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A giant spell book really just needs... a giant spell book stand!
This.
Very this
With wheels for ease of moving
Maybe spells inside as well?
Yesss
imagine writing the family recipes there and passing a giant book through generations
With drawings/illustrations and apostils
I need to go make a giant book now
That's full on proper family grimoire territory. I love it!
Imagine illustrating the recipes as if they were magic potions and consumables, write about the ingredients as though they were spell components, and mythologizing the histories of the family members who created or shared the recipes?
That would be sick! Then slipping in some nudes to surprise the great grandkids 😂😂
Send it from Art KZheadr to Art KZheadr and have each draw a page of the book. Imagine a gigantic collection of various artitsts condensed into one, thumpy boi, book.
Could you imagine the shipping costs on that? Whew!
i was thinking the same haha @@LolaBowla
@@LolaBowla basically shipping an entire tree at that point lol
That's the best idea in the comment section omg
Oh my gosh YES!
You could always use this book as a memoir of sorts of your projects . Like the left page have your sketches or blue prints and on the right page have pictures of the project 🤷🏻♀️
Genius
SUCH A GREAT IDEA
Listen, that right there is a family heirloom. This is the book where you draw up the plans for the projects you do on the channel (or for personal.) Then each project is immortalized in the massive "Nerdforge Sacred Tome" which becomes a history of your works done. Also, the first project you design in it should be the pedestal that it will stand on, so that you have something that makes it easy to move around and write in.
YES THIS IS SO UNDERRATED!
YES @nerdforge
Ah yes a pedestal!!!
YESSS
That needs to be done. Amazing
This book would be perfect for a massive art collab. Send it to artists all over the world, who then each get a page, and auction it off for charity afterwards, or something like that.
That would be so cool but I bet that thing would cost an arm and a leg to ship anywhere 😅
YEs
That is a great idea. I hope Martina will do this.
This was my first thought! I bunch of cool fiction like D&D type drawings or maps
Yes! That would be awesome!
Just need a pedestal that matches your wizard room for your book. Fill it as a Journal of your projects with sketches, or family recipes, or pictures but as pencil sketches, or any visiting b artist put their own personal sketch in and sign it. Whatever you do, it's gorgeous
I need a book like this with the label being ''the book of grudges'' written on the cover.
lol
Have a Dwarf Army?
I love seeing Martina use her cyborg glove in all these new projects!
Same didn’t think she would use it but it’s cool to see her actually using it
I mean... its literally *why* she made it.
Only reason I didn’t think she would use it is cos some KZheadrs do stuff like that and then never use them
As a cyberpunk fan, I approve. Chromed not just for chromed sake, her hardware is functional.
@@hattr_9239 Seems weird to make a prosthetic and not use it. Its likely those people either made it uncomfortable, poorly sized, don't need one day to day or they have a better one That, or they just made it for views. Which is pretty sleezy.
Dude, you should do it a collective artist piece. Ask a bunch of artist to paint a double page with a theme, sorcery or someting like that. It would ve awosme to fill those huge pages!!
Wow, your idea gave me another idea!! Imagine if each double page of the book was actually one of those crazy fantasy paintings you talked about, but the theme of them was a magic spell, so each page kind of shows the magic through that painting, with a person casting it or samthing like that. And in one corner, there would be some text that teaches you the spell, along with a description of the magic, its limitations, prohibitions on use, or the history behind the magic and its creator.
@@philipevidal2169 that idea is great!
Great idea
I was think something similar I was thinking just make a drawing or painting or whatever on each page
AI like Midjourney or Dall-E can fill up the entire content if the book in 1 hour of prompting
A giant spell book needs a giant edge water painting 🖌️😁
I love when the glove comes out like "Gonna need all 10 for this particular task"
If weight weren't an issue, it would be cool to have different artists around the world painting or illustrating a spread, writing a 2-page story or short graphic comic✨
As a variation, focusing on the type of artists who focus on describing magical items for DnD and have those kinds of people loosen up the format and make something in it could potentially make for a book describing a buttload of mysterious and magical things. Might be hard to find enough of them though for all pages, and I'm honestly not sure what kind of artist/creator you'd need to tease to get creative spell-pages or descriptions of mythological creatures in there :)
Honestly, 1 I would do.
