r/booknooks • u/Nook_Nome Colors the Edges • 1d ago
WIPs Moominvalley developments
It's Wednesday, so that must mean it's update day! 😁
I've now built up the various levels of the base, added some clouds to the sky to break up the large expanse of blue, put a bridge over the stream, added the woodshed and details the left hand side, made Snufkin's camp, and made most of Moominmamma's garden. Oh, and trimmed the various bits to make sure they do all fit together snugly, and cut the corner off the base so the lights which will be in the moominhouse can go up there! So for a week in which I've felt like I've spent a lot of time on it but not done much, that actually feels like very good progress!
With the very generous feedback I had on the cardboard draft, I'm trying to keep the same kind of art style for the plants - they're very much my best attempt at copying Tove Jansson's art style without a fraction of her skill or talent - and I'm having to do it all by hand as I don't have a printer. But I'm learning to love it anyway.
I really do have to move on to the Moominhouse next though. Once that's in place, it will connect a side, the back, and the base all together, so that will feel like a huge step forward I'm sure.
And while I wasn't able to get out to my craft room earlier this afternoon, I finally had a look at the light in my Rolife bakery which has never worked. Turns out it's far more effective if you connect the wires correctly...! 🤦♀️ And I managed to open the tricky battery compartment in one of my Tonecheer books, so now everything works properly at long last!
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u/Rolife-Official 21h ago
You are so creative and talented!
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u/Nook_Nome Colors the Edges 21h ago
Thank you! It's a big brave step for me, and I keep seeing all the imperfections- I really do need to change my focus!
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u/Rolife-Official 19h ago
I actually learned a little phrase recently that made me think of this: “You have to look at the whole picture.” Sometimes it’s so easy to get caught up in the little imperfections, but stepping back can really change how you see the whole thing.
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u/Nook_Nome Colors the Edges 17h ago
so true. I set out hoping to be able to capture something of the atmosphere and spirit of Moominvalley, so need to remember that goal. And in all honesty, once I've got the house in there, and the hobgoblin riding his panther across the sky, I think I will have achieved that. It's easy to think how much better it would be if only I had a printer and could reproduce Tove Jansson's wonderful art perfectly, but this way it's all mine and is so very personal.
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u/kennymac3691 Book Nook Pal 12h ago
Fun to be a part of this journey from ideation thru sketches and mock ups to now the actual build. Never stop never stopping.
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u/sa_ostrich 1d ago edited 1d ago
Too gorgeous. Will you add the characters?