#fanbinding ressources

[una-victima-casi-perfecta]

Some copyright-free animal illustrations i snatched from some pictorial archive books and i would like to share with the world :)

The transparent versions can be downloaded here.

#fanbinding ressources #animal illustration #butterflies #vintage illustration #book ornaments #chinese illustration #cute fish #cranes #cute bat #bat illustration #animal drawing #drawing inspo #graphic design #chinese art #illustration #f2u #free to use #public domain

[hms-tardimpala]

A statement on ficbinding (according to me)

I've joined the book/ficbinding tag on tumblr a couple of weeks ago, and in that time I've seen some confusion and concern about what ficbinding is, so I thought I'd post a statement of how I see ficbinding and why I do it. (If you're an author and I redirected you to this post because I want to bind your fic, hiiii) (Fellow ficbinders, if you find this post a useful ressource, don't hesitate to use it yourselves)

What's ficbinding?

Ficbinding (also called fanbinding) means a reader is going to print your fic and make a book out of it. It goes from the simple single booklet stapled together to leatherbound gold-foiled volumes.

Are you gonna make money off of my writing?!

I wouldn't dream of it. Ficbinding is just another fandom practice: you can't monetize your fic writing because you don't own the universe you're writing about, and I can't monetize your fic because it doesn't belong to me. I believe there are professionals who bind fics for a price (on Etsy, maybe?) but I'm ethically opposed to it.

Why do you do it, then?

Love of the craft. I'm a craftsman, I love choosing the best fabrics, fonts and embellishments for a project and making something with my hands.

Love of your fic. I liked it so much I want it in my house! I'm not fond of reading on a screen, it drastically reduces the chances I'll re-read the fic (even if I want to). Printing your fic ensures I'll enjoy it for years to come. It's the best compliment I can pay you.

As a gift to a friend who doesn't have the skills.

And what, it happens whether I want it or not?

As you can imagine, this is kind of a gray area legally. Nothing forces a ficbinder to reach out and tell you they're binding your fic. But this is fandom, and I personally view it as a community and consider that it's only courteous to let authors know I'm doing this. If I post pictures of my binding here, I want to be able to give credit where it's due, and since most authors are very happy to see their work bound, tagging them means they'll get a nice surprise when they open tumblr. I'll always do my best to find a way to contact you (ao3 comment, tumblr if you've put it on your ao3 profile).

I don't like strangers messaging me, is there a way to let people know I agree/don't allow this without talking to someone?

Valid, and there is! The simplest way is to write it in your ao3 bio, it's called a blanket permission or a transformative works statement. For example, mine says that I allow all transformative works (ficbinding is one, like fanart) based on my fics but that I like to be notified so I can gush about it and reblog/link to it, and I put my tumblr there to make it easy to contact me.

You can build a statement with this excellent tool. Answer the questions at the bottom of the page and you'll get a clearly-worded short statement to copy-paste into your bio (you can edit it, of course). The blanket permission is the thing ficbinders look for and as a digitally socially anxious person, let me tell you, it's a life-changer.

(Now, can I bind your fic, pretty please 🥺?)

#never hesitate to reach out in the askbox #bookbinding #fanbinding #ficbinding #fanfiction #ao3

[in-collection]

Hi I'm 639 and sometimes I make typesets (ᐛ)

IN is a collection of those typesets. I make a copy for myself & you can do the same. I have the PDFs on a drive and a handy tutorial on this blog (both linked below) so you can download, print & bind 'em yourself if you so desire. You can also just download the typeset and simply view the whole thing on your screen instead of printing it.

The work here is in the text & the typography, meaning on the inside of the book. On the outside the cover is standardized to create a unified collection. This also means that you are free to take simply the inside, ditch my cover and make a different one if you want! Or a different binding, or whatever you want to do. Please just don't remove the credits that are inside somewhere! Enjoy.

Asks always open for printing/binding help, typesetting and editorial and graphic design matter, or any other questions.

Thanks to the authors for letting me typeset their work & thanks to @vitaminholland for the help with the gallery.

See the this post for the navigation which is also explained below:

GALLERY - the ultimate way to see the typesets do not miss it (but only on desktop)

DOWNLOAD THE TYPESETS - the drive. see what file to download for what purposes below

HOW TO PRINT & BIND / ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW - what the fuck are all these PDFs, which do I take & how do I print cut & bind them

RESSOURCES - references, inspirations, cool things in typography, book design, fanbinding and graphic design

BOOK DESIGN COMMISSION INFO - i do book design commissions. Note those commissions are not part of IN. can be for any kind of book.

#blog

[una-victima-casi-perfecta]

#landscapes #art nouveau #adolphe giraldon #vintage illustration #headpieces #book ornaments #fanbinding ressources #art #french art #flowers #urban sketch #golden

[una-victima-casi-perfecta]

Some chinese floral motifs! The last three were taken from the "Chinese Designs and Motifs" book from Dover Pictorial Archive, whereas the first one is a simplified version of the painting "Orchids on rocks" by Cheng Hsieh (1693-1765) made by me :)

Transparent versions of them can be downloaded here.

Here's the original, in case anyone is interested:

#fanbinding ressources #graphic design #floral motifs #chinese illustration #book ornaments #cheng hsieh #the book i took the photo from is Chinese Painting and Calligraphy by Wan-go Weng #it can be accessed throug archive.org and its very nice i recommend it #chinese art #illustration #f2u #free to use #public domain

[una-victima-casi-perfecta]

Some illustrations by the Art Nouveau artist George Auriol (1863-1938).

He was also a quite renowned type designer and his work as a graphic designer is very inspiring :)

And I also enjoy some headpieces he made about months and seasons, here are some of my favorites (i used the third one for a fanbinding project!):

#art nouveau #illustration #george auriol #typesetting #fanbinding #ressources #book headpieces #french illustrator #book ornaments #vintage inspo #graphic design #favoritos