@@Dhaiwon I am a multi-dimensional artist and would be able to do anything magical themed from witches to beasts like griffins and unicorns ✌🏼🌟💜
I don't think airlines charge people by how heavy they are. Obviously, it would be insane to try shipping the book.
@@pattheplanter Luggage space though…. Don’t know if this is practical as carryon. I don’t expect Nerdforge to fly with the book to every creator but maybe if creators fly to Norway, this project can be possible.
I just love that Martina said she might use the glove in the future, then went on using it in every project since then. It just melts my heart that she could create something so awesome, that actually helps her create such amazing things as this epic book 💜
I think the bionic pinky glove is so cool. I'd use it for everything I could
I completly forgot that she was missing a finger! watching this whole video i didnt even notice the glove, then it came up in my shorts feed, and now rewatching it I see it in half of the shots. Her projects are way too captivating, my focus never actually goes towards the hands making them :o
Yes
This book HAS to be your Grimoire! A page for each of the projects you've worked on, with personal notes and lessons you learnt!
For the trimming of book edges actual bookbinders use press/guillotine combo. The traditional (hand-operated) machine takes half a room of space, there is a huge flywheel which you turn to drop the blade down on the immobilized tome.
I think it would be interesting to draw all the projects that were made in the channel, like one page per project, hopefully one day the book will be filled :D
oohh and maybe include schematics and sketches for the start of each project. Sort of like an architect's sketches before the final thing
This is what I was thinking too. A giant history of Nerdforge book. Take their time and make it look like an ancient manuscript style. Big full page artworks and diagrams with nice flowy writing with the big fancy indented letters for descriptions of all the projects. Be so awesome for years down the line to look back in the giant book of stuff.
agreed, i thought the same.
This!!! All of this!!!!
This is the first thing I taught: make it the official Nerdforge physical archive and book of schematics and brainstorming. Its size is not practical but a page provides a lot of room for creation.
I would love to see you make an entire series making a fantasy world in that book. Like adding creature details, spells, details on places like haunted woods etc
That'd be cool!!
You could do a really detailed and intricate book of written spells and potions with ingredients, like a grimorium, it would be really incredible!
Imagine writing every single comebacks and swears you have ever heard of and can think of, then passing it down to future generations so that they can do the same
Best use for it out all I have seen.
Martina: Awesome! Hansi: Awesome. Fans: So Awesome!! Book: THUMP! Nori: [The ground! It’s shaking! Must save humans!]
Best meme(or so)😂
Nori is a true protective knight🥺 I dunno he's adorable^^
I can imagine seeing all kinds of fantasy plants/rocks/animals/cities and maps discovered in such a book, simply a huge chronicle of everything that can be found in the magical world. And all this on a huge pedestal, ideally with LED lighting. As for the spellbook, then with everything.
yess please make it into an "actual" spell book, wear the pages down with like coffee so it looks old and make up a world in there would be soo fun to see
Wow, so my grandfather actually passed down three "massive chunkyboi" books from the 1930s (size A3, the books are collections of newspapers in more or less full form from 1930-1933) It's amazing seeing how such a book is made. Mine are not in such a good condition as yours though. Mine were stitched on the side and only included "a cover" on the front and back, not on the side; that part is purely held together by threats (it's not in a bad state, it's just that they made the cover of the side purely by stitching).
man, i really just wanna see those pages filled with spells, research on magical creatures and plants etc. would be so cool! 🤩
OMG Martina needs to fill this with giant paintings! Sketch book pt 2! (Maybe give yourself a bit more time this go though!)💜
I was also thinking of the same, great idea tho
Yessss I wish I would have a sketchbook of that size
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yesssss!
not just paintings like a mural depicting a fantasy prophecy or legend
It would be amazing if this book roamed from artist to artist and each one fill 1 page with story writen/drawn. The end result would be amazing and unique
Yes. This project reminds me of the giant art history books at the library that you often aren't allowed to check out (at least at my college). I think it would be neat to also collaborate on building a narrative, perhaps children's short stories or darkish nursey rhymes/cautionary tales, from which the artists could draw ;) some inspiration.
