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SupaslimLayman's Guide to Book-Binding

Published: 2010-03-29 22:52:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 45369; Favourites: 879; Downloads: 6931
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Description Download, unzip, and double click the file labeled "index.htm" to view the tutorial!

Quick note: petty much everything in this tutorial uses technical terms, since I am not and probably never will be a professional book-binder and don't know the real terms for most things myself.

This tutorial includes:
- a tool list
- what to plan for
- advice for choosing materials
- all about soft covers (pros, cons, how to make them)
- all about hard covers (pros, cons, how to make them)
- FIVE binding methods
- and even more!

I hope you find this helpful This file will be continually updated as I get better/new photos to add, or learn better ways to do things.

v. 1.0

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Thank you for the DD- I hope everybody finds this useful! As a quick note, I cannot possibly thank everybody who commented and fav'd individually, so I'll say it here- thank you all!
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Comments: 96

Aoki-Yuu In reply to ??? [2010-11-20 17:24:25 +0000 UTC]

The problem is that the file isn't a .zip one, and when I change the .jpg into .zip, is just do not open with the zip!

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Supaslim In reply to Aoki-Yuu [2010-11-20 17:30:15 +0000 UTC]

are you trying to right click and save the image? It's just a preview. Look for the button to the right, by the Add to Favourites button.

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Maleijn [2010-10-21 17:01:57 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial was the best I could find, it was so helpful! My first book is almost finished
Thanks!

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Supaslim In reply to Maleijn [2010-10-24 07:51:42 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you found it so helpful! Send me a link if you submit your book as a deviation; I'd love to see it

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Saezuri [2010-10-19 10:54:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tute, it really helped!

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Supaslim In reply to Saezuri [2010-10-24 07:52:11 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, I'm very glad it was helpful to you!

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AbsyntheMyndedArt [2010-08-30 23:03:30 +0000 UTC]

OMG I have been trying to find something (anything) that would show me exactly step by step how to do this and then by some miracle I stumbled on your page and now I am the happiest chick alive

thanks so much for taking the time to make this tutorial and post it here

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Supaslim In reply to AbsyntheMyndedArt [2010-08-30 23:50:13 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad you find it helpful!

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AbsyntheMyndedArt In reply to Supaslim [2010-09-01 21:26:44 +0000 UTC]

OMG I really did .. I don't mean to go on and drool over this like I am but I can't tell you how long I have been looking for a tut like this

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Supaslim In reply to AbsyntheMyndedArt [2010-09-02 02:55:29 +0000 UTC]

No, it's not a problem! I'm glad you found it useful; I was worried that my lack of expertise would make the tutorial a big piece of garbage. I'm really happy to be told otherwise. ^^

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AbsyntheMyndedArt In reply to Supaslim [2010-09-02 14:54:44 +0000 UTC]

I have Bi Polar and so I have like a thousand projects all laying around unfinished and last week I made a promise that I would do them one by one until they were done without getting distracted lol and your tutorial is about two days away still if I keep this pace.. But I will post a pic of the finished book for you ( I mean if you want)

I promise your tutorial was not garbage and it was the only one I found that explained things simply and in a literal step by step method. which was just awesome. Sometimes I think people forget that some people are looking for a tut because they have no clue and want to get one lol

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Supaslim In reply to AbsyntheMyndedArt [2010-09-02 15:22:31 +0000 UTC]

That sounds great! Best of luck

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AbsyntheMyndedArt In reply to Supaslim [2010-09-02 15:24:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Daemon-Jaeger [2010-07-16 21:25:11 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial, used it and it turned out great.

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Supaslim In reply to Daemon-Jaeger [2010-07-17 01:26:59 +0000 UTC]

That's wonderful, thank you

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Zunii-H In reply to ??? [2010-07-14 14:01:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you
I took a book arts class a few years ago and this was excellent to refresh my memory
<3

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Supaslim In reply to Zunii-H [2010-07-16 06:25:18 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you liked it!

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SkyeTrinity In reply to ??? [2010-06-10 04:46:06 +0000 UTC]

That is so great of you to make this! I haven't had a chance to try anything out yet, but I am super excited.

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Supaslim In reply to SkyeTrinity [2010-06-10 20:59:42 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome, I hope you love it as much as I do!

