I've been making zines out of 8 1/2 × 11 and 8 1\2 × 14. But I've noticed some zines can be bigger. What are the sizes I can have a bigger zines. Enclosed is a zine I made. I'm a poet. Please don't be mean. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm a beginner.

Hi r/zines, indie dev and longtime zine admirer here. Disclosure up front: I built the app below, so I'm biased.

I kept wanting the riso look for covers without booking studio time first, and every "riso filter" I tried just tinted the photo instead of actually separating it. So I made Pressed. It splits a photo into 1 to 4 spot inks by hue, screens each ink as its own halftone at its own angle, and overprints them so two inks mix into a believable third, with paper show-through, registration drift, and dot gain. It is the press process, not a colour grade.

Why it might actually be useful here: it exports per-ink separations as a PDF with crop and registration marks, so you can mock a cover on your phone and hand the real plates to a Riso studio (or run them on a copier) instead of guessing. Free tier has six presses and all the tuning, so you can play without paying anything.

I would genuinely love this community's eye: does it read as riso to you, and what would make it more useful for zine work? Gallery is before/after plus the halftone up close. Happy to answer anything about how the separation works.

AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pressed-risograph-halftone/id6782635292

I'm still making these lil doodle zines, now up to Week 29!
I'm probably going to have to carry on to Week 52 as that's the kind of brain I have apparently...

I do like the idea of doing something with them though, rather than have them pile up on my desk.

Zine arranger is great, but there are plenty of other tools out there too that solve the zine layout issue slightly differently.

Could have a pinned thread or something for resources like this??

disclaimer - I do have a free zine app of my own, this isn't really about me trying to promote that (honest! - I made it for my specific needs/wants so that's fine) If I'd seen zinearranger, I might not have bothered!?

Here’s some bits of an upcoming minizine where I draw from pictures I took at Shipwreck Day, a townwide flea market in Anacortes WA!

Double Grave is accepting submissions! Anything goes, there is no theme. Each contributor gets a copy. More info on insta.

Dare to be silly.

About food, reflections on food, reflections on culture around food

My second analog zine.. came with all the imperfections of the scanning and folding process (cut off text, scan lines, pages cut off) but lots of things I appreciate about the slowness and variability in analog.

Master copy at the end, too thick to properly fold, but it maintains a lot of the colors, textures, palimpsest qualities that get lost in the scan.

I made this collaborative zine with over 40 other artists about a dating app for cats, with each artist creating a dating profile for their cat! A portion of each sale goes to Project Meow!

Purrfect Match

Quick little folding exercise and education in interestingly named (real!) species! Apologies to the species. Cut on the blue lines, feel free to copy/distribute/modify/mock/whatever: https://dn711502.ca.archive.org/0/items/zine2_202607/zine2.pdf

It is a zine that presents itself as a single brand with two distinct entities with a dual-identity marketing strategy. It uses contrasting personas, twin sub-brands, and a split narrative to capture the essence of the journey along our market segment. One element recognizes itself merely a zine. On the other hand is the organizing elements that make it all possible; the endorsements of local brands which offer clues. It is a subscription to artistic sensibilities of an adventure from the perspective of building a brand from the ground up. Every simple mark on the pages looks like a secret code waiting to be solved. Your mind fills with pictures of secret trails, challenge coins, and everlasting friendships.

How It Offers Secrets
Tests of heart: Issues give a small clue only after the traveler proves they are kind or brave.
Symbols and signs: They point out hidden paths, stars, or old marks on stones instead of speaking plain words.
Gifts of power: The brand name offers a magic word, and a map to help navigate different trips enjoying VIP perks, skipping long lines, and getting insider information. You get special treatment everywhere you go, exclusive event entry, and behind-the-scenes views that normal people never see.

I started a zine that had some local success but I lost steam doing other creative projects and now I’m drained. I need some inspiration from you guys! I have 4 editions of my zine, with a few issues of each. It’s geared around cocktails, memoir, recipes, history, poetry, etc all about bitters. I feel like my work has become too formulaic and I want to get another perspective!

hard to see but there’s some braided cord running through it too

I make lots of photo zines of my personal work and I try to leave the interpretation of the project up to the viewer. I struggle with writing intro pages unless it’s about a very specific place or event I covered in the zine. If it’s just a collection of photos that I put together, it feels forced sometimes to add info. I know making a zine is whatever we want them to be, but is lack of “info” frowned upon? Thoughts?

Dont mind the badly drawn stuff it was like um. 6 months ago and i had a week to do it for art school :3

Hello guys, I have been very interested in Zines and the world of zines ever since i have came across them, I had the idea of creating a platform wherein people could rapidly discover, read and share zines. More specifically a TikTok like platform wherein people can upload zines and people can swipe vertically. What do you guys think about this?

☁︎✈︎ are you a creative? do you have a passion for vehicles? airplanes, trains, cars, boats, transportation in all of its many forms? have you longed to mesh your creative mind and passion for these masterpieces of human innovation?

vehiculum might be the place for you. 🛩️🚄⛴️🚲🛻

vehiculum is an indie zine dedicated to vehicular transportation in all of its forms. it is a zine where you can pour your adoration for your favorite train into a poem or a painting; a zine where you can pour your vast well of knowledge of your favourite bus model into a diagram or an article. it is a collaborative love letter.

if you wish to contribute to vehiciulum, please fill out our interest form! you do not have to have an already existing piece of art, this form is solely to gauge intrigue and participation.

**vehiculum is strictly anti-AI and does not accept any form of AI generated content.**

https://forms.gle/T1iqGbWpHXMtziHa9

The photos are mine about the Carnaval de la Plaine, in Marseille. For those who don't know it, it's a wild, self-organized street carnival, which is part popular celebration, part political protest and is filled with costumes, satire, and chaos. It also always ends with a huge bonfire at the end (and police intervention).

I made the zine pagination with a free online service and printed it and folded it myself. I am so happy at how it turned out!

I might print a small batch, so message me if you’d like a copy.

Hey everyone! I’m currently seeking submissions for a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanzine. All art forms considered (no AI). All contributors will get a free electronic copy and, if possible, a free print copy too. Please email submissions and any questions to: [email protected]

Hi! First time zinester, tabling this Sunday (Seattle Zine Fest!) and I have a 1/4 letter zine. I drew panels to scan and then repeat throughout and add lettering via Canva.

I am super used to Canva and don't have time to learn other publishing software 😅

My drawings are supposed to be the edge of each page but I have a laser printer, nothing fancy.

Is there a template or combo of settings I should use to ensure my drawings (once scanned and added) actually print as close to the edge as possible? Would like to avoid extra trimmings if I can help it.

Thank you! 🙇🏻