Yes, this book would probably fit some sort of group collab or public interaction - it seems way to big to fit a one-person project well. Like, a one-person project could probably be done but would it really unleash this book's true potential?
Great idea
Don't restrict it to one page each. But yes, good idea.
Build a sturdy stand for it, display it on your table and use it for your blueprints/ or since you used art paper. Use it as an artbook
A gorgeous giant book really just needs.... well you know... writing? It absolutely needs to have a story written in those incredible pages!!
You should make a series where you try to fill in all the wizard tomes and spell books you've made with paintings and scripts with runes, ect. Maybe you could even make a journal or a recipe book, or just for tips that you have learned through your journey.
I know, I love seeing the books being made but it would be so cool to see the pages being filled on one!
I was just gonna say this!! It would be such a cool series
yessss, she really shouuldddd
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I know it would take a lot of time, but what if you made it into a fantastical spellbook or alchemist's journal? Complete with sketches of ingredients or drawings of spell circles surrounded by notes and observational paintings of magic, gems, finished potions - whatever!
They could even stich or glue samples of materials to the book, with maps detailing where to find each one of them
They could even do little side bits with drawings of real/fake plants used as ingredients with their properties
Wait wait.. combine this with the family-recipe cookbook idea, but illustrate every recipe like it's an alchemist's journal. So it's a recipe for meatloaf but there's like crazy wizard notes and sketches of onions and shit everywhere. ...now i want to make one of these myself.
YESS This would be epic!!!
And there could be map pages that show where ingredients are found
You should draw sketches of all the things you made, with descriptions of them. Like where the inspiration for them came from, the steps it took to create them, stuff like that. That would be so cool
You should use it to make a retelling of all your projects : a double page for each, with drawing of the final result, diagrams and step by step explainations. You can make a video out of catching up to now, and keep adding to it as you forge create new things
I love seeing Hanzi in a video. Reminds me of the old days. They’re both so good at what they do. It’s nice to see them work together on camera.
I miss that too 😞
It would be very nice if Martina would make her incredible paintings in every single page and maybe write a story over the paintings.🥰
She could put in images of all her projects so far
Yesss! 😍
like picture with subtitles
I doubt any large blank surface lasts very long anywhere near her. Dont Worry :D
@@recoveringsoul755 YAS! Like a giant project journal!
You should build a grand easel for the book! One that can hold the book in any orientation so you can do your most epic paintings in the most epic book.
I've watched a few of your videos now and loved them. I thought surely, surely watching a video about someone making a huge book couldn't be that fun... But it totally was! Awesome. Love it.
I love how you use the book press on top of the coffee table to make sure it feels included 😊
Book Press: "I'm helping."
Turn the book into a Nerdforge encyclopedia!! 😃 Put in stuff about your past projects, but do it in a way to make the book feel like a photo album i.e. make the book fun to scroll through ✨✨✨
Good idea. A giant 'scrap book' - I have seen some done in a very artful manner.
This is an awesome idea
Well played. Good job.
Ooh, you could paint QR codes on the pages to the corresponding videos...
I though the same, 1 page per project would be such an awesome archive. and please redesign your clock :-)
Loving all the ideas I've read so far. Too many to keep reading, but imagine this with all your family photos, aged up to look vintage, and laid out scrapbook style inside. What an amazing product to pass down through the generations. Hand made and full of personal photos.
Immagine a giant dnd book filled with adventures from actual campaigns you participated in from your characters point of view! Like a book of lives and legends and stories that YOU got to create yourself!
The book must be called "The Millenary Book" and must be passed from artist to artist to be drawn. Imagine a fantasy book with over hundreds of different arts by different artists. Simply EPIC.
I just love how comfortable Hansi got in front of the camera! Way back when he still seemed so shy! and I think it's needless to say how awesome this project came out
Yeah there is a clear evolution!
Martina also. Truly awesome
Martina, you're so crazy in art and I absolutely LOVE IT❤❤❤ Even more satisfying is that Hansi's got just the same chaotic vibe😃
You both are so talented, I am just amazed when watching you. This book is beautiful, absolutely magnificent ! It will last for 100s of years ... Your masterpiece is a family treasure ! Maybe if you recorded everything pertinent to your family history .... if you haven't done so yet, research your 4 family ancestry lines ... maternal and paternal for each of you. Start the book off with beautiful calligraphy of your Family Trees. Be sure to leave lots of room at the bottom of each for additions. Several pages later, start recording everything you know about your ancestors, down to your parents and you two. It think this is a great way to begin this book. The rest of the book ... I have no ideas yet. But the beginning should be a beautiful, graphic, fully documented family history for each of you, as far back as you can go. Good luck ! Keep us posted on what you end up doing with this !!
It would be really cool to see someone in the calligraphy community put some spells or potion making instructions into it!
OMG YES - with cute little curly, hard-to-read annotations and like corrections or side-notes of observations and stuff!!
Sooo another youtuber sends a paintings to various KZheadrs each one doing an art piece to create a mural. When the piece is done its auctioned for charity. How EPIC would it be if she did that for both calligraphy and KZhead. Like let one side be the written bits and than on the other side an image depiction of the ingredients or the final result of whatever it is. O.o idk how much it would auction for, buuuut whoever buys it for charity could get to add their own thing if any pages are left and if there is a TON of space remaining just pass it down. Yes magical spells and recipes could be added, but also short stories and maybe poems as well :) It would be a first that I have seen.
just imagining a giant wizard book with monster anatomy and facts with spells and lore, location art and things would be amazing. adding in text scrawl from little tips about the creature or useful information about something found in a location would make an amazing small series (collaboration with different artists would be amazing). [slight inspiration from the greatest art collaboration video] have fun Martina and Hansi. :D
That's a great idea!
Oooo that would be so cool 🤩🤩🤩
Yes! Yes! Yes! ❤❤❤
YES PLEASE I REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT
If she plays dnd it would be a great book to chronicle the story of her campaign with illustrations of monsters, people and cites that they have fought met and visited. Amazing book as always
It's amazing that you made more than one of these books. It looks so tedious and difficult to make and you have a great deal of patience. Awesome job!!!
Wizards when the DM doesnt give them a melee weapon that scales with magic: "big book slap"
A spell book this size would be super great for a scrapbook of all your adventures and collections. Kind of like what our famous wizards had. Beautiful drawings as well especially bc they could be so highly detailed and kept collectively all in one place.
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Not gonna lie, each page in the spellbook seems big enough for an entire painting If you wanted to make things even harder for yourself you could attempt to fill every page with paintings
painting wouldn't work very well with the paper she used. Plus I'm sure that'd be a creative drain
I saw you cutting the edge with the boxcutter... And I was... God... I'm so glad that I can use the professional papercutter at work for stuff like this. Just one VVVVVVMMMMZWOMP! And... done!
I recommend a backpack to carry it. A portable stand to display and use it when you arrive at your destination. A stand at home that will not only fit the giant book but also maybe two to four normal sized book.
Fun fact- paper quilling is a hobby that was born out of finding a use for all those paper edge bits that come from book marking. Paper quilling is also super pretty
I just love how much goofier and therefore more genuine feeling Marina became throughout the years. She eased into the online personality role and I love her to bits for it!
Martina* it was probably autocorrect but just in case you didn't know !
