#xtra small

Only took over two years but I finally managed to update Xtra Small!!! Thanks for your patience ^^

Should hopefully be able to start working on the next chapter of OSDiff now that it's done but.... I'm gonna take a little break first after this haha.

The Island, by Geert Mak

Back in 2017, an International Miniature Bookbinding Competition was organised by the Hand Bookbinding Foundation together with the publisher De Buitenkant and Museum Meermanno. I have not posted the pictures of my entry because strangely, the pictures went missing in Louis’ photo archive and no matter how we searched, it just couldn’t be found. 

Just last week, while Louis was compiling some photographs for his upcoming residency, he found my pictures. I was super relieved and happy that I did have photographs of this book documented. 

This book measured 76 x 54 x 18mm. My book unfortunately was trapped in customs upon arrival into The Netherlands and did not make it in time for judging. However, it was listed in the Second Selection Round. This book is a permanent exhibit at Museum Meermanno in Haag. 

The book was sewn on recessed cords. It has acrylic covers with acetate cut-outs of faces representing the individuals who lived on the island, interacting with each other. The boards are slightly translucent and you can see through both from the outside and the inside, where it also acts as the doublure. The transparency reflects on the fleeting moment of the existence of the community on that island. The endpapers are handprinted with the lower case ‘i’ for the island, and also an icon of a human. I made the box to match the binding, using primarily red and green as to match the prints in the book.

Well, I'm gonna try my very hardest to post a fic chapter or two this month... And I know you all are probably sick of hearing me say that like every month but trust me OK, THIS MAY IS AN IMPORTANT MONTH TO ME AND I NEED TO POST THE NEXT XS CHAPTER AT LEAST X'D!!!

Then it's back to OSDiff >:3!

As most of you following me are probably aware, I have a fic on AO3 called Xtra Small or XS is it's shortened abbreviation. I started writing it when I was VERY new to the UTMV and to writing fics in general.

It's... been a while since I updated it... In fact, today marks two years since its last update... And that is a fact I'm not proud of ^^'...

(More info and explanation about why I've been taking so long to write the next chapter below, but to summarise the main point: I have not given up on XS and plan to have another chapter out soon)

oh that would be funny

(also I've been meaning to ask, how old is adult cross and how old is the baby bones version of him in your Xtra small fanfic?)

Oh babybones Cross definitely was afraid of the first vacuum cleaner that Nightmare ever used in the hideout after he turned small, so Nightmare had to get a replacement that wouldn't freak Cross out so much.

And the replacement is a little guy who goes by the name of Henry Hoover :3:

Yes this is a real hoover/vacuum cleaner you can buy. Wait... are you telling me this thing didn't watch your every action from the school's janitors/friends closets when you were younger??? Interesting... because I swear this thing followed me everywhere as a child /j.

Anyway... Cross definitely preferred this new replacement vacuum cleaner, happily welcoming Henry to the family when he was introduced.

Here's a picture Killer tried to sneakily take of Nightmare using it, but Night knew right away what he was up to.

Yep, just your average Dad using a Henry Hoover to clean up his sons mess.... Nothing to see here folks...

Happy Halloween Everyone!

I decided to celebrate the occasion this year by drawing my three favourite skeleton kids dressed up in their adorable costumes! From left to right we have a young XS Cross or Oreo as he's also called dressed up as a knight, Shadow or OSSD Dream is dressed up as a vampire and finally there's Sunshine or OSD Dream is dressed up as a dragon!

Oreo comes from my fic Xtra Small while both Shadow and Sunshine are @calcium-cat s boys from One Small Dream (and the AU version of that) .

Thanks again Cal for letting me know what both Shadow and Sunshine would dress up as for Halloween ;D! I always enjoy drawing these three together!

I'm still alive I swear.

Hopefully gonna try to update Xtra Small soon when I finally find the strength in me to finish this chapter I've been working on for the past year.

Thanks for your patience if you're still here waiting and sorry for not giving any updates for a while.