Doctor Who - A Journal of Impossible Things (Novelized Version)

[TheNickFox]

Well, 250 pages is hardly a synopsis, but yes, I am actually working up a full version of the book's text with a friend. We're outlining it now.

Crazy, I know, but fun nonetheless.

The dust jacket is just stage one of my insane plan.

-Nick

 

[protokev DMD]

Well, 250 pages is hardly a synopsis, but yes, I am actually working up a full version of the book's text with a friend. We're outlining it now.

Crazy, I know, but fun nonetheless.

The dust jacket is just stage one of my insane plan.

-Nick

Awesome! I think thats an awesome idea. Maybe an introduction to how the author came by the story, then the events of the tv episode as told from redferns pov, with bits of the journal thrown in

 

[TheNickFox]

Awesome! I think thats an awesome idea. Maybe an introduction to how the author came by the story, then the events of the tv episode as told from redferns pov, with bits of the journal thrown in

Right now we're outlining it as a back and forth between the events of the 2-part episode, and parallel themes involving Verity with her grandmother. (Not great-grandmother as she says in the show...the back cover says grandmother, so that's what we're using)

I was looking at incorporating some of the sketches from John Smith's Journal into the chapter art. Just throwing pictures in seems a bit half-hearted.

It will all ostensibly be written from Verity's point of view, but don't worry, since I'm already blonde, I have no need for a wig, I just need to let my hair grow out.

-Nick

 

[Risu]

I just snapped about 40 pictures of the journal, I know there are a few that'll work well with a little bit of a touchup.

 

[TheNickFox]

I like the sound of that!

And I was thinking, perhaps we should move this thread to paper props, then as I get further in the development of my speculative book, I can start another thread specifically about my version.

-Nick

 

[Risu]

That sounds good. I don't want to post anything further in this thread until it's been relocated.

As for the journal picture, I got one I like well enough. It's not perfect, but it's reasonable. It's quite difficult to control the lighting conditions to get the shadows just right, and of course the texture is different on every CO journal. The image has been heavily process with the burn and dodge tools and also has a color overlay and a couple other things done to it. I'm currently trying to get my image cropped to the right size, which I'll do as soon as I hear back from my sister.

 

[WarMachine]

Awesome news on the photo shot. I checked the house for a Torchwood book but I definitely don't have one out here. I have 3 back home in England too. Sucks, I could have measured them in a heartbeat.

EDIT: Has anyone asked for the thread to be moved or are we waiting on a mod to see this? Just wondering.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

PM sent!

 

[Risu]

My sister just got back to me. She has almost all the books and says they're all almost exactly 250 pages. The covers measure 5.0625" wide by 8.125" tall and the spine is 1.22" thick. That makes the entire dust jacket 8.125" tall by 15.595" wide, which allows for the fold around the covers and the 2 inch flaps inside.

 

[TheNickFox]

Awesome information! Time to scale my cover down, I guess.

Thanks for the numbers, Risu!

-Nick

 

[Risu]

I'm making some good progress on mine. I've got the whole back done except the text. How are you copying the bar code, just drawing each line individually?

 

[TheNickFox]

I actually did the reverse: made a HUGE black rectangle, dropped the opacity, then cut out my whitespace with the rectangular marquee tool.

I'm not too concerned about getting the barcode scannable...so long as it looks right.

-Nick

 

[WarMachine]

Could either of you guys send me the back cover so I could try and do this too please? I'm sure I have it on my external but I really don't want to search through 50 odd folders lol.

If not, I understand.

 

[Risu]

That's a great idea. I'm going to try to copy the bars exactly, but I doubt it'll be scannable.

WarMachine, I sent you a PM.

 

[Risu]

Above the barcode where it has the price, is it UK$8.99 or UK (pound sign)8.99?

 

[WarMachine]

It says UK. £8.99 US $12.99/$15.99 CDN

Definitely a pound sign.

I'm having trouble making out the bottom barcode numbers. I got the ISBN number down but can't make out a couple of the bottom barcode ones. Might have been made with a barcode creator. If we can get the numbers down, the barcode might be easily created that way.

 

[Risu]

Hm. I'm half way through the barcode right now, but I like that idea better. Is there a creator you had in mind?

 

[TheNickFox]

Definitely £8.99...and I'm pretty sure that it says "UK." not just "UK" too.

That's the only different font on the entire book (besides the barcode and SKU), I've got it roughed in with Book Antiqua, but I'm trying to find a more perfect match.

What font are you using?

As for the barcode, I'm currently using:

81546 095056 32560580638


But I can go a lot of different ways on a handful of those numbers. (81446 091065 82506536533 was one I used before)

-Nick

 

[Risu]

Barcode number is:

9 814848 001000 52566536533

I was just using arial for the ISBN and Times for the price. Times doesn't match though. Arial appears to.

 

[WarMachine]

9 81846 091086 52506530533 is what it looks like to me.

As for a creator, I've tried a couple and can't find any that look the same. Plus the ISBN number is 18 digits where most are either 10 or 13 so that won't work either. I'll just have to make the barcode properly tomorrow morning. I'm off to bed soon, I can barely keep my eyes open.