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Jan 12, 2025
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I’ve been making zines for the last ten years and I literally could not recommend it MORE!!!! I’m so excited for you.
If you’re making one with your friends, maybe get together all make individual lists of subject matters you’d like to share with the world, then compare lists and see where the overlaps are. Me and my friend once made a venn diagram of all our interests so we could pick a new zine subject matter!
I would start off doing a simple one page fold (like a beak book ) and filling it with notes / collage on the chosen subject matter… then you can see whether you’d wanna stick with that, or whether you’d need a longer format, or you’d just prefer to do it digitally. I use inDesign but there’s loads of free zine making programs, then you can find cheap printing in libraries. Theres also no shame in getting the zine printed somewhere — xerox and copy shops used to be the most accessible but that’s not really the case anymore (here anyway!). I’ve used Mixam for full colour printing, or finding a risograph printer in your area is cool (I love risograph!).
Anyway I could talk forever — if you need any tips you know where to find me!
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Thank you so much!
Ten years is crazy! I’m glad to get some advice from someone so experienced and will definitely check out these sites 😄 thanks for the tips 🩵
i’ve also been interested in making zines! there’s so many resources online about how to make them but what you want to put in them is up to you and thats where I can get stuck. I think you just have to start laying down your art or the information that you want to share. As a creative the start is always the hardest part haha.
Finding access to a xerox machine that’s cheap or free to use. also when I first started making zines I wanted them to be dense and jam packed and hand made and it was a little overwhelming and I never finished them. now I just make small zines and it’s much more satisfying. Currently Hand drawing all the original Pokémon by memory as an zine and it’s silly and fun. Also partially designing them on programs like procreate helps allot. And making a copy with all the page numbers so it all flows together properly and you know how to staple them together.
Start with this fold! It’s just 3 spreads and requires one sheet of paper. You can make an entire zine by yourself in an hour or less. I made more than 50 of these before I did anything more complex: https://youtu.be/keX3nBEcw2Y?feature=shared
beatrix
Ooh, I saw one like this and wondered why it was folded. Thanks for this video!
bee1000 yes this is fundamental!! sometimes research or preparing yourself can be a form of procrastination … you are ready if you have a piece of paper, some scissors, some glue and some good music (oh along with a magazine 😝)
