I Made the Percy Jackson Books Even Better
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In light of the new Percey Jackson series coming to Disney plus, I decided to put my amateur bookbinding skills to the test. In this book project, I turn a used set of paperback" Percy Jackson and the Olympians" and rebind them into a leather-bound book set.
0:00 Intro
1:42 Text Block
3:08 Cover
5:27 Leather
8:08 Silly Little Ad to Pay My Silly Little Bills
9:20 Time to Dye
12:00 Book Assembly
13:03 Silver Foiling
15:38 Final Book Set
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If you see any misspellings on the covers.... no you didn't..
@cattenaxbee
Жыл бұрын
XD
@a_viewer5386
Жыл бұрын
Labrintht
@alannah6075
Жыл бұрын
Don’t worry it adds character
@atomykebonpyre
Жыл бұрын
Theif
@geniaadvincula2705
Жыл бұрын
XD
When I say that I screamed at the top of my lungs when you ripped the cover page, it would be an understatement...
@weirdlytothemax
Жыл бұрын
Felt like my soul got ripped apart
@miyamura9267
Жыл бұрын
No bc fr 😹
@Ace_1011
Жыл бұрын
… i feel like I was betrayed 😭
@whimsicaltea_
Жыл бұрын
Me too🥲
@michiko5566
Жыл бұрын
it took me a while to process it, but then the realisation sunk in and was ready to throw my laptop across the room
This is just personal preference but I always preferred those “busy” covers. Though I will admit the more minimal covers do have a sophisticated air to them that I still find really appealing. They look really impressive!
@flyingdoggo316
6 ай бұрын
Busy covers as in covers with lots of detail in them?
@calebgoodman3028
6 ай бұрын
@@flyingdoggo316 Yep.
@oz_jones
5 ай бұрын
The continuous scene was a nice touch. Dont think i have seen it done before
@oz_jones
5 ай бұрын
The continuous scene was a nice touch. Dont think i have seen it done before
Jess: This brings me no pain... Me: I wonder what she is about to do... Jess: rips front cover off Me: THIS BRINGS ME AN UNFATHOMABLE AMOUNT OF PAIN!
I just wanna say that as a fellow artist and fanfic/book obsessed girl, youve really inspired me and got me into book binding, and ive used many of your tactics and ideas to make some of my own 😁
@jpsifamily8060
Жыл бұрын
I would really like to see some of your book bindings :) maybe you can post them on KZread?
@spades4472
Жыл бұрын
@@jpsifamily8060 not for awhile, were moving so their all in storage right now😅🤣
@jpsifamily8060
Жыл бұрын
@@spades4472 oh, lol- I will still be waiting though 💀-
@cthulhufhtagn7520
10 ай бұрын
@@jpsifamily8060still waiting, eh?
Ah yes, Battle of the Labyrintht, my favorite PJO book… As a longtime Percy Jackson fan and Jess Less fan, this was extremely enjoyable and very cool to watch!!
@Colaman112
Жыл бұрын
I think I prefer the Lightning Theif.
@Luca-to8iw
Жыл бұрын
I prefer the Last Olympian. I read today more than 200 page to see if Percy and Annabeth will be together,i wait a whole book for them to kiss since they kissed in the Labyrint before erruption.
@fallingstars8331
Жыл бұрын
@@Luca-to8iw they were joking because the actual cover in the video when she did it was spelt wrong.
@Emily_the_lovely
Жыл бұрын
My fave is titans curse because Nico My favorite heroes of Olympus book is house of hades because Bob and Small bob
@MisterMuffinut
Жыл бұрын
To most people in the replies: r/whoooooooosh
The minute you said “I like the Percy Jackson movie” I was in pain, distress, sorrow, I was having a full mental breakdown down
@XulteS
5 ай бұрын
Its a cool movie when you haven't read the books
@fruitnhoney4188
4 ай бұрын
@@XulteSbut at the same time… it really wasn’t
@sadbtch2976
4 ай бұрын
@@XulteSas someone who watched before reading the books, it really sucked
@fruitnhoney4188
4 ай бұрын
the plot just didn’t make sense and it was in fact, no a movie for children which ruined the whole vibe.
