Master Tome
Innovative leather stylings and foil pressed designs
I designed distinctive riveted and embossed leather designs for Elderwood’s latest Kickstarter, a Game Master screen and modular storage box. I was tasked with coming up with brand new leather and foil pressed designs that work with Elderwood’s core competencies. My intent is to transform the Master Tome into a fantasy prop that adds magic to a Game master’s storytelling as it functions as the centerpiece during a D&D campaign.
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Beta Edition
This design features light embossing around the border that topographically juxtaposes with riveted accent leather elements and a subtle ripple design to accentuate the icon a customer would choose.
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Masterwork Edition
This maximalist look features an abundance of rivets and overlapping straps along the spine as well as radiating diamond foil accents that keep the players’ eyes captivated.
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Aegis Edition
Inspired by armor sets found in popular video games, this look mimics what a Tome would look like if it was bound and crafted by materials found scavenged in a fantasy or sci-fi landscape.
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Eldritch Edition
This cursed look features the mad glowing eyes of an Eldritch entity, glowering at the players, guarding the tome with its writhing, monstrous tentacles.
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Acquisitions Incorporated
For Pride Month 2021, Elderwood collaborated with Acquisitions Incorporated, a D&D and Penny Arcade venture, to create a Pride themed Master Tome to be given away during one of Acquisitions Incorporated charity streams.
I experimented with foil pressing the entire surface area of the leather straps to create a bolder look. Because I wanted to showcase the rainbow theme, I chose Ivory and Onyx leathers to accentuate those colors. It’s also a play on the fact that the color black absorbs and white reflects all wavelengths of light, with the rainbow spectrum existing between the dichotomy.
