie/texture, etc.)

En version animé ou non

Suite : avatars pnj, icons (si moodboard fournies), boutons

J’ai un edt compliqué, merci de me prévenir en avance si vous souhaitez des modifications. Je peux vous fournir le psd si vous le souhaitez, mais le crédit n’est absolu pas optionnel.

Crédit images : affiche du film Métropolis, fond de sblngr.

Fonts : Longshot, Bebas Neue et Barcode.

[dkniade]

Regarding those Edwin doodles, why was he beaten up? Who was talking to him? 👀 Also, moomoo Edwin is so cute >:3c 💕💕💕

context

Oh, it was no one in particular (Maybe a rival gang member if I were to specify…? Probably not his former creative partner Thea though. She’s not that violent haha..) (I haven’t thought of details of Thea and Edwin’s backstory in a long time now, and surface personality traits are hard to pin down without a backstory.)

The joke was that in the first scenario he was painting and in the second he was in pain because of the meme (?) that there’s “pain” in “painting” haha (I don’t believe painting/drawing has to inherently be a painful process though, or that only painful emotions make good art)

Also I wanted to draw him beaten up (either it was just for fun or I was maybe frustrated? Probably just for fun though.) I like drawing characters looking up defiantly even as they’re beaten up✨

moo moo Edwin hahaha— Thank you! I’ve heard that cows can be fluffy…

Come to think of it, I dunno what animal motif he’d have if he were to have one.

A cheerful artist… with some sort of identity confusion due to winter depression (old 2019 concept. Looking back, the severity doesn’t seem to match my knowledge of winter depression)(if he’s ashamed, does he feel it so deeply that he voluntarily uses a slightly different name, uses a mask to cover his face, AND grows out his hair & dyes it, all for the sake of… having his orange look be the happy/cheerful/friendly one?) (If he hides himself in plain sight, if he can’t accept this as part of himself, this can lead to some troublesome identity issues…)(unrelated to gender)

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“I’m Edwin! Nice to meet you too!” —Edwin, usually in spring/summer

“Hey, just call me Devin for now. No, it’s not because I want to change my name or anything. It’s, uhh… an… alias…? Haha…” — Devin, on the outside probably, in winter

“What is this ‘Devin’ name to me? Am I even allowed to feel this way as myself? God, but what am I supposed to do? I can’t just tell people that it comes every winter and gets better in spring.” —Edwin, on the inside probably

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(…I almost want to compare him to “Childe” Tartaglia Ajax simply for his multiple names/identity thing but uhh, that guy’s on a whole different level. Venti/Barbatos? Hmm but to my knowledge nothing particularly bad happened to Edwin.)

What would be an animal that emphases this duality I wonder… An animal that looks friendly and colourful but isn’t what it seems…

…poison dart frog???

(SAD = Seasonal Affective Disorder)

[Start transcript

first image: the concept sheet

a flat colour sketch in upper corner is labelled True Palette. A cartoony waist-up version with bright warm colours is labeled Edwin and an anime headshot version with desaturated colours is labeled Devin. Another flat-colour shot of Edwin/Devin is labeled flat sample. A full body reference of both is labeled Project SAD Palette. Edwin is labeled spring/summer (“usually”) and Devin is labeled under effects of SAD

second image: the mock magazine cover

knees-up greyscale illustration of Devin sitting with his winter coat and mask, looking at the viewer, his hands in fists. His eyes and hair clip are light green. Behind him is a black circle outline with two sharp black triangles pointing at him. White magazine header: SYMPTOM. separate subheadings in green: questions, sunshine. separate text in white: What does SAD stand for? What are some symptoms of winter depression? What are some symptoms of summer depression? What hormone does sunshine trigger the brain to release? What is an alternative to sunshine? In the right corner, in green: A solution to your problems!?

third and fourth images: sketch of Edwin/Devin with some information

Edwin. he/him, 20. yellow barcode piercing (right ear). left-handed. neutral expression looks surprised/confused. hard to read based on expression & body language. has a secret he’s ashamed of. (he doesn’t have to be though.) arrow points to him, saying spring/summer.

Devin. he/him, 20. black triangle frame piercing (left ear). left-handed (still). Edwin winter an Alia’s & disguise. wears mask not for physical health (in his opinion). seasonal affective disorder: winter depression. tried to hide his symptoms but isn’t good at it. ashamed of his winter depression. wants to separate his depressed self from his usual self. arrow points to him, saying autumn/winter.

end transcript.]

[candyic]

OPEN for requests && read my dni transcript before interacting !

i am currently taking following requests ;; i am open to other types of requests, but i may decline as these are the types of requests i feel the most comfortable in and have the most experience in fulfilling — do not send me requests that you have already sent to other blogs unless they have declined your request, or if it has been over a month and you have not heard back from me.

explain or discuss terms, identities, etc. that you are interested in learning about - please note that I may not have the answers to all of your questions, but I am happy to do my best in assisting you

a list of genders, names, or pronouns related to a specific item (i.e. “do you know any pronouns related to dogs?)

coining terms

creating flags for already existing terms, provided the coiner allows others to create flags of their coined terms

redesigning or creating alternative flags for coined terms with existing flags, provided the original flag create allows alterations to be made of or to their work

vertically-striped (barcode) headers with no more than 45 flags - I ask that you link to the flag you would like used for identities with more than one commonly circulated flag

flag splices, emoji hearts (or any other similarly solid emojis), stamps, and dividers

flag combinations of 2-3 flags (any higher number gets messy very quickly and is too difficult)

DNI banners, as long as the content on your DNI does not directly go against the content on mine

affirmation edits for any identity or combination of identities

finding names, pronouns, or terms/identities that have already been coined/created that fit you

pronoun flags

[dragonpride17]

howdy!!

my name is puff, this is my mogai/flagmaking sideblog ^_^

here is a google drive folder where i upload all my flags and edits! (link)

requests are OPEN for:

genders under the gendercrewmate, genderimpostor, gendercowboy, dj, remix, and infinitesimal systems

flag splices for headcanons/icons (up to 100 flags)

songgenders & musisonar flags

any and all combo flags

redesigns of existing flags

themed flags (ex. fire lesbian, space non-binary)

venn diagram edits

barcode headers

pride blinkies

pride pixel graphics (rectangular flags, hearts, stars)

pokemon sprite edits in pride flag colors

i use she/her, syn/synth, it/its, sh☆/h☆r, star/stars, cyb/cyber, ne/neon, and tech/techs pronouns only!

archival blogs i run: @fem-mogai @lesbianflagarchive @poofusarchival @alien-archive @gendersystemtime @musicamogai @mogai-icon-archive

i follow from my main: @dragonpuff17

here's where i keep my own label collection: @synthroinalien

[thvkosmos]

barcode icons + jeff headers

jeffbarcode packs

[revenant-coining]

do you know any people who do banners (like the 10-flag ones)? everytime i actually focus enough to know which flags i want, i forget who does themm

I think u mean like,, the barcode headers as I've seen them called ? if so here's the small list I could make:

m-grouped - reqs open

candyic - reqs open

neopronouns - reqs closed

mimiscoiningcafe - reqs open

[f4ncystuff]

oii!! você pode fazer mais algumas headers dos jeffcode, por favorzinho? amo demais seus edits <33

oii, espero que goste! 🤎

[cargopantsman]

Helluuu, may I use your barcode flag as my Header? *^*

go for it!

[nightfallsystem-moved]

sorry someone put a flag of my term i made into their barcode flag header and im crying /pos