Hi everyone, first time poster but a long time fan- I love skyrim and all of the main Elder Scrolls games! Hopefully I have the right forum...

I shared this with reddit earlier this week, and the reaction caught me off guard. Apparently people varied between thinking this was the best thing ever and signs that I need to talk with someone...so I figured, why not share it with a group with similar interests! I honestly wasn't expecting the reaction it got, and I hope it makes a few of you smile.

imgur.com/a/06q4x#16

Here's a link to the reddit thread where I answered a lot of questions:

reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1ftpul/bfs_skyrim_journal_80_pages_long_with_sketches/

And lastly, here's ANOTHER link where I and two others (niilo789 and drkrills on reddit) transcribed the first 22 pages into something that was actually readable. My short hand is terrible.

google.com/document/d/1tqm32aH-SyGVximi61FWngwmBwNgK0I2MphEE7QieZQ/edit?pli=1

Thanks so much for reading! I noticed I wasn't able to post links, and I apologize if this goes against the forum rules. It seemed easier to just link to what I'd already set up on third party sites rather then restructuring everything, but I would be happy to do so if the mods demand.

Edit:

It would seem as though your forum security doesn't allow for new posters to include links in their content fields, which makes sense! Darn bots ruining it for everyone else. If some one (or some mod) could, I would love it if they replied to this first post with the necessary links. Google'ing "skyrim journal" and "reddit" should give you all the info you need- I would really appreciate it!

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1ftpul/bfs_skyrim_journal_80_pages_long_with_sketches/

http://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/1fuo1r/found_this_in_rgaming/

http://imgur.com/a/06q4x#0

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tqm32aH-SyGVximi61FWngwmBwNgK0I2MphEE7QieZQ/edit

I hope I got them all.

It looks great! But why use pink ink, I wonder? Made of dragon blood?

Thank you so much!

As for the pink ink...watered down Bosmer Blood fits the description best, I think . Seriously though, it was all I had on hand!

Holy crap, your sketches are phenomenal! And I actually really love your handwriting, it just kind of makes the journal look like it was written by an adventurer who is constantly on the move and isn't really worried about making some sort of scholarly text. It's just all looks really really great. And your transcription of the dragon language is superb.

And I thought you were an interesting person to have around.

I wish I had a cool leather journal like yours. Maybe I'll make it out of some Khajiit's skin, it will be soft and fluffy.

I really love that idea. Like Ace Kalmera said, it looks like something you would find in-game, next to a corpse.

Doing it with ink, makes you appreciate what is important, and what isn't. If you look at real life journals and handwritten text, there are a lot of misspellings. It doesn't really matter, since everyone can figure out what you meant anyway. The important thing is the story.

Love it. so much. best idea anyone's had in ages. lol