Here are resources related to my interests in art, zines, and community building. If you’re interested in tools I use, check out the Tools page.
If you created resources that fit into one of these categories or you want to recommend resources to add, please send me links!
✨ = newly added resource
Resources I’ve created
How to design a mini zine in Canva (PDF tutorial)
How to design mini zines in Canva (YouTube)
How to figure out page order for printing zines (YouTube)
How to make a mini zine (PDF printable zine)
My process for making mini zines (YouTube)
What’s a zine? (PDF printable zine)
Indieweb and personal web
32-bit Cafe – Community and resource for personal website enthusiasts
About Ideas Now – Directory of personal websites that include pages for About, Ideas, and/or Now
✨ Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide – A straightforward guide for what alt text is, when to use it, and how to write it
✨ Feather – Open-source icons
Get Blogging! – A guide to starting a blog
IndieWeb – Home base for indieweb
✨ Letterbird – Simple contact form that’s really easy to use. Can be a standalone page or embedded on your site.
✨ Micro.blog – Personal blogging platform (check out mine!)
mmm.page – Drag and drop website builder
✨ omg.lol – Profile page builder
ooo.directory – Blog directory
✨ Slash Pages – List of common pages you can add to your website (like About, Now, Blogroll)
Smallweb Subway – A subway-themed webring. This connects personal sites related to science fiction, zines, poetry, and comics
✨ write.as – Blogging platform focused on written content
Ye Olde Blogroll – Blog directory
Further reading
15 rules for blogging (Interconnected)
A brief history & ethos of the digital garden (Maggie Appleton)
Digital gardens (Thomas Schoffelen)
How the blog broke the web (Stacking The bricks)
Intro to the web revival (Melon’s Thoughts)
Please, for goodness’ sake, start a mailing list (Austin Kleon)
Practical Ways to Post Something Every Day (CJ Chilvers)
What is the small web? (Aral Balkan)
Why writers need an email list, not just social media (Margot Atwell)
Why you might want a personal site (Maya.land)
Making art
Blackout Poetry Maker – Tool for making blackout poetry in your browser
British Library on Flickr – Public domain images that can be used without restriction. Crediting the library is not required, but wording could be something like “Images courtesy of the British Library’s Flickr Collection.”
Coolors – color palette generator
The Creative Independent – Guides and resources for all kinds of creative work
Draftmode bookmarks – Links to all kinds of resources
Fontjoy – Tool for seeing which fonts pair well
Pixabay – Royalty-free images, stock photos, music, and videos
Rawpixel – Public domain images (requires creating an account and there’s a free plan)
Unsplash – Royalty-free photos and illustrations
Work life
The 37signals Guide to Internal Communication
Zines
Booklet creator – Tool to re-order pages in a PDF to print booklets (📌 note to self to try this out!)
Bre’s Zine Resources – All kinds of resources for making zines
DoDIY – Directory for DIY events
How to make a zine – An in-depth guide to making zines
How to self-publish zines – Video overview from Michael Johnson
Keep It Weird – Zine fests, small press fairs, and indie comic shows
Nice Zines – All kinds of zine resources
Printed Matter – Book and zine fairs
Sea Green Zines – A list of zine-related resources
Zine Crisis Mutual Assistance Group – Resources for making zines