BillieRuben
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Laser etched ply for the cover, dyed and gold leafed it. Then made the cover in linen. Sewed the book out of reuseable tan toned paper printed in 5mm dots.
May 10, 2021 8:25 AM
BillieRuben
100720
1402
36
Laser etched ply for the cover, dyed and gold leafed it. Then made the cover in linen. Sewed the book out of reuseable tan toned paper printed in 5mm dots.
pinatafarmer
Me: What's it about? You:
agepbiz
Looks great!
Coocooboku
Looks really cool on outside, the inside yet to be written. Potentially this could be the best book ever written. Lotta potential ???
VanZaiden
neat
Mageroth
TheInternetNeedsMoreCats
Wonderful. This is so inspiring for creativity!
msmxv
Bilirubin...?
BillieRuben
It's my porn name. I was going to use it to fund my way through medical school.
DouglasPouchOfHolding
When my kid was in the NICU, we called him "Little Billy Rubin"
NeelboBaggins
We had one of those UV lamps at our house to help our newborn daughter get over her jaundice. Broke my heat watching her sleep in there. :(
CrabbyFlapjacks
Freaking Billy Rubin loves keeping kids at the NICU.
JennChant
As an amateur bookbinder myself I LOVE what you did with the back cover! That's an awesometastical idea!
BillieRuben
:D thank you!! ???
tamerantong
Beautiful
TedTheMan
so pretty.
Niamzaburek3000
Now that's craft at it's finest! Gj OP!
BillieRuben
Thanks!
Niamzaburek3000
You're welcome. Keep up!
fiddlemyhiddle
The color, the font for the lettering, the gold pages, the fox and design. I love everything about this.
BillieRuben
Thank you! ?
RexLibris
Novice bookbinder here: very cool work. How did you do the cover?
BillieRuben
I wrote under the picture, but it's laser etched plywood that I then dyed and gold leafed.
RexLibris
Sorry, didn't see it, thanks for the info
BillieRuben
All good! :)
TheOKCanyon
Reusable paper? I didn't know that was a thing
BillieRuben
Yea! You use it with friction pens then you wash the paper with a damn sponge or iron away the text to reuse it.
waaromniet
Aren't there supposed to be words in it?
BillieRuben
It's a journal
BlacknCrimsonRose
Yes, when written in. Not all books come with prewritten stories.
SociallyInept1
"Progress over perfection" I quite like that motto. I was gonna comment it's so nice I would be afraid to use it but that attitude helps :)
Copperbrat
Gorgeous. I'm going to need to expand my projects/ideas on my laser. Did you create the artwork as well, or is it commons?
BillieRuben
No I found it on an old book and traced it in Inkscape.
VentusSolis
@op put nice art paper in there (depending on pencil vs water color paper) and sell it to artists! They would pay for that I’m sure!
BillieRuben
I generally don't sell things. It's really frustrating on many fronts.
osamabinloggin
You’re one of my fav follows on the birb app, so happy to see you’re here too! Thanks for the beeswax tip!
BillieRuben
Ooh hey! Have fun with that one! ??
just4thelolz
And here I am trying to WRITE a book. This seems much more fun and much less frustrating.
BillieRuben
Likely ?
3dartwork
You REALLY underplayed the back cover hinge. That is the first time I've seen one
BillieRuben
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enteryourusername
Hey I know you. You’re from the internet. So I have the same ikea shelving you used :)
BillieRuben
Oh hey! Hello! That's cool! So you've seen me on YouTube?
ale624
Me too! I had one of your beef levelling guides hung up for years before realising it was you that made it!!
BillieRuben
Ahh that's very cool! Thank you!
enteryourusername
Indeed. Great content. Swearing at 3D printers is half the fun.
JaceCameron
I would LOVE to get something like this done for my publication just 1 copy for me. Do you take commissions?
princesscruises
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wopoetry
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clicksordicksidontknowanymore
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4rine
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ForSureNotATurkey
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BillieRuben
What's your budget?
BillieRuben
Sorry for the blunt question. It's just a LOT of work. And would you need custom art or did you like this image?
JaceCameron
My budget would be what ever you would charge. lol I would save to get one of these. I think for my publication a custom cover would be nice
JaceCameron
Like something along the lines of the actual cover. But yeah feel free to DM me and we can discuss more.
annterland
I like the flexible back cover
xyxyxyxy31
TonerQueen
I thought it was a trick. By folding the back cover all the words were going to appear.
BillieRuben
Me too! I stole that idea from a bullet journal. ?
