DREAM FORGE FACTORY

Chapter 10 – Filling the Library (Part 1)

The first section of the library is finally starting to come to life.

Rather than placing the same few books over and over, I wanted the shelves to feel like a real collection that had been built over decades. To achieve that, I first resin-printed several hundred individual books in a wide variety of sizes and designs.

This week was dedicated to painting the first batch. Each book was given its own combination of cover colours and spine details, with only a limited palette repeated throughout the collection. The goal wasn't to make every book unique, but to create enough variation that the repetition disappears once everything is placed on the shelves.

This is only the first of three batches needed to fill the two large bookcases, so there are still many more books waiting to be painted before I can finally start dressing the library itself.

As repetitive as this stage may seem, it's one of those small details that will make the room feel lived in once everything comes together.