#time has come today

[getoutofbednelly]

so the most recent fics I’ve read on my kindle are the first two parts of the time has come today series by teen_dean (@urne-buriall on tumblr I think). and these are so good. I’ll elaborate more in my fic review but I am excited to share the cover I developed for my kindle collection because I really enjoyed going through different iterations of this cover. I’m just posting the cover I landed on for now, but I think I will share some of the other iterations which include design choices that I cut and edited at length(in another post or reblog later).

Fic review, cover design notes and a small disclaimer under the page break:)

fic review: I’m not always one to love casefics, watching cases passively on screen is one thing, but I can’t always immerse myself in a case to keep interest. I’m more one for character dynamics and the dynamics here are so interesting and introspective and funny I can’t get enough.

When it comes to the characterizations the author really nails it too. They are so close to canon that when I inevitably dissociate from atmospheric chemistry seminars and start thinking about supernatural, I can’t remember if something happened in their fic or on screen. I love these characters and teen_dean obviously does too because they treat their characterization so carefully. The cover I designed references scenery and plot points related to the case part of the fic, but I wish I could have incorporated the deep and thoughtful character analysis that is part of this fic.

And the imagery, particularly the west coast imagery, is. so. good. Very rarely am ever I struck with the desire to draw imagery described in writing, but it struck me at multiple times throughout this. most noteably the cas in the orchard paragraph highlighted in one of my pics towards the end of young hearts (will it be my first castiel fan art??? I certainly hope so.) chef’s kiss.

I really thought I would take a break after finishing young hearts, but I wasn’t ready to not know what happened to teen dean and past-cas in the next fic so I’m reading the rules of have changed today now and I have no regrets.

some notes on the cover design: I’m not sure this translates to the end result, but the glowing text of the title/author/everything-else was meant to represent the flickering lights of neon signage you might see in a dive bar. The description of Schaffer’s bar at the beginning and end of the first part is rich and another example of really capturing the feeling of canon (which I should mention is something the author does really well through scenery too). I don’t think I necessarily got the colors right (I initially imagined a larger color palette), but I’m feeling pretty good about the glowing aspect of it. In a print book format, I’d like all of the red to be metallic embossed.

Its very faint, but I included the silhouette of a mountainscape with silhouettes of dark watchers watching in the background. I think you have to zoom in to see them though. So I included a zoomed in image of two of the dark watchers. See if you can spot the other two!!

The last thing I wanted to mention is that I know arimaspians are typically one-eyed (on their heads). I took a creative liberty and put an eye on the hand.

lastly, a disclaimer: I know that teen_dean already has a cover and print typeset for their fic on their page. I just wanted to add my creative twist on it for my kindle collection and wanted to share it with you all :’). I should say explicitly that this was not designed in communication with the fic author. I do not take any credit for the fic (credit to the story goes to the author and characters to the cw). if teen_dean comes across this I especially hope they enjoy it<3, but if for any reason you (teen_dean/urne-buriall) don’t want to be associated with this cover, please contact me and I will take this down.

[wallacepolsom]

Wallace Polsom, Life During Wartime: Time Has Come Today (2023), paper collage, 22.1 x 29.5 cm.

[myimaginaryradio]

Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers

Good morning and happy Thursday

I sincerely hope you all had a great holiday. Now it's back to the grind. Hopefully it's an easy rest of the week, but every time I think it's gonna be easy I get punched in the mouth. Fingers crossed.

Be Safe Be Kind And Be Awesome

[urne-buriall]

the two volume "time has come today" series typesets are now available for bookbinding and print-on-demand services. the first volume contains the original part i of "time has come today" as well as part ii, "young hearts." the second volume contains part iii, "the rules have changed today." three parts, two volumes, one series. it's still less confusing than time travel

the files are uploaded to my drive along with instructions for how to use these typesets

time has come today vol. I

bookbinder’s typeset

print-on-demand typeset

print-on-demand cover (paperback)

print-on-demand cover (hardcover)

alternate cover design by @getoutofbednelly

time has come today vol. II

bookbinder’s typeset

print-on-demand typeset

print-on-demand cover (paperback)

print-on-demand cover (hardcover)

[djevilninja]

Time has come today, Young hearts can go their way. Can't put it off another day. I don't care what others say. They think we don't listen anyway. Time has come today.