My husband and I have always wanted to make a book this size and put our families' histories in it. Marriages, deaths, religions things like that. My husband's lineage goes clear back to the tribe of the Levites. The one's who were in charge of carrying the ark of the Covenant for the Jew's in the bible. And yes, they have all those records. Because his family was super good at keeping track of their Genealogy. But we just haven't gotten around to doing it. I figured you would need massive paper. Thanks for doing this project so we can copy some of the supplies. I've been doing some of the old bordering textures that you see in books that size. It's not easy but it would be a fun lifelong project we would hope our decedents would carry on.
Sewing signatures and headbands is honestly my favorite part. I find the cover process kinda like hitting a wall since I have no cover designs! 😅
I’ve had an idea for awhile now about a “similarly gargantuan sized book” but to make it as a sort of family heirloom journal that gets passed down through the generations and family reunions where everyone can write in… Like just imagine having a family journal that size on a book stand that can chronicle personal histories of a family for however many generations that the size of those pages can last for!!!
Omg that would be so cool!
Two minutes in and it's like watching a fairy sized human make a book. This is great.
Wow, that looks really amazing. I have a handmade monster like this as well but not with a leather cover (yet) but I want to redo the cover with leather. Just one tip from a bookbinder for your next book project with a round back: The front edge is supposed to have the same round shape as the back. It is shaped with one hand pulling the upper side to you and the thump pressing into the front edge and with a hammer you shape the back. After the shaping is done apply the gauze on the back and glue it again. ❤
You should try using a rubber hammer to stamp the block into the leather. I used to work with leather. I used chisel and rubber hammer as well as handmade stamps. My family are native American and I was taught how to make leather and how to work with pleather, that's fake leather. I love working with leather. It's so easy to mold and control. I can shave it and press it, I also know how to condition leather for making clothes and boots. Bees wax works best for water proofing leather as well as heavy oils. I combine the two to make a very good water proof leather. 😊❤
I could see you doing epic drawings in that book, magical places, mythical plants, maybe do some writting about the place or plants you do in them. Make it like a field journal for a wizard of your fantasy. Could be stuff that was already in books you love like the Potter series or just your own made up things. I want to see your own takes on mythical things myself but you can do whatever you feel like doing in it.
I agree
Ok I've been mulling this over for a full day now and I have an EPIC idea for the THICCBOI book. It definitely gives giant spellbook vibes so why not not lean into that and make it a Grimoire? STAY WITH ME .. I promise that's not the epic part. So you give it the Grimoire aesthetic but instead of spells, potions, charms, and talismans you use it to document your most epic projects. Like including past ones. All your favorites projects and maybe ours too. 😆 But you document then spell/recipe style and list steps and materials and maybe include little margin notes or material scraps to add to the aesthetic. So it'd be like a Nerdforge how-to scrapbook that looks like a giant EPIC Grimoire. It'd be badass. And then yes you need to make it an awesome podium to sit on at all times because a book that size really does need a good place to sit and be admired. A book throne if you will.
This is great! I hope she sees it
i love this ideaa!!! hopefully they see it, and they can make it into a series of all the how-to's on youtube and tiktok! c:
I fourth that idea.
Think how cool it would be if the whole book was filled with maps ,stars and stuff like that.The book it looks soooooooo perfect ,love what you done and wow breathtaking!
Wizard: after all this time my spellbook is finished Barbarian uses it as a 1d8 bludgeoning weapon Wizard: O-O
Imagine having this as a guest book at the entrance of your door! Or at a wedding where all the guests can write greetings and well-wishes to the couple!
There's enough room in that book you could include weddings, birthdays, funerals, and chronicle the entire family tree in detail for the next 7 generations.
@@BluestormsSong very true! Talk about starting an heirloom
@@BluestormsSong That actually sounds so interesting!
Only a fool would sign their name in such a book.
Someone would draw a penis anyway.
Really glad that anytime I start to think I'm crafting ridiculous things, Martina and Hansi come along to remind me I'm right in my lane.
You should use it as like a “magic relic” and write down your creations as if their actual magic objects and write it in fancy using fancy sounding words + pictures
Ultimate sketchbook to plan the projects. You can put old project notes in, ribbon book markers will separate sections. You need a big stand for it.
