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  • Art & Photography Re: fortis's Dump box.

    An owl for @Pompadour!

    Jun 24, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: Book binding!

    Here's an image of the cover of the sketchbook I made in art class!

    May 10, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: fortis's Dump box.

    A dragon, for @AriaAdams The sketchbook you see there (I made it myself) looks like this: The back cover is a little out of focus because it wasn't lying flat ...

    May 10, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: fortis's Dump box.

    Wings. (Warning, a bit graphic) Pen This thing Digital manipulation of darkroom prints

    May 10, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: Artistic Socks

    Bahaha! I bet 0% of the other kids put "reviewing" down as something the like to do. xD Also that Poodle ahahaha. Love it. A+

    Apr 22, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement

    @oliverWilliams I don't know much about UK law, but I doubt that's true. (Also, since YWS is international, we have to follow laws in America, too, I think) See the ...

    Apr 9, 2015
  • Writing Activities Re: Let's write a poem together!

    Constant, the moon; constant the evening stars.

    Apr 6, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: Need a Hand? (closed for the time being)

    @aley The rest of you: Your hands are still slightly incomplete, and it's been taking longer than I've thought to make them. You will get them, though!

    Feb 23, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: Book binding!

    I have not seen that technique before. I know there are many ways to bind books, but I've only learned the one. Let me know how it goes!

    Feb 11, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: Book binding!

    Tips and tricks: -No rubber cement, and worried that your glue won't be enough? Tape or glue the first and last pages down, then wrap some of your left over ...

    Feb 5, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: Book binding!

    Cover preparation: (no pictures, sorry) Supplies: -2 cover boards, or cardboard (preferably non-corrugated) rectangles the size of your pages -1 Spine support, which can be made out of the scraps ...

    Feb 5, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: Need a Hand? (closed for the time being)

    Oy! Almost forgot about this! You'll get your hands soon, @Aley, @lostthought, and @WritingWolf. Don't you worry. o.o

    Feb 2, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: Book binding!

    Sewing! You need to make sure you've labeled just like I have, otherwise these directions won't make sense. This will probably be the hardest-to-understand step, so have patience with yourself, ...

    Feb 2, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: Book binding!

    Signature preparation: Step 1: decide how big you want your book to be. The standard size is 4 signatures, but you can make yours larger than that. For now, I ...

    Feb 2, 2015
  • Art & Photography Re: Book binding!

    Hello! Recently in art class, we learned how to bind books! I was like, "heck yeah! books!" I figured people on a writing site might want to know how to ...

    Feb 2, 2015


The day, which was one of the first of spring, cheered even me by the loveliness of its sunshine and the balminess of the air. I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, revive within me. Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy.
— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein