Have any artists within my fedisphere produced zines to showcase their own artwork?

[jsstaedtler@mastodon.art]

@nickthewright Thank you! I love that one-page template—I'd seen the end result before, but this time I'm saving the directions for my forgetful future self!

[synwells@mastodon.art]

@nickthewright @jsstaedtler
Wow! Seeing this post made me remember my own zine that I collaborated on with a friend back in 2002.

[nickthewright@tenforward.social]

@synwells @jsstaedtler haha, awesome! Guess we were on the same page even back in the aughts / noughties.

[kalikambo@social.lol]

@jsstaedtler I made a couple zines that might fit what you’re looking for.

Spaced Out includes collages I made by hand and brief text to go with each collage. https://mythicaltype.com/2024/12/28/spaced-out-zine.html

Work in Progress is a zine about how I make zines. It includes original drawings and collages. https://mythicaltype.com/2023/10/29/zine-work-in.html

[shidokidoki@comicscamp.club]

@jsstaedtler @JenJen recently launched a monster zine and @Hika makes art zines too

[jsstaedtler@mastodon.art]

@kalikambo Those are great, thank you! I'm noting that, if I produce my own, I'll have to look for trading opportunities!

[hika@sakurajima.social]

@nickthewright@tenforward.social @jsstaedtler@mastodon.art Did you have to cut the pages to that size? I've been trying to decide if I should get a long arm stapler or cut down my pages to this size.. I haven't been able to find a template though..

[jsstaedtler@mastodon.art]

@Hika @nickthewright It looks like 5.5x8.5 pages, stapled in the middle? So you can either print double-sided on 8.5x11 and cut it in half, or else single-sided and fold it over... if there are no existing templates available, I could probably just figure it out and make them

[jsstaedtler@mastodon.art]

@Hika @nickthewright ...like this basically, for single-sided printing (folded in half) or double-sided (cut in half)

[nickthewright@tenforward.social]

@jsstaedtler @Hika That seems very close to what I had (but I had a cover and a back). And yeah, I just used standard 8.5" x 11" sheets. Dividing them down the middle "hamburger style" makes for two decent sized comic pages. Once the arrangement is set, you just need 3 staples in the middle.

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@nickthewright @jsstaedtler @Hika one of the advantages of using A paper sizes is that they fold in their smaller counterparts (a folded A4, which is the closest to your 8.5x11, is an A5). A nice feature for booklets.