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I have reread this panel mutiple times to try to understand why it's written that way but I can't figure it out.

Made this tiny MacOS folder style notebook just a while ago, with a coptic style binding. The dimensions turned out to be 100x125mm. It currently has an exposed spine with PVA holding things together.

The question is - do I leave the spine exposed like this, or add a paper liner like a classic composition notebook? Please let me know your thoughts and ideas!

Just finished the Prophet series and I'm not sure how I feel. Because I've just read something with the most remarkably realised world-building I've ever seen in a graphic novel. Ever.

The detail is such that although I was thoroughly confused most of the time, I have absolute confidence that it makes sense and despite the way the fourth TP indexes and explains, I'd probably have to go back and study it a chapter at a time to fully absorb all of its grotesque and beautiful delights.

It is an absolutely crazy piece of work and I'm kinda glad I can't see into the minds of its creators.

How do others feel about it??

I saw this on Etsy (shop name cropped out so it’s not an advert). I want to be able to stamp on the book title. What do people think? I have never done foiling before so would appreciate any advice

Idk what’s wrong with me. I’m a big reader but have always struggled with finding my genres of books. Probably the ADHD doesn’t help lol. I get overwhelmed by too many decisions, buy books as dopamine hits, go through genre hyper fixations, and collect TBR books for dopamine. I have like 50-100 unread books in my house and 554 unread TBR books stored on my Goodreads.

I love books tho! I’m always trying books even if I dnf. I am also even an English Literature major. I actually loved everything that I read so far in my major a lot. It feels like I know at least that stuff is my type of books.

I’m trying to maintain my reading up over the summer tho! I’m just having trouble picking what to read. I have a lot of books at home but idk if they match what I want to read. I also tried to make a Summer TBR list but I ended up putting like 24 on it which is an absurd amount for my reading pace. I’ve attached pictures of the TBR list to this post. Some are some I already own, some are not.

I want to read books that give that vibe of summer. The heat, the nostalgia, the regrets. I don’t want something summer cute.

Hi all,

I currently use a traditional hot foil stamping machine (Foilcraft EZ Pro) for PU leather but it is quite time consuming to use since you have to manually put the die into the holder and then stamp.

I’m looking for a machine that is more automated and came across digital foil stamping machines. Like the one I’ve attached.

Has anyone had any experiences with a machine like this? Is the quality poor on pu leather in comparison to a manual stamping machine? Would you recommend it?

Hi everyone,

I’m the producer (and proud dad) of my 9-year-old son’s podcast, Join the Fray. We recently sat down with Dr. Ted Gervan, and I thought this community might appreciate his unique perspective on how the industry has shifted over the last two decades.

Before he became an educational leader at institutions like Sheridan, Capilano, and the Centre for Digital Media in BC, Ted worked as a prosthetic makeup artist in Hollywood. He was part of the talented team that brought the original X-Men (2000) to life. [Ted got the chance to support the super talented team of Evan Penny or Ann McLaren who designed the look for Mystique and Sabretooth!]

He contributed to the character designs (including the drawings for Sabretooth) and helped building specific costumes, pouring and coloring the silicone, painting nails, and applying the makeup once the initial sculpts were molded.

Fraser and Ted had a great discussion about:

• The Reality of the Makeup Lab: The technical process of pouring, coloring, and detailing silicone prosthetics for a major film production, and how that hands-on experience shapes his view of modern 3D pipelines.
• The Evolution of the Craft: How he sees the industry shifting between physical, high-touch lab work to digital-first workflows, and how education needs to adapt to teach both.
• Advice for Future Artists: His take on "the fear of building"—how he teaches students to bridge the gap between a design idea and the messy, physical/digital reality of actually building it.

It’s a non-monetized, fun interview and thanks to the Mods here to enable me to share it.

Spotify Link - https://open.spotify.com/episode/53jpLDHotOh8mE8Vo6jgc8?si=Koxoja8jTwWTW0bBUTpLoA

Enjoy folks and thanks for the opportunity to share this fun chat!

I purchased the L&K in IDW Classic format. It was a great book that combined 2 volumes for $14 but left me hanging at the end of vol 2. I knew I had to find the whole series sooner or later. Props to IDW's marketing dept.

A tragic love story in my eyes. Especially with the context of the letters between “Laura” and the doctor. I guess the real Laura, Veronica, was buried with a rose and her lover Marcia (Carmilla) used to leave roses on her pillow for her :( and it’s very obvious they were in love. I think if not for the introduction and footnotes of my edition I would have been disappointed, though immersed and having fun with the gothic story, because Le Fanu tries and fails to erase the queerness lol. I mean he describes her desire as mixed with repulsion in the book but in the letters it’s only desire and wanting Marcia always. It’s so obvious they’re lesbians especially after reading the letters Veronica wrote. Anyways I really enjoyed this it rekindled my love of gothic literature and made me feel nostalgia for wuthering heights and Jane eyre

Reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky for the first time! What is everyone’s thoughts about it?

I picked this as my first Adrian Tchaikovsky book and liked it a lot. The beginning and end were uninteresting, but I really liked the middle section where the humans were traversing the planet. It's was like being on a rail ride through the 2005 Alien Planet mockumentary and I loved those shows. It was cool how detailed the biosphere was from how the environment worked to how the animals uniquely evolved to navigate it.

I liked how the humans and sentient alien were utterly baffled by the other. It wasn't a usual us vs them alien book since they couldn't directly interact and communicate. A bit like Flatland. They were both like, what is this strange beast? What is it doing now? Why is it so weird and dumb?

Spoiler thoughts: >!I'd like a sequel where the humans and aliens come to benefit from each other or evolve together. The ending cut off abruptly and didn't resolve anything other than leaving a sense of dread, so I doubt my wish will come true.!<

>!It seemed more a 'capitalism bad, so now humans die from being greedy little capitalists' ending which is kind of boring and uninteresting. I thought it was moving in a direction where the Shrouded would become like an AI and completely replace all of the systems on the spaceship. It would have been interesting if humans and the Shrouded formed some type of interstellar symbiotic relationship of man and alien AI thing.!<

One of the greatest comics of all time, and mighty fine collected editions.

I’ve been wanting to build one of these lists for a while and finally felt like it was time. 22 books read this year with 5 more DNF all of which I read at least 50%. Let me know your thoughts! My favorite book of the year is easily The Everlasting, and my least favorite was Two Twisted Crowns.