Bredlik Poems (anthology) - collected and credited by @marvinhere                                                  doodles by Jenny

This typeset was shared with me complete with doodles and QR-codes.

materials used

cover binders board, 1,5 (covers) cardboard (spine stiffener) leather, goat (covering material) heat activated foil (hot stamped title and decorations)

inner book Munken polar, 100gsm (book body) printed decorative paper (endpapers and endbands)

slipcase binders board, 1,5 decorative paper, printed (narrow sides) satogami paper, black (wide sides, inner lining)

dimensions 2,5cm x 2,5cm

WIP God of Arepo - sadoeuphemist/ ciiriianan/ stu-pot (read the whole story here) graphic novel - slightly-awkward-sunshine (read the graphic novel here)

Same set up as the one before, but this time I ditched the colouring. Only genuine gold foil for the smoke and flower petals and diluted black acrylic paint for the rest.  I actually like it better that way. The colours did not come through as I’d hoped the last time. I think the plain black gives a better contrast and is still subtle.

Also, this time I did not blind tool the gold design ahead and gild it later, but went for the design and gold foil right away.

I’m also really crappy at drawing things, so I used details from the graphic novel slightly-awkward sunshine had already drawn so much better than I could have

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