keep it as is.

yeah the black looks dodgy ;)

 

So these plates will get glued on?

And it is my pleasure to present Book number 1 with the cover design!

 

 

 

It took me a while to build confidence to cut into the leather, but finally got myself to do it.

 

 

 

The rest of the inlays are ready and prepared. Now I just need to find the time to sand the rest of the book edges and complete the process.

 

This is how it would look like with a blackened emblem (not glued in).

 

 

I don't know why but sitting on front of it, it looks really nice. If I make a photo it looks crappy.....

Well if in person the blackened one looks black and not all smeary looking like in the photos I'd go with black as it really makes the snake stand out and the gold border also looks classy. :)

Forgot to ask...what's the design on the round plates?

Decided to stay with the brass optic. The brass will age with time anyway.

 

As for the round plates, these are for 3 role playing books. I played a lot of World of Darkness when I was younger. I just recently looked into it again and found out that they released a 20th-anniversary edition of the three main systems Vampire, Werewolf and Mage. I have given away all of my books years ago and kind of missed them. So this was a good chance to make an homage to my younger self and make them as "collector's items".  

 

 

As for the project, I made a large step today. 9 books still need to be sanded and glued. The finish line is near!

It is my deepest pleasure to declare the project "The Wheel of Time - Black Tower Edition" hereby finished.

 

 

 

 

I think within my humble possibilities they turned out quite right. Was an interesting journey and a lot has been learned.

Little update for the process: I was not too happy how the brass turned out in contrast to the other gilding. I made a last minute adjustment and guilded the cover tiles. Everything looks much more balanced now.

sixteen books?

14 core books + New Spring + Compendium = 16 books

It is my deepest pleasure to declare the project "The Wheel of Time - Black Tower Edition" hereby finished.

 

 

 

 

I think within my humble possibilities they turned out quite right. Was an interesting journey and a lot has been learned.

Little update for the process: I was not too happy how the brass turned out in contrast to the other gilding. I made a last minute adjustment and guilded the cover tiles. Everything looks much more balanced now.

Beautiful!! U R so talented!

That looks really, really good.

My goodness. These are gorgeous! My highest respect for your skill and patience. I recently rebound my copies of the Mistborn trilogy, and while they turned out fairly satisfactory, they didn't reach nearly this level. 

 

My consolation prize is that I got to get them signed at Boskone this weekend. 

Thanks to you all. Means a lot. :)

 

@Ironeyes: Please show your self-bound books. Always interested to see new approaches and learn. :)

It is my deepest pleasure to declare the project "The Wheel of Time - Black Tower Edition" hereby finished.

 

 

 

 

 

Stunning.

 

Magnificent.

 

Gorgeous.

 

 

TOR should hire you.

 

It is my deepest pleasure to declare the project "The Wheel of Time - Black Tower Edition" hereby finished.

 

 

 

 

Stunning.

 

Magnificent.

 

Gorgeous.

 

 

TOR should hire you.

Gorgeous...A labor of love...

Animus.Tesseract, could you design a cover like this: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0c/84/56/0c8456ef47afa13fb8e71c4b9e5430b9.jpg

 

or this: http://www.ikkadukka.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/e/m/emma.jpg

double post

 

Animus.Tesseract, could you design a cover like this: https://s-media-cach...c4b9e5430b9.jpg

or this: http://www.ikkadukka...95/e/m/emma.jpg

 

If you mean by designing, conceptualizing it in Photoshop: By all means yes. If you would need it as a Vector graphic, that would be a bit trickier but also doable.

To actually execute it in leather? Unfortunately not. I am missing critical equipment to do such a large embossing. Hence I went with the engraved plates on the pieces above.

 

What do you have in mind? Feel free to shoot me a PM, if you have a project. Happy to help where I can.