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Irtair [2010-04-01 07:06:17 +0000 UTC]

Just exactly what i was looking for, thank you so much!

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Supaslim In reply to Irtair [2010-04-01 23:13:12 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! Good luck with your book-binding

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DragonKira [2010-03-31 22:44:29 +0000 UTC]

You are an angel! Thank you, thank you for sharing this! I want to start bookbinding and this is so helpfull!!! It's hard to find good tutorials!

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Supaslim In reply to DragonKira [2010-04-01 02:55:08 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad you found it useful! Good luck in your book-binding, and thanks for the lovely comment

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Asura-Valkyrie In reply to ??? [2010-03-30 22:39:36 +0000 UTC]

Wow, very thorough and detailed with nice step by step instructions!
Thank you for putting so much effort into the process.

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Supaslim In reply to Asura-Valkyrie [2010-03-31 01:46:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, and you're welcome!

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liesan [2010-03-30 12:38:51 +0000 UTC]

very thorough and well written, I like reading it a lot thanks for putting the time and effort in
It may be a bit overwhelming for people who just want to make a sumple notebook or art journal for themselves.

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Supaslim In reply to liesan [2010-03-30 14:08:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

I realized that after I was up to my eyeballs in the mess. XD But I figure it's better to be thorough than vague; there are other tutorials out there that are simpler and shorter if this one doesn't fit the bill.

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darquepinkpaper [2010-03-30 04:35:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for this!!

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Supaslim In reply to darquepinkpaper [2010-03-30 05:16:16 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome!

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LuthienThye [2010-03-30 03:57:30 +0000 UTC]

wow!! thanks for putting in the effort to do this! it's so cool of you to share your knowledge ... not many people are willing to do that

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Supaslim In reply to LuthienThye [2010-03-30 05:16:58 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome, I'm glad all that effort putting this together didn't go to waste!

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Umbri-girl [2010-03-30 02:47:34 +0000 UTC]

Its really great XD like practically makes me want a tutorial tutorial lol. ha... don't do that too it'll kill ya.

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Supaslim In reply to Umbri-girl [2010-03-30 03:43:28 +0000 UTC]

XDD Maybe when my brain isn't so fried.

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Umbri-girl In reply to Supaslim [2010-03-30 04:10:47 +0000 UTC]

Naw I'd never be able to follow all that computery stuff anyway.

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peanutbutterpuppy [2010-03-30 01:51:52 +0000 UTC]

I'll take a look. ^.^ You must have been busy!

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Supaslim In reply to peanutbutterpuppy [2010-03-30 02:16:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you :3 I was!

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peanutbutterpuppy In reply to Supaslim [2010-03-30 20:12:25 +0000 UTC]

It looks very helpful! I just thought I'd mention that the pics on the pages and the links from one page to another didn't work for me. It might just be my computer, though.
I was still able to view it all by opening each file one by one.

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Supaslim In reply to peanutbutterpuppy [2010-03-30 20:18:37 +0000 UTC]

hm, I'll try downloading it and testing it. Was it all of the pages? Or did you click a link on one page that didn't work?

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peanutbutterpuppy In reply to Supaslim [2010-03-30 20:30:47 +0000 UTC]

The links to deviantART pages worked, but all the links to other parts of the tutorial that I clicked on didn't work, and I tried links on most of the pages. It would say, "cannot find server" or something like that.

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Supaslim In reply to peanutbutterpuppy [2010-03-30 20:37:08 +0000 UTC]

hm, I just tested it and it worked fine :/ Maybe it's your operating system/browser?

I'm going to try and view the tutorial on a different computer at some point this week, just to make sure it isn't MY computer.

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peanutbutterpuppy In reply to Supaslim [2010-03-30 23:09:05 +0000 UTC]

Who knows?
Good idea.

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Supaslim In reply to peanutbutterpuppy [2010-03-31 01:47:21 +0000 UTC]

I'll let you know if it works alright on other computers as soon as I find out.

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peanutbutterpuppy In reply to Supaslim [2010-03-31 01:55:46 +0000 UTC]

Okay, thanks.

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PirateLotus-Stock [2010-03-29 23:04:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This tut is huge and has so much great info. Thanks for sharing

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Supaslim In reply to PirateLotus-Stock [2010-03-29 23:13:22 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! I hope you find it useful :3

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