The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today

[heathengentleman]

Now the time has come

There's no place to run

I might get burned up by the sun

But I had my fun

I've been loved and put aside

I've been crushed by the tumbling tide

And my soul has been psychedelicized

Now the time has come

There are things to realize

Time has come today

Time has come today

Time, Time, Time...

- The Chambers Brothers

[hitchell-mope]

I mean. He was kinda right. Her stupid feelings got in the way of her career

[urne-buriall]

this is why in time has come today between Dean and time-travelling Young Dean we have this:

and then this, when Young Dean gets to ask for one thing to remember about it all:

I can't help it I just love when paternal instinct for Dean kicks in and have a super weakness for him reaching the point where he can look at his past self with that same recognition that this person matters and ought to feel cared for

7.03 | 15.11

[egoschwank]

al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1364

first posted in facebook november 15, 2024

joos van craesbeeck -- "the temptation of st. anthony" (ca. 1650)

"whoever has not experienced temptation cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. without temptations no-one can be saved" … st. anthony

"st. anthony was on his knees holding his hands in supplication oh, lord have mercy on my soul lead me not into temptation oh, the sensation oh, the revelation oh, the temptation of st. anthony" … alex harvey

"[van craesbeeck] also painted his own self-portrait as the central nightmare from which other nightmares spawn in the 'temptation of st. anthony.' note the way his mouth is full of little demons entering and leaving, and his head is open to reveal an artist painting beneath wild dark hair in which geese nest. st. anthony himself is small, placed to the right, almost unnoticed in the onslaught of demons and temptations, both physical and moral. a cacophony of violence and evil rages as anthony clings to the scriptures" … connie j. jasperson

"a time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'you are mad; you are not like us'" … st. anthony

"time has come today (time!)" … joe and willie chambers

"it sure has … i now am lost, i won't be found so dumb, i now can't hear" … al janik

[pancakemolybdenum]

worlds smuggest tween owning noobs on wizard101

[myimaginaryradio]

Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers - 1969

[mimimar]

finally completed my comic based on the song ivy by taylor swift!✿ please zoom in to read the text and see the details~

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you can get the digital zine pdf here! it includes extras like character profiles, costume design, more art of willow and ivy, zine-exclusive sketches and an illustrated guide to the symbolism of all the flowers in this comic.

you can also get prints of individual pages here!

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[urne-buriall]

Hii! Do you have any book recommendations for people who liked your time has come today series or generally a favourite books list that you don’t mind sharing?

you ask the million-dollar question. I read a lot and love making comparisons, but it's easier with my other works than with "time has come today", specifically

there's what I know it is (adventurous, emotional, romantic, self-reflective) and what I hope it is (compelling, original, occasionally profound). it features a classic hero's journey, detailed character study of our favourite repressed bisexual man, all my thoughts and feelings about the tragedy of time travel - alongside my damned constant sense of hope. it was basically written because I wanted it and didn't have anything else like it

for time travel with romantic threads you might enjoy This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. the writer I find most similar to my style in terms of being funny and spooky is T. Kingfisher (Nettle & Bone, What Moves the Dead, and more). she has this merrily macabre sensibility, very fresh fantasy concepts, believable and awesome side characters, and an underlying belief that virtue and courtesy aren't outdated concepts or that hard work is worth doing

indirect inspirations would be something like The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, for when you're a boy mishandling your hurt and trauma mostly through arrogant denial, or True Grit by Charles Portis for a very solid adventure story with a fantastic lead character, and which I see as a lesson in plot-focus (tell a story that matters intensely to the characters involved, even if it has no grand scope or effect in the larger world, and you've told a story worth reading)

other authors I generally love: Shirley Jackson, Victor LaValle, Julian Barnes, Susanna Clarke, Helen Oyeyemi, Umberto Eco, Donna Tartt, & so many more