PoorSucker
Thought tablet cover.
Ibringchocolate
What's it good for?
PoorSucker
So you can read the book in landscape
BillieRuben
So you can flick through easily. I think I'll write my titles on the foredge
Ibringchocolate
Aah, okay. Yeah
veteransgrow
Is the book for deaf people? I don’t see any words and I see 5 mm dots, is that for Braille?
BillieRuben
It's for bullet journalling
veteransgrow
Ahhhh!!!! Journaling was my other thought. But I’ve never heard of bullet journaling! New stuff to google!
BillieRuben
Ooh gosh prepare for a whole new world!
CaptainClut
Bilirubin is the name of one of the chemicals that give your poo its color
BillieRuben
Yea. It's my porn name. I wanted to use it to fund my way through med school.
SalamanderTheWise
Bilirubin! Adding color to your feces. Available now from your own liver.
ShamelessIndignation
Beat me to it.
Einstein9073
And as the title of the journal, makes an excellent joke for shit posting
DeeplyBroken
After my wife went on a beet-eating bender for a few days she thought her intestines were bleeding until I explained bilirubin.
Skydmark
Thank you. My brain was telling me something was familiar about that name.
SmoeAhsolse
And an excess of which gives ~70% of newborns jaundice.
DinoNuggetButtPlug
Get that book under a light stat!
Teratoid
After a longer stint in the hospital, we got bili-blanket; turned our baby into a Glo-Worm!
BillieRuben
That's how the name came into my life. It's the name of my childhood teddy.
NotSoFastener
And the fake name Hannibal Lecter have the FBI in the hunt for Buffalo Bill.
CaptainClut
Also, the exact color of Dr Chilton's hair
BillieRuben
And bruises!
Arrofancy
Poo!
BabiesAreGreatMedRare
Vulpesferrilata
And jaundice!
Trocal
https://giphy.com/gifs/Friends-friends-episode-7-tv-SXlWdrjaWn6BrfC6gT
SuicidalBallsack
TIL
Zetor
Story of my achievements.
SkreamKween
Same tbh
8BitFish
If your achievements so far...
BillieRuben
Hmm?
howaboutempathy
(It’s empty)
Shoum
It's a joke: since the pages are blank, they imply that they've achieved nothing
ObtuseDoorFrame
Also a sneaky way to make this post about yourself rather than OP. Low key narcissism is rampant on imgur.
DustyMcKnuckles
So all self-deprecating humor is inherently narcissistic? I disagree. I make jokes about myself so I dont accidentally hurt other people.
SirRichardOfHead
Right back atcha.
ObtuseDoorFrame
Please explain how my original comment is about me.
zachattach117
Wow...talk about an armchair psychologist.
ObtuseDoorFrame
Am I wrong?
piephiq
wait ...isn't bilirubin metabolic waste. But .. this. ... this is not trash?
BillieRuben
Billie Ruben is my porn name. I was going to use that to fund my way through medical school.
piephiq
Deleted comment below: I tried to make a joke, meant "private browsing" not "safe search" so crap joke fell flatter; TLDR horrible comedian.
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BillieRuben
Lol. You're not going to find it on safe search.
piephiq
oh ?. oh ! ok ! For reals!
piephiq
Did it work? Are you Doctor Billie Ruben now?!
piephiq
Did the plan work? Are you Doctor Billie Ruben, MD!?!
BillieRuben
Nope! The name attracted a bunch of real doctors and I decided their life was not for me. I ended up studying 2 different STEM degrees
UnitConversionBot
5mm ≈ 200 thousandths of an inch
LullabyJones
Thanks @UnitConversionBot
Youhavinagiraffe
What's that in parsecs?
SmoeAhsolse
Less than 12.
YesmynameisGreg
Or 1/5th. Reduce your fractions!!!
Unknownium
Bananas?
jaysjunkymail11
This seems wildly incorrect.
jaysjunkymail11
nm maybe, but mm
dobroweigh
200/1000, not 1/200000, you've read it wrongly.
supercreepyroblowe
It's just an annoying way of saying "two tenths". It's actually 0.19685 inches.
HenryLongfellowIII
Unless you're a machinist using imperial, in which case "two tenths" is 0.0002" or about 0.005mm.
supercreepyroblowe
What? Why? They just change up the entire measurement system for that one trade?
HenryLongfellowIII
It's just short for 'two tenths of a thousandth of an inch', since a thousandth of an inch is a convenient unit for tolerance. 0.2" is huge.