That's the kind of book that lives on a podium in the wizard's library and is either the index for the entire library or the family grimoire that just... never leaves it's podium. I love it so much.
I can definitely see it being like the grimoire of the founder of the library, kept on an ornate podium, along with the founders matching oversized feather pen, hat/ cloak & their staff as like some sacred wizarding artifacts. meanwhile the founders talking portrait just says the book was only that big because he lost a bet or something.
You should use the book as a giant sketch book for your projects and just draw all the concept art on them! It could be like a giant history of all the cool stuff you’ve made.
Very nice build of a spell book, a couple of suggestions regarding the book cover indentations, either do the indentations before attaching to the spine OR make a clamping caul (convex edge on clamp side) and use your refular clamps at each end of the caul
What I think needs to go in there is every single spell in DND. Like I would hire someone to write in huge Calligraphy font every spell then hire an artist to draw every spell on every page. And yes, I know they could add spells, that's why you make 1 page an Index and have pages that have different editions as a break. That way you wouldn't have to worry. I'm pretty sure there are enough pages to easily do that xD
You should paint the sides of your spell book like you’ve done before on other books. It would make it extra magical lol I love it tho, it’s absolutely beautiful and the craftsmanship is amazing! 🤩
I was going to suggest the same thing. Wonderful idea to up the aura of it all.
@@davidbuffington9644 With gold!!
Omg yessss
A book of that prominence must have a dedicated stand for it. Beautiful work you guys!
Great for writing family history. If only I was good at calligraphy! I'm going to print my family history book and then bind it like this with my family's emblem as the centre piece. I certainly have the content to fill out this book and more, but I can successfully make it like this is another matter. I haven't seen anybody done this yet, and this is what I've been looking for for years. Thanks
OMG I had the same expression for the THUD sound the book made! Totally worth it just fot that sound alone hehe It would be so cool of you made a kind of strap for it to be able to carry it around like a bag or something. I love your work, you are my faveourite craft channel, thank you for being so wonderful and creative! I love the projects you take on and the lovely fantasi spice you springle in very peice of work you make.
Okay this is probably my favourite project so far! You could fill it with paintings you do or make it like a compendium of all your projects over the years! That'd be epic!
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Yes!!
We don't see Hansi on the channel nearly as much as Martina but every time he does show up I'm reminded just how well his energy compliments Martina's. There's a mutual chaotic vibe between them that works really well lol.
OMG! A huge family Holy Bible this size would be epic and would be a true blessing to pass down through the generations of the family!
Fill it up with whatever is on your mind. Pick a portion of a page and sketch something, next to it, write something, under that, plan something it's a one of a kind book. Make it even more legendary.
Very cool. Could this be the start of a giant youtube collab where the book is passed around to other artists to fill? Would be epic. If a bit costly in postage lol.
Ooh I adore that idea!!
I was just about to sit down and write my novel but Nerdforge comes first. The book is amazing! Since it's a giant book with a lot of room to play with, you could do a calligraphy series where you take your favorite passages from books and intertwine them with illustrations kinda like those big medieval books with the giant letters starting out the first word.
We have a very big book available you can write in ✍️
Ooh, yeah, Illuminated manuscript style.
That's a great idea
I'm sorry but they shall now only be Nergeforge 😂😂
yess! I need such video
That's a perfect coffee table book. It would look nice mounted on a pedestal of some kind, or the wall on a custom rack / lectern. I've also used large books to hold up computer monitors or game consoles before, and that would be *far* more aesthetic for the purpose than a physics textbook. You could use it as a journal, writing down a record of each of your projects as you go along. You could collect peoples' signatures in it, or use it as a guestbook for your house. Write down anything funny you hear in it, so you can go consult it whenever you want to quote people you know -- having someone say something hilarious enough that you produce *The Tome* is a good bit in and of itself. Some people turn books into secret compartments, but that seems like it would be a waste of all the good paper you put in. I guess if you were careful how you cut it out, you could still use the cut-out bits to make a normally sized book, and then store that book inside The Tome. Get a friend who's good at calligraphy to inscribe advertisements into it, and get marketing companies to pay you for videos of pretty handwriting in The Tome. Massive sketch journal or cookbook are nice. Reference guide for bookbinding craftsmanship. Songbook, for any song that catches your eye. Gift it to the most hardcore scrapbooker you know. Gift it to one of the Green brothers and see what he does with it.
😳😳😳Crikey.. now THAT is a proper Spell book.. unreal the size and all those parts to make it even gold plated. oufff just wow.. LOVE IT.. Ace! BEAUTIFUL BOOK now you need a stand for it..eeeh! **would like to know how many sheets you used, since watching many of your book makings, Would love to know how many sheets was used.. please and thank you..!
Now you need a big podium for it so you can look like an epic wizard with your spell book
Lectures! WhAa
I just love how Martina always complains about how hard its gonna be but then knocks it out of the Park. Amazing dedication and craftsmanship with some funky wave beats in the background. Keep it up guys. You the best 💓
I love it! you could do a mayor art collab with as many artists it takes to fill the pages with pictures, drawings and stories!
I think it'd be cool if you painted and wrote a fantasy world of your own creation like for D&D or something. I'd definitely read a book of that size if it had watercolor art of monsters, places, scenery, gods, characters, and magic. I'm currently compiling a journal of the information about my fantasy world, and I think it's really fun and interesting to think things over and write about them. If you have the drive, I'm sure you'll be able to enjoy the worldbuilding journey too!
Your new sketch book is EPIC, Martina! You could hand letter your own manuscript, make a family cookbook/potions book, write your life story or your family history.... Lots of options!
I just had an idea as Martina carried the finished book at 19:55 of her in costume, bringing this book out to a table with a group of adventurers (or their brainy members anyway) going through tomes for information on something, dragons for instance; Martina arrives at the table, drops the tome, wipes her brow, takes a deep breath...... "Oh, thank you, but we don't need that book anymore. We found what we needed." Martina hefts the book with a scowl, wanders off to put it back in safe storage, grumbling. Hmmm, maybe Joe Manganiello or Wizards of the Coast will see this and add it to their next D&D project. I know Joe is making a D&D documentary; but I recall him saying he wanted to make more D&D movies; a TV show with a recurring role for this super tome would be cool.
It’s a Captain’s (Maker’s) Log book. Take 2 opposing pages and document new project idea/designs and then add a picture of the finished project. A big book needs it’s own stand though.
I was surprised you didn't use a guillotine for trimming the edges. All in all, it's a beautiful book.
You could totally do a year-long series where you paint/illustrate something new in the book every week . Though I understand that it would take a ton of time and effort.
it would be awesome to fill the book with stories about the projects you guys make, but told as a fairy tale of the two best craftsmen in the land :). you guys make the most stunning projects!!!
omg yes i love this idea!
Archwitch cosplay and this could be your grimoire. you could fill the grimoire with art , fake spell, signature or keep it blank it all sounds fun and nice work it turned out awsome.😄
Imagine using that tome as a painting portfolio. Just filled with paintings and drawings and finished work. Just an entire adult picture/painting book. It doesn't even need to have a theme or story behind it just filled with beautiful art
Martina looks like a wizard‘s apprentice who’s gettin the big heavy dusty tome from the highest shelf in the library 😊
LOVE seeing way more of Hansi being as quirky and adorable as Martina. Totes adorbs you two!
Right? I've followed for a couple years now and it's been so nice to see their comfortability and personality grow
I love this 😭 i would personally do so many more stamps into the leather and maybe even paint some funky swirls all around on the cover in dark brown. As for the purpose, i mean, a giant spell book is probably used to document spells and rituals? But in the real world i think id use it to document something like vacations or my life and family. Basically a giant fancy photo album.
Here's a suggestion for your next project, you should make a pedestal or an alter of some sort to hold that book. With a glass cover and an elaborate locking mechanism.