#princess-of-paper-and-ink

[swaps55]

Chapter 11 has me in tears!

I love how you write EDI and her internal monologue and I really hope we get to hear her stories about the stars

While I know he wouldn’t accept it I want to give Sam a hug so bad he is really going through it. My heart aches for him and Kaidan

I’m sorry you hit a burnout wall and I am glad to hear you are starting to feel better! I hope things continue to look up

Thank you SO MUCH.

I put so much blood, sweat, and hand wringing into that EDI scene. It started as maybe a 300-500 word scene and then went haywire, and I spent literal months rewriting and revising it, because getting EDI's curiosity and Sam's unraveling to line up in parallel and follow the right narrative threads was...very difficult, lol. But worth it. It's probably my favorite scene in the whole fic. EDI is just magic.

I've been more or less writing for 4 years straight at this point, so I was bound to hit a wall at some point. I've been able to recharge my batteries by poking at other hobbies. Thank you so much for the positive thoughts. Feels like we've all just been Going Through It, so there's not much special about me dealing with burnout, other than it's something you just kinda have to deal with.

But I'm excited again and actively chafing at work interfering with my time and energy to write, so that feels like a good sign!!

[artificial-radiance]

He's different every time

[normal-about-the-dca]

[myewt]

Charlotte(s)

[zhalfirin-binds]

Details of my bind of A princess of Mars

Since I kept making small mistakes. Starting with the wrong printing format, then forgetting to adjust the sewing so I could trim (I did not plan for margins quite as large as they are... ). The backing turned a bit wonky too. So I decided I'd try some new things on this book.

I wanted to use the interference colours I have with a different base coat. They come out best with a black or dark ground colouring. Before I used oak gall ink, because that was what I had (and I love to watch the magic happen when it turns from translucent blue to black), but iron, in whatever form, is the last thing you want in a book because it will rust and damage the paper over time.

So I did some testing with a few different inks to check for effect and smudging and eventually switched to a china ink.

The one I got has a really nice black with a slight gloss to it. That should have tipped me off, but I kept going and just painted the edge with the interference colour acrylic ink just to watch how it gathered in the lowest part (I did the front edge with the curve first) and took forever to dry. Trying to help that with a hair dryer only needed me up with a pattern of tiny ripples. When I opened the book I could see the paint had been too thick in some parts and flaked off a bit. I diluted and kept painting, with way better results, eventually, but it's still not completely even on the front edge (the picture here is the 3. or 4. result... I was just tired to keep going at that point). The top and bottom edge look fine though.

Covering the case was a bit of an adventure too for a few reasons. I wanted to avoid and gaps... but first I failed to accurately estimate the stretch of my different papers then I forgot to consider the overlap and figuring out which part should overlap which was a challenge. I went of the green layer that wraps all around the case as top layer so it could cover all pointy edge I had not covered yet. The pointy bits are always the most likely to take damage or get loose. So I had that taken care off. I still have a small spot on the backside that's not the layer it's supposed to be, but it blends in well enough with the other colours.

Another thing that I did not think of was, when I cut the onlays was how overlapping would impact the shape. the yellow was supposed to be a nice slanting hill in the foreground... well, I would have had to keep that in mind for the overlapping toplayer.

I also thought about titling the cover and even got as far as test titling with copper, gold, creme, red and brown (the line between creme and brown, that's red, I know it's turned invisible, bu it is there). None of the results made me overly happy though so I skipped it.

Last thing, but I'm not sure whether it's a mark of the construction or the hinge is too small, the backing not sufficient, is the opening angle of the covers. It opens alright, but when I push the cover a bit down it drags the text block along and it looks like there's too much tension on it to me. I'll have to see for my next binds if I can optimise that.

I liked the spread out design enough to make it a picture for my wall ^^

[glibbatty]

Princess Luna

[artistic-potato-goblin]

Linktober Shadow 2024: Day 3 - Puppet Zelda

[chococheezers]

[chrimisu]

Day 22: Shadow

[tomoleary]

Howard Pyle (1853-1911) "Then Beppo Carried the Princess Ashore" Harper's Young People magazine story illustration (July 17, 1894) Source

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day 4: paper and ink!!

i wasnt sure what to do for this so i just sorta. drew them matching pfps. if you wanna use feel free but give credit

[swaps55]

Hi! I hope you’re having a good day!

I drop everything I’m doing whenever you publish a new chapter of Mezzo and I’ve loved every so far.

I wanted to drop by and say that the Mordin POV from the most recent update was so good! You perfectly captured his voice and that section almost broke my heart.

Thank you for sharing Sam and Kaidan (and everyone else) with us!

Ahhh, thank you so much!!!! I LOVE getting to share them, and it still blows my mind they touch other people.

Boy, I was sweating Mordin. Not only is he a difficult character to write in general, he's possibly my favorite character in fiction, which means I'm scared to touch him. I spent a LOT of time putting that POV together, so it means a lot that it landed!!!!

[black-dahlias-blog]

I can never stay in just one sketch book so I’ve decided to start keeping it all in a binder. Closer look at some of my drawings on my instagram

[oleskellybones]

like actually the funniest part of all the disney adult purity culture internet poison stuff is that all those original movies were made by chain smoking pervert bigots no matter what they try and tell you about magic

[myewt]

HC inktober Day 01 - Ink

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Game Mario really has no thoughts, head empty compared to the other Marios

referring to this

All the other Mario's are hanging out together in their own support group.

Meanwhile Game Mario is just vibing.