@anglfail
4 ай бұрын
i mean they are fine movies on their own
what's so cool about these covers is that an collector's edition was just released for the Lightning Thief and it looks crazy similar to these
No one: Jess: "now we have a nice and curved spine much like what my doctor said right before I got diagnosed with scoliosis"
@androidlife2796
Жыл бұрын
I have Scoliosis too very hard
@jetskiis.7477
Жыл бұрын
Cackled because same
@androidlife2796
Жыл бұрын
@@jetskiis.7477 Same time I feel end my life slowly
@sachsoup
Жыл бұрын
the jess less chaos
@Meowie171
Жыл бұрын
I mean I’ve got stage one scoliosis it’s not fun
OH MY GOD I LOVE THE PJO SERIES! Irnoiclly enough I'm dyslexic and ADHD myself and Greek at that, all three factors actually kept me from reading the books till late in my 8th grade through 9th grade years of school. But, once I did I was hooked!!! I do have to say some things in the books haven't aged well but the author owns up to that pretty well and it isn't done on purpose. But I cant wait for you to read them!! Honestly great books and Percy has guts, that little kids is Per-sassy though and though!! I come to your channel for your creative content and I consider myself a part of many fandoms, no matter what you chose to make art for I think it'll be thoroughly fun an entertaining or at least it should be for you! Anyway thanks for the great video!!!
@Im_Nier
Жыл бұрын
What hasn’t aged well?
@lemonboi5349
Жыл бұрын
@king Ghoul yeah, what hasn't aged well? /genq
@kingghoul7162
Жыл бұрын
@@lemonboi5349 Some of the wording in the later books like the feathers in Pipers hair and some comments or wording used for Frank and Leo. But, if specifically in the earlier books I cant think of much or any probably should've stated that in my original reply but it sliped my mind too at the time as I jumped into thinking all the books would've been read not just the first 5 even if that was what the video was about.
@kingghoul7162
Жыл бұрын
@@Im_Nier Sorry! I answerd this just now in the comment below yours and stuff!! Check there if you wanna see it since that comenter asked the same thing you did and I feel it would be repetitive to copy paste what I said here from there!
@sorka955
Жыл бұрын
@@kingghoul7162 Hmmm weird no one like no one had an issue with those for years!People of colour and of the same ethnicities as the characters were praising the author. Suddenly BLM happened in 2020 and woke westerners started finding “problematic” almost anything race related that wasn’t using the perfect wording standard created by that movement.
The uneven blue makes it look like water which is perfect
As much as i love the original covers, these covers are beautiful 😍 they look so professionally done. And as someone who's read Percy Jackson more than once, these covers really do represent the feel of the stories
@urmadcausebad
7 ай бұрын
I prefer the original covers, as someone who's read all the series every year since release. Kind of a Percy Jackson Purist
@singingofsilver
4 ай бұрын
Especially since they're blue lol
I just love to see these books getting a well deserved leather re-design. I'm also an amateur bookbinder (got too excited watching Martina make so many books) and I did my first book in the first lockdown (because why not?) with no tools. Sort of. I used everything I could find at home that looked like a good substitute xd
@feelzyfeelz
Жыл бұрын
How did it turn out!? These rebindings are looking real nice for my fav second-hand books that could use the facelift. 👀
You'll love the books. After that, the sequel series is Heroes of Olympus. You could bind those too if you wish.
@empirerulez9057
Жыл бұрын
thank you for giving her your coveted permission! Nah I'm just pokin fun don't take offense.
@andrewchung1973
Жыл бұрын
And then Trials of Apollo
@Meowie171
Жыл бұрын
@@andrewchung1973 we don’t talk about the trials of Apollo just like we don’t talk about the PJ movies
@andrewchung1973
Жыл бұрын
@@Meowie171 I liked the trials of apollo
@Itzmia_duh
Жыл бұрын
@@Meowie171 I liked the first movie and the second one was ok
1. Those covers are awesome. Glad this appeared on my feed. 2. Thief is one of the words I have dyslexic moments over. I had to look it up. So in addition to the extra T in labyrinth, you have the E before the I in thief. Wabi Sabi. They're beautiful. They're yours. Reading them will be worth every moment you spent with them already (I say only ever reading the first one.)
11:50 just giving impeccable TARDIS/River Song journal blue that awoken something in me
First I watched a Harry Potter books in Nerdforge's vid.. Now Percy Jackson?? I'm getting a lot of book and fantasy recommendations from KZread today... Honestly- I just love it... I actually wanna know how long and how much this cost for this project? Like- just in case I wanna try it out I'd know how much my wallet would cry... Edit: Holy sheesh- I just watched that and commented this like at the start and the Nerdforge- oh gosh XD... That made me laugh XD
@thee_randomperson1697
Жыл бұрын
Are you ok n middle school or older if you are you should read the grisha trilogy :D I forgot who its from
@_ohky
Жыл бұрын
@@thee_randomperson1697 Leigh Bardugo! the six of crows duology was my fave but all if them are good
@geniaadvincula2705
Жыл бұрын
@@thee_randomperson1697 I would love to read it sometime!! Definitely up on my list!! I'm also in highschool...
