#publishing workshop

[drawdownbooks]

In this 78 page Riso and inkjet printed publication, Graphic Design MFA students at the Otis College of Art and Design in LA discuss different contemporary design titles and produce graphic compositions inspired by each one! The result is a showcase of creativity and responses to design discourse and artist publications, reflecting the perspectives and talents of an international cohort.

What Can Books Do? is the outcome of a three-day workshop we did in June with 14 students. The publication was collectively printed and bound by the students on 3 paper stocks, with help from the incredible lab staff at Otis.

Graphic contributions designed and printed by Aurora Cecconi, Angie Chan, Wai Yan Cheung, Anthony Luna, Darah Haimovitz, Amanda Liu, Graciela De La Maza, Poppy Pu, Jack Rielly, Yolanda Sinaga, Antonio Valverde, Xingfei Wang, Nano Wu, and Gama Yangzong.

Printed in a limited edition of 97 copies

Softcover, 78 pages, covered saddle-stitch binding, 1-, 2-, and 3 color Risograph and 1-color laserprint, 7.25 × 10.10 inches

[nocturnus33]

During the weekend, I bound Pride or what goeth before a fall by Toodleoo. Tood's pen is witty, smart and funny, with a good use of irony and humour. I miss her, we were friends for long, and we have the opportunity to meet each other when she travelled. We lost contact during the pandemic. That's why I want to have one of her stories on my bookshelf as a way to honour her.

Toodleoo has always been a lot of fun to read, and this story is no exception. In this one, Hermione Granger, considers herself an excellent evaluator of the character of others. Guided by a series of stereotypes, she decides that Snape is gay and wants to support him. Thus begins this amusing comedy of errors.

Summary:

When it came to reading people, Hermione Granger was almost always right. How did she miss the fact that Snape was gay?

The binding process: It took some time to bind, as I was rusty from being away from my tools for so long. I had to re made the cover a few times, but I'm happy with the result. The fic is very tongue in cheek and I wish to show that in the design. I didn't have any rainbow like stuff, so I chose a cheerful yellow book cloth. The title had a complicated an imbricated font (the one I for chapter titles), and screwed I up badly while weeding it, so I humbly restarted with a conservative and safer cover design.

Fonts:

Chapter titles: GluckMixer Font.

Text: Palatino Linotype family.

As always, this fic was bound for personal use and fandom heritage preservation in mind. You can read Toodleoo's fics for free at AO3 and Live Journal.

[mattiasprojects]

Zine workshop and lecture at Kulturverkstan / January 2024

One-day intense zine work with students at Kulturverkstan. We started in the morning and by afternoon all had zines to present in a small exhibition. Great work!

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

John Mann - Encounter: A Weekend With Intimate Strangers - Pocket Books - 1971

[mobbothetrue]

I decided to dip my toes into sci-fi for my short story class, and, uh, I guess I Knocked it Out of the Fucking Park, just nailed it, on writing an unsettling little piece about a kid.

I mean, my intent was sci-fi. I was writing about aliens on a spaceship. But people have interpreted it in a variety of other interesting ways. That’s besides the point.

So like. Cool. I now have a home run piece that I’m gonna look into publishing in, like, I dunno a magazine or smth. It’s only 3 pages in word. Cannot emphasize enough how all over this story people were.

So that was the first assignment.

What the hell do I do for my second assignment.

[knickknackgalore]

Oscar's Grouchy Sounds

[oflgtfol]

while im looking thru my old unfinished art, happy pride month to my two gay kitties from the warriors oc fanfic i was writing back in 2017-2018. featuring skystar's boyfriend who would show up later in the fic which i never got to write far enough to feature him. lol

[corvidous]

Apropos of...nothing...I've slightly altered one of the most personally satisfying (if not necessarily "useful" per se) image edits I've ever made

[leporellian]

GOOD NEWS: i’m having fun writing this play. BAD NEWS: if the student theatre board rejects my proposal for them to put it on and/or i fail to find a director bc there’s no way i am directing that shit on my own i will genuinely be so devastated

[radiofreeskaro]

Radio Free Skaro #928 - The Tribe of None

Radio Free Skaro #928 - The Tribe of None - New #DoctorWho theme arrangement! - All(?) of Classic Who coming to iPlayer! - Commentary for Mawdryn Undead, Part Four!

http://traffic.libsyn.com/freyburg/rfs928.mp3 Download MP3 If you’re looking for new things to hum as you while away the days to the 60th anniversary and its specials, wait no more! The new arrangement of the Doctor Who theme tune is now in the wild, along with the Fifteenth Doctor’s theme just aching to bust out of your speakers and into your heart. You’ll need all that love because although…

[interiorlulus]

Here I was wondering how I was going to start finding work in this fastidious art industry only to receive a new commission straight into my inbox.

