This is what a few of the pages look like, so you can get an idea of what the general design scheme is. The yellow tags will have the short messages on them - the idea is that they look a bit like luggage tags, to tie in with the idea of this being from fans all around the world. Spoiler A collage of her could be really cute! What does everyone else think about this idea? My only reservation about that is that something designed BY the fans instead of photos of herself might seem a bit more meaningful?
Oh jeez is that how my fanart looks like lol (Can you add "from Brunei" [forgot to add that] above my work? thanks) But really it looks wonderful I think as long as the thoughts/messages are sincere and full of love, Naachan doesn't mind how the cover looks like
I'll add in that you're from Brunei! And I might reprint it, I think the print quality went a bit funny the first time (I haven't stuck anything down yet as I'm waiting for all the submissions first). It's such a cute piece of art though, she's going to love it. And that's true! Do any of you have any specific pictures you might want to include?
Thanks very much 1 or 2 of her sleeping pics (this cannot be ignored ), her in Bird, Mushi no Ballad and Temodemo no Namida (Eve and Adam version) omg im going crazy I want EVERYTHING lol jk. just focus on her performance pic and tht's cool for me
I think I agree that the cover should not just be pictures of her, after all she sees herself all the time, but it should be something, that seems festive. I am trying to think of some good ideas, and I am really bad at mocking things up, but I think if we did multiple colored strips (like from tentoumu chu! songs so like pretty pastel rainbows and the like) perhaps if there was a small picture sized hole in the very middle we could put A decorated placard of her name, like on wood or laminate, and then It should just say Happy Birthday at the top, and maybe "An International Fan Birthday Book" or something close on the bottom. SO that she will always remember it.
What if it's little drawings of the costumes she's worn in different songs? Some TTC songs, Ima Happy since she centered it, Seijun Philosophy, etc...
Progress update! These are almost all of the submissions I've recieved so far - thank you everyone for your hard work! Spoiler Cutting and sticking all the short messages took FOREVER - I felt like I was back in preschool hahaha. I read all of your suggestions for the cover, and this is a kind of mish mash of them, plus some of my own ideas - what are your thoughts? Please be honest, I would rather make sure I do something that everyone likes. Spoiler
WOW Looks great. I can already imagine how it'll look like Oh and can i send a message altho i already sent a fanart for her? looking at those messages fueled my inspiration to write a fan letter lol
I can still send a message right? How long can it be? Sorry I've been busy ;-; but I wanna support my precious Naachan ♡
You have until the 24th of October! There's technically no limit on message length, but about half A4 with size 11 font would be good.
I'll share this project to our Vietnamese forum (http://han48.vn) and fanpage (https://www.facebook.com/HAN48.vn). Is it too late? I hope Vietnamese fans can support you in this project. Thanks a lot for running this project!
Thank you so much! It's definitely not too late - I might extend the submission deadline anyway as I'm on top of all the work for it right now.