@thee_randomperson1697
Жыл бұрын
@@geniaadvincula2705 ok good because it’s not for small children
@onyx_the_water_dragon3889
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the Nerdforge parenthese!!! I felt the same
I came here a few months ago for that magical MCYT content and by god am I staying for any other content you make! I’ve never read the Percy Jackson books either, but you skills are just too cool to not look at! Beautiful cover and a nice video! Great job!
@rowan7189
Жыл бұрын
i've only read The Lightning Thief and that's because everyone had to read that in their sixth grade year at my middle school
@azriel_bunny
Жыл бұрын
You should totally read it! I'm a MCYT fan myself and have found myself enjoying reading the PJO series and just Rick Riordan's books in general. Though if you do read it, I recommend not reading the book/all of the books in one sitting as I wasn't able to fully get attached to the characters.
@naomichew1621
Жыл бұрын
@@rowan7189 haha me too lol but i actually read the books after
@sprinkles06
Жыл бұрын
As an MCYT kid whos gotten into PJO lately, DO IT!! it so good my man. Coming from someome with reading problems and couldn't/didnt read the Harry potter books, 12yr me would have LOVED pjo.
As a big Percy Jackson fan even though ripping the covers hurt the end result was genuinely worth it and STUNNING
I honestly would never shut up on how much I love your bookbinding vids. I honestly want to bind a book someday, and I thank you for getting me into this wonderful craft!
i love watching you book bind, it has really inspired me to try it out myself!. Honestly, any project of yours is interesting and I would totally watch them :)
Honestly these look fantastic, I don't know if you can even call yourself an amateur anymore! I might attempt a project like this sometime, as I already have a shelf shrine to all of Rick Riordan's books. I hope that you enjoy the Percy Jackson series, they truly are fantastic! Keep up all the great work!
I can't imagine how proud one would feel to be reading a book for the first time, with a kick ass book cover that you made.
11:22 holy shit I was not ready for that Technoblade cosplay
You did an absolutely beautiful job on the covers, these books hold a special place in my heart and seeing someone take their time to make the books into a leather bound set that fits the books brings me so much joy. I hope you enjoy reading the Percy Jackson books as much as the rest of us likely have. I know this likely will not be seen but I still wish to leave this here, I hope whoever may be reading this is having a good day/night.
The book industry should hire you. I’m not kidding. You’d do us all a favor by creating beautiful book creations 🥺
As a lover of crafts, a fan of Percy Jackson, and an aspiring graphic designer/book illustrator I loved this video! So much attention to detail and they ended up looking amazing!!
When you went to glue the covers and then needed to push 🤣I LOST IT! Blue dye nails are hilarious! Also thanks so much for showing us the realistic process for us to try it out. I don't have years of hours in every skill and too expensive equipment ❤
The moment I'm over with my exams I'll be throwing myself head-first into bookbinding fanfic and rebinding all my books to have pretty covers. I cannot wait😭 Also, Double Life Hype👀
@LycanMOON
Жыл бұрын
Double life hype for sure The 3rd episodes are coming out in 2 days,I wonder what chaos happens with scar and the ranch,cheater duo,and of course goat horn crew
@TinaTissue28
Жыл бұрын
How do you print out a fanfiction? I would love to make one into a book
@Ana-Ma.S
Жыл бұрын
@@TinaTissue28 If you go on Jess' channel, the video right before this one is about bookbinding fanfiction, aka making the text block. And if you use an old book or make a cover as seen here is up to you ^.^
@Itzmia_duh
Жыл бұрын
Yep same just started school and doing it now
@gacha_xxtuber2218
10 ай бұрын
Holy- double life was a year ago now?!?
recently I've been into trying to bind fanfics and re-bind old books (whether they just have ugly covers or they're falling apart). finding your videos has been a LIFESAVER!!!!!
