JacobCoffin

Heavily modified photo of a three-story concrete parking garage, where each bay has been replaced with a different style window, hanging plants, murals, and on the ground level, also a bike shop, a tienda selling produce, and a mural of a deer. In the foreground, a modified streetcar passes on railroad tracks. On the roof, fruit trees grow.

Today from Reckoning 9, "Repurposed Parking Garage", solarpunk design art by @jacobcoffinwrites.bsky.social depicting a post-car-culture future, brutalist infrastructure converted to practical use, with bike shop, fruit stand, rooftop orchard, and 1910s-era streetcar! reckoning.press/repurposed-p...

Repurposed Parking Garage | Reckoning I imagine this building is somewhat well known in this fictional place. I think it was probably converted into living space while the world was busy being a little more post-apoclyptic than solarpunk,...

I'm very excited to announce that one of my Postcards from a Solarpunk Future has been published in Reckoning Press!

Reading short stories in Reckoning was I think the main thing that got me to give solarpunk another look.

reckoning.press/repurposed-p...

#solarpunk #art #photobash #collage

File folder on MEGA

Thanks! Sorry for the delay, I just saw this. This is great - I'd love to start hosting shared files! I have a folder with all my bookbinding stuff here, I'd be happy to give you access: mega.nz/folder/uMdGx...
And sure! I've made some with libreoffice but I usually export to PDF and interpose those

I think what I'm looking for (or considering trying to help make) is a sort of bookbinder's equivalent of standardebooks.org. A repository where people can share the files they've made for CC or public domain books, along with their alternative covers for trad published books and things like that.

That's very kind! I actually really enjoy getting files ready and converting them into signatures, making my own covers etc. I just think it'd be cool to have a centralized spot to share them, someplace where copyleft indie authors/game devs could 'publish' print-and-bind versions of their books

That's really cool! The samples on your website look really great

I have no idea if that could work, but I love bookbinding and making my files available, and reducing duplication of effort, maybe others do too.

I have this kind of half-imagined bookbinding repo in my mind, where people could post their covers, signatures, etc for #publicdomain or copyleft books, or where self-published authors (already publishing free on websites) could make their books available in a sort of direct-to-audience way.

I've been bookbinding copies of #copyleft books you can only get as PDFs, and helping some authors and a game dev group I know make their books available as binding-ready files.

#bookbinding #diy

Does anyone know of an online library of open-license, interposed, print-ready books?

Is there already a site for them? If not, it's something I'll try to do, eventually

I know prepping the files is part of the fun but if it lowers the barrier for entry I think it's worth it

Huge thanks to the folks on the Naval Architecture subreddit for talking through designs and providing a ton of useful advice and resources! I used them in this scene but also compiled them into the text post of info for nautical solarpunk!

I'm hoping to promote a culture of resource-building when it comes to #writing /making #solarpunk #art so I've gathered this collection of notes, resources, & examples for any writers/artists interested in nautical solarpunk:

jacobcoffinwrites.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/n...

slrpnk.net/post/14284744

I wanted to do a scene with a similar composition, but with the ship very clearly hauling cargo, and the two just sort of harmlessly crossing paths.

So I started looking for art of ships and whales to reference, and (of course) almost exclusively found of paintings of whalers killing and carving up whales (which put a kind of tragic tinge on that wholesome description of their curiosity). So I figured that was my next subject.

I was talking with a sailor in the comments of the ship in a storm photobash and I asked if they had anything they wanted to see, thinking they'd suggest some sail ship designs - and they described the way whales come right up to sail ships because they’re so quiet and the whales are curious.

The image shows a strange container cargo ship, with junk-rigged sails on masts offset from the centerline, arranged in a sort of zigzag pattern with two masts to each side. The ship is red and white, similar to modern day cargo vessels, with colorful containers on the deck. The bridge is located in the front and is painted white. Two blue whales swim alongside in the foreground, one is spouting.

#Solarpunk Cargo Ship

Full text post here: jacobcoffinwrites.wordpress.com/2024/10/16/s...

#art #photobash #hopepunk #ocean #scifi

And a way to print the cover (or use fabric and cardboard for a hardcover)

It takes some time and following instructions, but it's contemplative and a lot of fun! It reminds me more of making zines than anything.

And you can customize your books, make your own covers, add bonus sections, etc!