[shifuaang]

Bodhi felt a pang in her chest that reverberated from her heart to her stomach. She slipped her hand into Tien’s as a form of reassurance, but also a sort of thanks. No one had stopped to worry about how another war would affect her, which was fine. She didn’t expect them to. But it was nice to know that someone was looking out for her. 

“I’ll be okay,” she bolstered. “I’ve got you this time.”

Meet Tien and Bodhi from the novel I'm working on, drawn by the incredible @awildfrenchieart on instagram! I am way too excited to share them with everyone, and I hope you all love them as much as I do when I eventually publish their story. 💚

[optiwashere]

Screaming crying throwing up begging sobbing for transmasc/gnc TavxShadowheart fics i will give you real world money pL EAS E IM BEGGING YO-

Anon, it's wonderful that you thought to ask me this. I do genuinely appreciate that kinda faith in me! Thank you for that.

But I'm sorry, I'm just not convinced I'm the writer for what you want. Unless it was a very brief fic which feels... disingenuous.

There's a dearth of transmasc!Tav/Shadowheart fics out there though. It's even worse than the trans fem Tav/Shadowheart situation, and I'm sorry for that. I hope someone more suited to the task comes along and gives you everything you want!

I'm not in the market for a fanfic beta with sensitivity reading/editing experience at the moment either, which I would want for this.

I laughed at your joke at the end there, but to clarify in probably far too serious a tone: my fics will always be free and I can't see myself accepting money for fannish writing out of an abundance of caution. No shade at all to those that do commissions or set up ko-fi/Patreon and so on, I wish all y'all a happy and comfortable life in the dystopian nightmare we're forced to live in and all proles (especially artists & writers rn) deserve to be compensated for our labor.

[sequentialartistsworkshop]

SAW Alum Angeli Rafer's New Book!

YES! We are celebrating the amazing win of Angeli Rafer, whose book, GHOSTS DON’T EAT POTATO CHIPS is arriving from Scholastic Sept 2023!

Take a peek and order here: https://shop.wordbookstores.com/book/9781338881660

Don't forget to let us know about your comics wins in the big, bad world outside the network! We want to hear about it!

Read Angeli’s testimonial about SAW below, written before she even got the book deal!

THANKS SO MUCH ANGELI for being out there! Keep making amazing comics!

I WANT TO MAKE AND READ MORE COMICS!

Do you have a story inside you that’s just itching to come out, but want some guidance to help push it out?

Learn more about intensive comics learning with teachers at SAW by checking out SAW’s Year-Long Intensive Program and our Six-Month Graphic Novel Intensive.

Be sure to also check out our Online Courses, since some courses are offered year-round and are always enrolling!

Our Graphic Memoir Intensive runs year round and is always enrolling.  It includes access to a vibrant working community, twice-monthly live online check-ins, weekly prompts, and access to SAW’s Monthly Pro Calls!

Our Comics Flow Group, or SAW FLOW MEMBERSHIP, is also year-round and always enrolling and is SAW's MOST AFFORDABLE course option with access to Monthly Pro-Calls!

And, of course, come see what we’re all up to on SAW's Mighty Network anytime!

[eurydicees]

also relevant to my last rb but tbh don’t post literal numerical ratings of fics on your fic rec blog either. like. i also have a tumblr account and can see your post when you put the fic title and my fucking name. i don’t care if you didn’t think my fic was groundbreaking or w/e but if you’re saying hey welcome to my rec blog this fic by eurydicees was a 7.5! i think i should have the right to be a little upset with you

[mattiasprojects]

Salon de Papier / Yellow edition zine 2022-11-15

Collaboration zine making with the organising group of Salon de Papier + invited guest Mari Lagerquist who also set the theme for the zine: organising / numbers we remember. We worked for some hours and this time we produced the full edition of 30 by hand instead of Indesign --> printer work. A5, 16 pages, various paper and printing techniques (collage, stamps, spray paint, drawing), edition: 30 (numbered)