I appreciate the creativity, it's great you had fun with it and enjoyed the process, but as an actual book-binder myself, I can tell you there's a lot of stuff done wrong. Thickness of the leather, the corners, the way the cover was done (duct tape is a no-no) etc. At the of the video, it's apparent you didn't create enough space between the spine and the case and thus it strains the end papers which can eventually result in tearing. It also seems the leather wasn't glued properly since there seem to be a few air bubbles under. But as I said, it's great you had fun with it. 👍
I've never seen a single other video on this channel and when I tell you that part way through this video when both Homestuck and Doublelife were mentioned I was SHOOK
Those look amazing, I'm thinking of doing some bookbinding myself and I like your style. Also loved how you made the outro with the "Labyrintht" while keeping "The Lightning Theif" in full display 😂
@JessLess
Жыл бұрын
to be fair... I didn't even realize it was wrong till someone pointed it out to be after I posted... sigh
The books look absolutely gorgeous! I also have not read Percy Jackson yet but I really want to before watching the series.
This makes me wanna change all my paper cover books into hard covers but i don't have the materials to do so 🥲 I also love how good these turned out and I hope I can do this too
About the sniffing the book? Nah that’s not weird we all do it lol
JESS!!!! This looks A M A Z I N G! As a huge PJO fan growing up, I can't tell you how EXCITED I felt when I saw this video! Also, it's amazing to see your progress and improvement throughout all your book-binding projects :) I love your videos, MCYT and now this, can't wait to see what is coming up next!
Honestly I really just love the bookbinding process and adding fandoms in it. Really inspires me to do it with my own fanfics... once I'm done writing them lol
Well, why am I here? I came in for this book build. This is my first time on your page.
these look fantastic!! hope you enjoyed the series, it's one of my favourites and i'm soo excited for them to get the adaptation they deserve!
The intro had me crying
Great video as always! If you ever need any ideas for future projects I'd love it if you could make the Book of Prophecies Past and Future from Empires SMP.
@aranelnemonia6376
Жыл бұрын
Yes we need this please
@February_Snow
Жыл бұрын
That would be awesome!
@cupid7533
Жыл бұрын
yessss
thank you for doing my fav book series!
I just started looking at book rebinding and this was amazing! Great fun content, gave me good chuckles.
I'm a really big fan of the PJO series and I have to say I was shocked and depressed when you tore of the covers of the books but seeing you make new and even better covers was worth it. I love your work and this is like the first video of your channel that I saw but I love it already.
I'm so excited to watch this! Your content always makes my day!
This is my first video of yours and I'm honestly hooked. These books look great, you're definitely writing about the dye being imperfect it really gives them character! I'd love to see you do this with other book series, especially ones you're more familiar with so you can go all out designing the covers.
Thank you for sharing this project! I really enjoyed it
I’m here for the amazing bookbinding crafts you do! I’m so tempted to use your designs of the books in my illustrations
This is my favorite book series; they look amazing!! 🎉
These look absolutely amazing!
the one thing i would have changed is different colours for the different books but the finished product still looks amazing ( better then anything i could do lol) well done!
Your video on bookbinding fanfiction made me obsessed with the practice, so even when I wasn't in the fandom of this series or your minecraft series, I watched them. I really want to try it one of these days, for sure. I actually have a book that's literally falling a part with ripped pages due to it falling a part, so. I really wanna do that, but all the prices of these supplies add up 😅. I love the process of this book binding :) The foil and embellishment looks cool.
Im so glad you get to read these now, especially without having to wait for new books (well... not yet for you at least) and the tv show on the horizon!
These are so beautiful! I’m excited to hear what you thought of them when you finish reading! Percy Jackson was my first fandom and I still love the books to this day!
THIS IS AMAZING!!! as someone who grew up reading percy jackson and is now into mcyt, this video and this entire channel is amazing! thanks jess!!!! -your fellow floridian
I found you through your fanfiction binding video and your work is so cool!! I’m a big fan of Percy Jackson so it was awesome to see you put your own spin on the covers. Hope you like the books :)
These books look AMAZING, I grew up on this series and I’m glad you did this, they are stunning
Love doing book binding as a relaxing hobby, especially when I make a sketch book thanks slot for showing an easier technique
I’m so glad you’re joining the Percy Jackson brainrot! It’s been a fixation of mine for an entire year at this point
I was just watching Percy Jackson videos on KZread. I too should have been a Percy Jackson fan earlier too lmao
Lots of great ideas here! I'll have to do an embossing on my next books.
"Before anybody gets upset". IM ALREADY UPSET!!
