WOW. Eyes popping out of my head at this stunning HP book art.

[birdsofshore]

The BA degree project of Kincso Nagy.

I'm just.... WHOA. The cut out covers are so stark and bold. I love their simplicity but they are also so cunning in their design. I'd REALLY like to see them in real life - I want to run my fingers over the cut out and poke my fingers in the holes.

Then... they glow in the DARK? *thunk* I'm in love with these books before I've even seen the inside. Look at the effect on the endpapers! OMG! It's like an erotic experience just from paper.

The illustrations are super nice, also, with beautiful textures, and I adore the way that they incorporate pop ups and moving parts.

I WANT THESE BOOKS! So much. ♥ I wonder if she'll auction them, or keep them forever so she can take them out and stroke them possessively and a little bit creepily every morning, like I would do.

Comments

[anemonen.livejournal.com]

Stunning! I got actual chills from looking at the pictures o_O

[birdsofshore]

God, yes! I first saw them last night on my phone and even on the tiny screen I was like

O_O

asdklasdfghjklasdfghjklsdfghjkl;!

[capitu]

They like... glow in the dark. and stuff.

I want. *salivates*

[birdsofshore]

We'll buy them, me and you. We'll sell our houses, and live in a shed with the glow-in-the-dark books.

Or we could STEAL THEM.

[capitu]

We'll sell everything! We'll live in the wild. We'll make cheese for living, we will. And these are all we'll have, oh, and my signed copy of DH (I got to have it, and yes, I know I mentioned it out of the blue, but no one can blame me for trying to mention it as often as I can ^^). We'll pass it them to our childrens and people will speak of these books like Draco speaks of The Cloak!

XD

[birdsofshore]

YES. CHEESE. And we'll eat berries and nuts and... mud.

I'll bring my raitalart, and we can stroke it, and stroke your signed copy of DH, and we can weave clothes out of twigs. Definitely.

[raitala.livejournal.com]

You two are nuts *g*

[birdsofshore]

*cough* It's possible you were not meant to see that conversation.

[raitala.livejournal.com]

Not like I learnt anything I didn't know already, my wood-living, cheese-making friend.

[capitu]

omg, yes. With OUR raitala art, we'll become total creeps and go Gollum on all our stuff. Def.

Also, though probably not the right entry to comment on it. SO JEALOUS I didn't get to make your Christmas Bird icon. I wasn't even around when you asked, I came here and there's a Christmas!Birds on my flist and I'm like, 'what? She didn't ask me???!!' and then because I know you know I'm busy and ~crazy~ lately I went 'awww, that's so sweet of her, she didn't ask me.' o_O I'm odd, but totally got it that way. ^^

[eidheann_writes]

Holy shit that is fucking amazing. And I WANT THEM

[birdsofshore]

I know. But you have to come and love LIVE in the woods and make cheese if you want them. Sorry.

edited for possible Freudian slip

[eidheann_writes]

I adore your typo so am comenting quickly to preserve it <3

[eidheann_writes]

NOOOOO

[birdsofshore]

Bwahahahaha!

[capitu]

You were thinking about the 'anywhere but the bed' thing we did a while back, weren't you? XD

[piratesmile331.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

[birdsofshore]

Pretty impressive *nods*

[starduchess.livejournal.com]

Oh, gosh, those are awesome! yes, yes, yes, THAT I would pay money for!

*my preeecioussssss*

[birdsofshore]

I can't imagine the work that went into them. The glow-in-the-dark bit is my absolute favourite.

[pauraque]

Wow, that's incredible.

[birdsofshore]

I'm in awe! Beautiful work!

[khalulu]

Quite amazing, especially the glowing blue covers.

What do you suppose the red vaguely heart-shaped thing that opens out is?

[birdsofshore]

I think it's a dragon's egg! I love that one very much - the different shapes which make up the shell as it opens.

[khalulu]

That makes sense, now that I've enlarged it enough. Before I mainly saw the slit inside which was sort of, um, vulval-looking.

[birdsofshore]

Harry Potter and the Vulva of Secrets?

[lightofdaye]

They do look smashing. But it does take a moment for me to figure out which is which from the covers.

And it annoys me than it should that they don't seem to be in order in the group shot...

[birdsofshore]

YES I had the exact same reaction! I think that someone who didn't know the series must have arranged them for the photographs. It's the only explanation!

[lightofdaye]

XD That must be it. Yes.

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Okay, someone tell me what demon I need to sacrifice to so I can get my hands on these books because I have a fiery need to have them in my possession like, right the fuck now.

God they're so gorgeous! And they glow in the dark! *cries pitifully*

[birdsofshore]

I'm so glad other people had this reaction. I felt a bit venal looking at this beautiful thing and instantly thinking "FOR ME".

*daubs entire book collection with glow in the dark paint*

[this-bloody-cat.livejournal.com]

Pretty sure I'd do the same if I owned them because OMG they're stunning. Also they have HOLES.

[birdsofshore]

Yes, HOLES for poky little fingers <3

[this-bloody-cat.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I have no idea what it is about holes that makes them so satisfying but, um. It's like you can never go wrong with holes. I love holes. I'm also not inebriated at the moment :'D

[awickedmemory.livejournal.com]

OMFG. I'm dying - they're so gorgeoussssss. @___@

[birdsofshore]

I know. I KNOW. How are we going to survive, knowing we can never have them?

[gracerene]

DO WANT!

Oh man, those are gorgeous!

[birdsofshore]

We all want them! Maybe we can crowdfund it and each spend a day with it every year? :D

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

They're stunning and so clever. I loved the cutout covers and the glow in the dark feature made me love them even more. The illustrations are fantastic and so are the interactive pieces. Really great work.

[birdsofshore]

Aren't they divine? *sigh of longing*

[digthewriter]

That's pretty damn gorgeous.

Thanks for sharing.

[birdsofshore]

You're welcome! I'm so pleased people feel the same way about them as I do!

[nia_kantorka]

I've bookmarked your post to look at those stunning pieces over the afternoon and evening. And every time I've been looking at them I'm more in love.
Could I come to the woods with you? I could do one of  the jobs nobody wants (hunt and gut animals and fish and re-activate my burried vet skills).

[birdsofshore]

I'm vegetarian - can you make felafel out of acorns or something? ;)

They're so lovely, aren't they! I wish I understood that website so I could get in touch with the artist.

[nia_kantorka]

Haha, I could try. Or I could try to make tofu from soy plants. But I've been pants at botanics. I might need help to find the plants (well acrons I'll find but soy?). After that I could be of use.

Oh, yes, so gorgeous. I wouldn't have given them away if they had been mine BA project. Never ever!

[who_la_hoop]

Those are lovely! But - *whispers* - I think they are a bit too grown up... They fit the tone of the later books, maybe, but not the earlier ones.