#zillac

Now that @zillac's (kind of surprise haha) copy of Huzzah to the Hammersmith has arrived, I can post pics!

This is my second time using handwoven bookcloth and I had SO much fun with it. Cloth was woven on my rigid heddle loom using a green and gold linen/cotton/acrylic blend. Also, this was my first time making an obi!

As always, more details under the cut <3

Art for @zillac ‘s wonderful fic Talis, V. Talis, J. "Social Behaviors of Lokfar Peninsula’s Wild Mammals (Specifically Those of my Co-Author)"

*ref: this post

Viktor Community came out of the bombshell that hit the fandom a couple of months ago (along with Stillwater Jayce) that Viktor had grown up within a whole community.

I thought it would be fun to explore Jayce getting to meet that community. It stalled out when I realized I didn't really have a plot or even a character arc (oops). It might come back, though!

Here's a snippet:

HELLO JAYVIK (fanbinding) NATION. I had four binderary projects planned this year. I finished one of them. This is not one of them. WHAT HAPPENED WAS I had binderary plans and then I watched the bear trap of a show that is Arcane. What happened was I tripped and fell straight into jayvik hell. Here I am now, a month later. Anyway!

This is the fantastic Talis, V. Talis, J. "Social Behaviors of Lokfar Peninsula’s Wild Mammals (Specifically Those of my Co-Author)" by @zillac! I had SO much fun reading and binding this--zillac's writing is some of my favorite ever, that perfect mix of hilarious and heartfelt, with spot-on voicing for everyone. This is a Tarzan AU and SUCH a delight--Jayce never gets rescued as a kid and instead gets raised by wolves (SEXY WOLFMAN JAYCE YEEHAW), and Viktor meets him years later on a research trip. The title is a fun spin on an academic paper, so in keeping with that theme, I went for a more simple/classical design and a stiffened board binding construction, which was new to me and SO much fun. I will definitely be using this construction again!

Some design fun facts! Blue and silver details are to match the icy climate of Lokfar (there's a line where Viktor is like "why are your [very strong, distracting, huge] arms bare when it's fucking freezing out?" and Jayce is like "Hm? Oh it's summer," which, CHILLS, no pun intended). Cover papers were hand-marbled by me at Renegade Retreat 2023 (I'm so happy I found the perfect fic to use them!). The endpapers are a bit translucent, which reminded me so much of the frozen glacier in the fic I just had to use them:

I also went for a different font for the interior--I've been using Garamond basically ever since I started fanbinding (which AH, it's my five-year anniversary this year! I should write a roundup post...), but I decided to try Alegreya this time around, and I really love how it changes the feel of the typeset.

Bonus ASMR flip-through! (I bought a ring light/phone camera stand, so now I can use both hands in my book photos lolol)

This covers a span of roughly 550 words. In a fic that's just about 20k.

So. You know. Everything is very cool and normal here.


Rule 2: Answer the questions the person who tagged you asked and write 10 new ones.


Rule 3: Tag 10 people and link them to the post.


Rule 4: Actually tell them you tagged them

- I was tagged by invisiblenecromancer. Thank you very much!

Do you collect anything?
• video game husbands that end up dying

What was your first video game? • Oh maker, uh. I think it was this little 10$ game thing my dad bought me, that came with like 5 games? Something about dolphins and sonic the headgehog...


Sweet or savory foods?• yes

 Favorite band/singer/song? (any of the above, or all if you’d like)
• THIS IS A HARD QUESTION UMm

I like Les Friction, Florence Plus the Machine, Cage the Elephant, Fall Out Boy, Imagine Dragons, Lorde, Ludo, Panic!At the Disco, A Perfect Circle, Shinedown, The White Tie Affair...Pretty much anything alternative, or something that has an older feel. I really love Malukah, a youtuber. If you haven't seen some of her stuff, you should check it out. : ) 

If you could travel, where would you like to go? •Everywhere! I love to travel, and I've been to all of the continental US, and my family's very big on travel, but. I haven't been out of the county...Yet! 

Do you have any phobias?
• I hate spiders.

Do you find any accents attractive?
• Ive got 99 problems and cuties with accents are 98 of them Are you very picky about your appearance? (hair/clothes/make-up)
• Weeeelllll, to a certain extent? I have to have my teeth brushed, hair brushed, and make up on or I just will not leave the house. But as for clothes and things? Nah, I'm pretty happy with a T-Shirt and some pants, and just leaving my hair alone. Do you like your given name?
• not really, whoops. My given name is Sydney? I think its a pretty lame name, I would have liked something super unique. Favourite genre of video game?
• RPGS. RPGS. RPGS. I love them.

What’s your favorite color? (Optional: Why?)
• Gold, because I require luxury. (that's a joke I have like three dollars to my name I do not live in luxury)

What’s your favorite season? (Optional: And why?)
• season four of house, M.D.

im kidding winter, I like the cold and then I'm not the only super pale kid.

Are you superstitious? 
• Not really? I don't know, I believe in ghost, but I don't cry when I accidentlly break a mirror?

If you were a superhero what super powers would you have?
 • the power to make everyone and anyone love me

Do you play any instruments? 
• I play the flute and the elusive and hard to master 'couch'.

Favorite beverage?
• the blood of my enemies   Sooooooodaaaa.

Would you get a tattoo? (If you have one (or many) what is it a tattoo of?)
• Yes, I would. uvu UV, White, ad watercolor tattoos just look so cool.

Do you remember your dreams?
•Every single one. Last night I had a dream that I ruled the universe and let me tell you

cuties. cuties everywhere.

Do you have a favorite number? (What is it?) Probably 5, because math with 5's are easy. //sweats

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Do you like playing board games?

Do you have any pets? (If so, what kind?)

What's something that really makes you happy?

Do you have a favorite restaurant?

If you could be anything what would you be?

If you had a dragon for a day what would you do?

Your favorite TV/Videogame/movie character has just appeared into thin air. What do you do/who are they?

How many blogs do you follow?

If you could go into any fictional universe, would you stay forever?

Have you accepted Solas as your buttchin lord and pajama savior?