my zines
Zine: How to Deal with Small Talk
“How to Deal with Small Talk” is a collection of tips for how to handle small talk conversations.
Maybe you’re like me and small talk drags you down. And maybe, like me, you have to put up with it anyway. Hopefully this zine can help.
This is printed in full color. I made the background pages using blue, purple, and red inks. Some pages have digital illustrations. All the text is typed.
It might be difficult to tell from the photos, but I tried a new page size for this zine, and I like it! A 12-page zine, printed double-sided on one 8.5x11-inch sheet of paper. The finished zine is about 3.5 inches high x 4 inches wide and bound with staples. And these dreamy cotton candy colors are on every page.
Glorious.
Zine: Timers for travelers
"Timers for travelers" is a 20-page zine about time travel. It includes:
- Why timers are important to time travelers
- Tips and warnings for traveling through time
- Time travel methods
Copies of this zine are available in my Etsy shop.
Pages were made with a combination of hand-drawn illustrations, digital elements, and typed text.
The zine measures 5.5 inches high x 4.25 inches wide (quarter-page zine). The cover is blue cardstock. Interior pages are printed in black and white on 24lb white paper. The zine is hand-folded and bound with staples.
Zine: Everyday Time Travel
"Everyday Time Travel" is about ordinary moments that feel like time moves differently than normal.
Copies of this zine are available in my Etsy shop.
Out of the zines I’ve made so far, this one probably came together the fastest, from the initial idea to the finished zine.
I made the backgrounds with scrapbook paper, and I added some details with fineliner pens. Then I wrote the text on white paper, tore out pieces, and glued them over the scrapbook paper. I like how all the colors and patterns came together.
Here are the interior pages:
And the back cover:
Zine: Questions to ask yourself, part 3
"Questions to ask yourself: Part 3" is a hand-drawn mini zine with thoughtful questions and illustrations.
Copies of this zine are available in my Etsy shop.
This zine is also part of a bundle with parts 1 and 2.
Zine: Vignettes From Camelot
"Vignettes From Camelot" includes glimpses into the lives of Arthurian characters: Merlin, Morgana, Arthur, and an unnamed messenger.
The zine is 16 pages long with 4 original stories and hand-drawn illustrations inspired by nature and magic. It's printed in black and white.
I couldn't decide on a blue or white cover, and neither could my Instagram poll. 😂 So both colors are available for $4 in my Etsy shop. Shipping is free in the U.S.
If you're interested in reading about my process for this zine, keep scrolling. 🙂
The stories in this zine started as a series of tweets I wrote a few years ago. My original idea was to write 10 tweets in a thread and have that be one story about people in Camelot. I never finished that, but I took the ideas I had for Merlin, Arthur, Morgana, and a messenger and fleshed them out into these vignettes.
I drew the illustrations by hand using black and gray markers and pens. I wasn't sure which illustrations would go with which stories, so I drew each page individually. Here are a few of the original illustrations.
When I finished all the illustrations, I scanned them so that I could do the layout digitally.
I used Canva to lay out the text and illustrations. I made many of the illustrations semi-transparent so that the text over them was readable. In some cases, I put white boxes behind the text, so that the words stood out without adjusting transparency on the illustration. Here are two of the pages in Canva.
After I laid out all the pages, I did a few test prints to see how everything looked on paper. I made a some adjustments, and then printed several copies for my Etsy shop.
Zine: Photographic Memories
“Photographic Memories” is a collection of illustrations, writing, and memories related to photography.
It's a quarter-page zine and 20 pages, which makes this the largest and longest zine I've made to date! The zine is printed in black and white and mostly hand-made with some digital elements.
"Photographic Memories" is available in my Etsy shop and shipping is free within the U.S.!
It took me a while to make this zine. I knew I wanted to focus on photography, but beyond that, I didn't know what to include. I knew I didn't want it to be a how-to guide or lessons on photography. You can google all that and nothing I make would be as extensive or informative.
Instead, I thought about things that stuck with me—concepts and memories—and that's what I made pages about. Here are some previews:
I made each page individually and then laid out pages by hand. The original pages look like this:
I used sticky notes to label each page, so I wouldn't lose track of what goes where. I scanned pages, added some white space as buffer, and then printed copies.
I learned a lot by making this zine in a larger and longer format than I've done before. I already have plans for my next zine. It probably won't be as long but it'll be the same page size.
Thanks for reading!
Zine: How to teleport safely
"How to teleport safely" is a handy (fictional) guide for how to use teleportation devices safely and avoid…incidents.
Copies of this zine are available in my Etsy shop. This zine is also part of the sci-fi bundle.
Zine: Text Message Moods
"Text Message Moods" illustrates what text message conversations look like, depending on people's moods. You may recognize these patterns.
Copies of this zine are available in my Etsy shop.
Zine: Questions to ask yourself, part 2
More questions with no real answers. This is part 2, with a different style of questions. You may also want to see part 1.
Copies of this zine are available in my Etsy shop.
Zine: Questions to ask yourself, part 1
Some questions with no real answers, but maybe they offer some introspection. You may also want to see part 2.
Copies of this zine are available in my Etsy shop.