I’ve only seen like 3 videos from you but I can already say you are exactly who I wanna be. Fun, creative, entertaining and ambitious, honestly I would not be able to stick through this entire process I would’ve quit 3 hours in
As a frequent viewer of your channel, and a Percy Jackson stan, im not here just for the MCYT content. 8m mainly here for the vibes and you!! Whatever you post I’ll probably watch
This is absolutely AMAZING!
Now I want to try book binding… yay!
Jess Less: I usually do one book at a time but this time I'm doing five Me who wants to request for her to do Wings of Fire which has 21 individual books with 18 having physical copies. If that made no sense, the main plot has 15 books separated into 3 arcs with five books each, the two Legends which are bigger stories told from three different protagonists, and the Winglets which are ebooks but have a physical book with all four together
✨ P e r c y J a c k s o n ✨ Such a cool project and it turned out so well! :)
I just got into your channel, your videos are so satisfying, I never thought that book binding would be so fascinating. Great video!
Loved the video and really enjoyed your sense of humor and editing!
the intro killed me that poor book omg
I JUST FINISHED THE PJO SERIES LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO 😳
please do more of these! the cover is amazing, and if i saw these in bookstores I would buy them.
This was magnificent! Well done! I love this series i hope you enjoy it
1. THIS IS AMAZING I really hope you get to read the books because they really are amazing! 2. I don't know if it's a fandom you ARE interested in but Doctor Who seems right down your street! Can't wait for the next video
I have to fandoms: bbc Sherlock and sanders sides! Sanders sides is a series here on KZread made by Thomas sanders (the vine guy) where he talks to aspects of his personality, it’s really interesting
so excited for the show!!
Oh wow! Those look amazing!
You know what you should do? Lizzie’s prophecy book from empires smp session 1
Seeing my beloved childhood series be ripped apart is not how I thought I’d start my weekend. Also some series suggestions: Six of crows, Wings of Fire, Helen Moss’s secrets of the Tombs series, and The Lost city of Z. Also please please PLEASE let us know how you found the Percy Jackson series!
@Silent0nyx
Жыл бұрын
Wings of Fire is amazing, have you ever read Warriors? It’s kinda like WoF, I actually got the writers mixed up a lot as a kid.
That is INCREDIBLE work! I'm SO jealous. Well done!
You are so.... wowing! I've made myself a book, for poetry, because of you! You are such an inspiration
I personally enjoy watching your book binding videos, as I don't watch any mcyt. I loved the episode though. On the Percy Jackson movie: while it is horribly inaccurate to the books, it is still a good movie (which can and will be mentioned by every father when they hear the song 'Poker Face' out in the wild)
I love mcyt but I also love watching your videos and the process of building things. I’m willing to watch and learn about new fandoms if that means I get to watch amazing content
The end result looks great!
i come back to this video every couple months, it's honestly so satisfying to watch
I love watching your videos! Also, a cool idea you could do is make some of the books from Empires SMP!
Imagine going to her house like: Oh you have the Percy Jackson books too? Where’d you get these covers I haven’t seen them before I made them myself.. What? I made them on my own Oh cool No you don’t understand! I cut the leather, I dyed it, I put the letters on! Alright alright chill
I adore people with niche skills showing them off. Thanks!
When doing the spine stiffener figure out the grain direction of the cardstock and align the grain along the long side. Wet one side and it will naturally curl towards the dry one. Give it a bit more curve and it's ready to be glued in place by the cover cloth/paper. Aligning the grain also makes it round with less buckles.
Honestly you did a fine job but I personally prefer the original covers
Can you do a book for Technoblade like something similar to Ghostbur with fan art in it and quotes from him as like a memorial you don’t have to it just a suggestion
I love watching people give books the love they deserve by rebinding them. And doing rebinds in leather! That color blue is EVERYTHING!! 💜 💜 💜 Very well done and absolutely gorgeous work Also I'm sure you've gotten this a lot by now, but I highly highly HIGHLY recommend Sea Lemon's diy book press. Made one myself as my first ever press and I still use it even after getting a more professional press
Great chose of color! Percy loves blue and everything that's blue 💙
Though I love dream smp. I am now in love with bookbinding. So please make more books!
This is absolutely brilliant!!!
Lol the Scoliosis reference made me laugh out loud. I have it but back in the 80’s and wore a massive back brace for three years.
This looks so awesome!
I wasn't expecting you to rip the cover off. I gasped and cluched my pearls.