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kk1smet

6 months ago

Reblogging With The Dust Jacket & Endpaper Artworks For This Ficbind Collab ♡

Reblogging with the dust jacket & endpaper artworks for this ficbind collab ♡

Phoenix, this has been a cotton-candy dream. Thank you for banging on my door so I could do my first ficbind collab with you. Brainstorming on discord and over our mood board is one thing but seeing it in completion is another level of sparkling-eye emojis.

This is me returning to the comment section and hitting a thousand kudos/screaming all my bookmarked excerpts back at you, @garagepaperback.

PS. @phoenixortheflame bts process, yes!! incoherent feels over the fic and ‘hmm, okay draco’s hair has a part as a spoiler alert.

Three copies of isn't a kingdom, bound, side by side on an angle. The books are blue and teal with gold details. The front cover is a Draco's silhouette with a lighthouse in the background. The back cover is Harry's silhouette with the fic summary and fake barcode.

Dust jacket front cover of isn't a kingdom featuring Draco's silhouette with a lighthouse in the background.

Back dust jacketed copy of isn't a kingdom featuring Harry's silhouette with the fic summary and fake barcode.

Up close of the fake barcode on the back cover featuring a quote from the fic, "some thick-dicked moron"

Three copies of isn't a kingdom in a row. The middle one is the front and the two outside are the back. They feature green book cloth with gold heat transfer vinyl details. The front cover includes the title of the fic, the author and some wave details. The back includes wave details as well as the quote, "it was tricky not to trace the hook back up its tugging line."

Three copies of isnt' a kingdom, spine up. They feature green book cloth and gold vinyl details including the title, the author and a phoenix graphic.

Three books stacked on top of each other showcasing the endbands which are alternating green and gold thread.

An up close photograph of an endband, featuring alternating green and gold threads.

Three book spines facing other in a triangle formation. The photo is up close to showcase the hand-sewn endbands which are alternating gold and green.

Full cover page in typeset featuring blue and teal watermarked rings surrounding the fic title, isn't a kingdom, and the author's name. The title is set off in gold foil.

Chapter in typeset featuring a single blue and teal watermark rings surrounding "Chapter 1". The chapter title is set off in gold foil.

Book end papers featuring a multi-panel comic of Draco and Harry. In it Harry is eating a lobster and says Draco would look just like this cooked up.. his red ears. Draco flushes. In the background is an ocean scene. The second end paper is a spread of Draco and Harry with their faces at kissing distance. They are shirtless and coloured in greens and yellows and teals.

Book end paper featuring a spread of Draco and Harry with their faces at kissing distance. They are shirtless and coloured in greens and yellows and teals.

Bio for garagepaperback on the inside back cover flap of the dust jacket. It says, "garagepaperback is a silly goose with good/okay emotional intelligence and Disney-ass eyelashes. She loves commas and making people feel really good about themselves. She's the author of isn't a kingdom (obviously), this heaven of mud, and, most recently, a barely lit path. When she's not ripping her readers' hearts out with surgical precision, find her being literally the nicest person to have ever walked the Earth."

Quotes from readers on the inside front flap of the dust jacket including:

i am shipwrecked on the rocks of this fucking story.
-mintaminta

It's a salted caramel situation.
-vukovich

Why did I prompt this?! You made him seafoam. Jesus. wipes tears
-acari

I'll take my bruised, battered heart back now, if you please.
-ka_mae_la

This is just incredible. I’m in awe
-mallstars

Book end paper featuring a multi-panel comic of Draco and Harry. In it Harry is eating a lobster and says Draco would look just like this cooked up.. his red ears. Draco flushes. In the background is an ocean scene.

Bound: isn't a kingdom by @garagepaperback

Dust jacket and end paper art by: @kk1smet Typeset and bound by: me, @phoenixortheflame.

“Pride must suffer pain.” - Hans Christian Andersen A fairytale retelling featuring: barnacles, pine trees and coarse beaches in Maine, a heart-attack, hair-pulling, fireworks, and loving someone whether or not it's enough, whether or not there's a real chance to.

When I first read isn't a kingdom, it was still anon as part of this year's HD Hurt/Comfort Fest, but I knew - I just knew - it was the work of Silly Goose Supreme @garagepaperback, and the next thing I knew I was banging on her front door (DMs) to scream about the puddle - ney, salty tide pool - she hath reduced me to.

At the same time, I was banging on @kk1smet's door, because while I had already decided I was going to bind the fic, getting an artist to collab with me on the project would be not only a super fun way to spend my time, but also be the thing to make garage fully lose her mind.

Two months later, and garage has finally received her copy of the bound fic (!!!!!!!).

A few details on the bind:

This was my first time doing a lot of things, like using colour in the typeset, gold foiling, and hand-sewing the end bands (shout out to @maleekamolscreates for holding my hand through the latter).

I'm really happy with the final bind - and how everything came together so beautifully. I might share a bit of the BTS of the collaborative process between @kk1smet and me, if that's something y'all would be interested in. It was really fun and energizing to jam on this with someone, and I could not have asked for a better collaborator. Thank you, K!

“Praise for” quotes from: @mintawasalreadytaken @vukovich @ghaniblue @kamaela @mallstars