vicki scott

@victoria-scott

trans and gay and enjoying it

she/her

I write about cars for a living and I take photographs to stay alive. Expect to see a lot of photography here.

sometimes I post nsfw images of my body. I tag them as adult content, but this is not a purely professional account - this is where I am myself.

my web site

www.vantimevictoria.com/

my twitter

twitter.com/mikurubaeahina

vicki scott @victoria-scott10/1/2022, 4:41 PM

sharing something early because I want Choster Feedback

okay so I want some feedback: Postcards from the End of the World is actually shaping into a story with a narrative and I think it'll be feasible for me to write and make it into a book, like, soon. This is a sample "spread" (this would be front/back of one page in the book, which would be told entirely through postcards like this) and I'm curious here for thoughts on the layout. I'm not trying to Juice Interest at this phase of things but I would love genuine feedback.

(housekeeping notes: The address is a made-up rural route one, to keep my geography vague (intentionally!); the stamp is a pre-1978 printing, so it's public domain, and I'll be keeping the stamps all from that era for ease.)

#photography #book

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iliana @iliana10/1/2022, 5:06 PM

i love this. my only suggestion is to add some cancellation marks to the stamps?

(i would particularly find a “always use zip code” cancellation funny if used once since the geography is intentionally vague)

vicki scott @victoria-scott10/1/2022, 6:33 PM

ooh good idea, also, lol that would be really a good in-joke!! thank you so much <3

Pim de Groot @mifune10/1/2022, 6:50 PM

I like the layout and the idea. I'm already getting a story through the mail and the format of letters and postcards adds a lot to the story.

A thing to consider, how do you want people to experience the story? You could release it in one go, like you found a stack of postcards somewhere. Or you could release them over a period of weeks/months on something like patreon first and make it feel like you're actually receiving the cards.

Maya @Mayabotics10/28/2022, 4:07 PM

I like the idea and concept. My one concern about layout is how it interacts with binding.

Just as an avid reader, I've noticed that books printed in landscape format with aspect ratios far from 1 tend to lose pages when perfect bound or the pages are easier to tear in general, so the layout might need to have some horizontal margins in order to reduce a leaf's ratio.

If you were considering full bleed printing, it looks like the aspect ratio is pretty close to an 11.5"x8" so it might not be an issue, but something like a 12"x8" might be a bit more iffy if there are vertical margins.

I think I've said this before, but I love your photos.