Seriously, if you're even on the fence about it, give it a shot! All you need is a pdf of the book, free interposing software: momijizukamori.github.io/bookbinder-js

And the following tools:
An unguarded office printer
ruler
cutting board
white PVA glue
scissors
an awl
xacto knife
needle and thread

A photograph of a softcover copy of the Fully Automated Solarpunk TTRPG rulebook, which I made by hand following the Penrose Press Pretty Perfect softcover bookbinding guide. The pages were printed in full color on 11x17" paper, sewn and glued together, and attached to a cover printed on canvas fabric. It's sitting on a wooden table. The cover is printed on canvas (similar to what you'd use for a wall hanging or banner) using a plotter printer and shows a color scene of a chase through a pedestrianized overpass which now hosts a community and market.

The same book from a lower angle to show the spine with the folded and stitched signatures, and how closely the fabric cover fits to it.

A closeup of the folded paper signatures, visible at the top of the spine, just inside the cover. I wanted to showcase the fairly even binding, crisp corners, and close fit of the cover as it's an improvement over my previous attempt.

A softcover copy of the Fully Automated solarpunk TTRPG rulebook, made by hand following the Pretty Perfect Paperback Guide. Bookbinding is much easier than you think!

My guide: movim.slrpnk.net/blog/jacobco...

Penrose Press: www.penrosepress.ca/blogs/nerd-t...

#solarpunk #diy #bookbinding #TTRPG

Welcome to Story Seed Library! A library of Solarpunk art and story seeds helping you imagine a better climate future!

If you're looking for Creative Commons Solarpunk artwork there's a new repository of it at storyseedlibrary.org/art/

They're still starting out and gathering up art so if you have something to contribute it's a good time to reach out!

#creativecommons #solarpunk #art #copyleft

Thank you! I had a lot of fun making this one!

I like to imagine these as actual postcards from this place and time, perhaps this one celebrates a famous ship that survived a hurricane, in the moments when the storm blew it dangerously close to an offshore wind farm.

The image shows a steel-hulled four-masted barque (sailing ship) with modern dynarig sails trying to escape a storm perilously close to an offshore windmill. The sky and ocean are mostly grey, the sea is heaving with waves as tall as the ship, and a driving rain fills the sky.

Solarpunk Cargo Ship in a Storm - a steel-hulled, four-masted barque with an open-source variant of dynarig sails tries to escape a storm.

This image and (all the Postcards from a #Solarpunk Future) is CC-BY, use it how you like.

Full post: jacobcoffinwrites.wordpress.com/2024/08/20/s...

#art

More and more people have at least heard of the #solarpunk movement. I say "movement" not genre because it didn't begin on the page.

The image shows a hardcover copy of the Fully Automated Solarpunk Tabletop RPG, which I made by hand.

My first #bookbinding project - a hardcover version of the Fully Automated! #solarpunk #TTRPG Rulebook

As with most of my DIY projects, I wrote up a step-by-step here: movim.slrpnk.net/blog/jacobco...
You can also get the interposed, ready-to-print files here: fullyautomatedrpg.com/resources/

#DIY

The image shows the backyard of a large building, formerly a mansion, now a communal living space. The swimming pool has been converted into a sunken greenhouse and the pool house is now a bike co-op. The sprawling lawns have grown into healthy forests, and a network of public paths runs right up to the house. The buildings have been painted with colorful murals.

A Bike Kitchen and Sunken Greenhouse Behind a Reclaimed/Repurposed McMansion

This was both part of my postcard series and part of the art for the #solarpunk Buried Treasure #TTRPG campagin

Full post here: jacobcoffinwrites.wordpress.com/2024/08/09/a...

#art #scifi #photobash

One of our devs is attending the #neotropolis #cyberpunk #larp #festival and made this sick promo for FA!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U3r4UmpjDrSwIKJfIH3Slsb1yj9zb8nZ/view?usp=sharing

@jack-gross.bsky.social is also going to run a one-shot while there, so if you're going and want to try […]

I also really love the solarpunk lemmy instance slrpnk.net, - it's sort of a mini reddit where every community has to be related to solarpunk in some way. (Though I had to filter a handful of communities as I get enough bad news already). Overall I feel like it's my current favorite spot on the net

Back when I fist got into solarpunk it sometimes felt like the genre was like five people making stuff and a hundred critics trying to steer the genre by complaining at it (I don't think that's the case anymore). I had a lot of ideas about reuse etc I wanted it to include so I started making art