Fanzine and Self-publishing Lab

Overview

“Once you have selected the art that will go in your fanzine , it is time to accommodate it and see how it will go inside it. Take into account the rhythm that you want your fanzine to have and also certain details as if you want it to have a cover, what will be in the guards, and so on. The dummy is like a sketch of your zine , so it is important to make decisions on those little details that will bring your publication to life.”

In this video lesson Alfonso De Anda addresses the topic: Dummy and Master, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fanzine and Self-publishing Lab. Publish your first fanzine and rediscover the joy of working with paper.

Partial transcription of the video

“DUMMY AND MASTER Now that you know what is what, we'll move on to shape the fanzine. As I told you, you already have all the art and what do you like what you don't and the first thing you are going to do is a dummy. A dummy is to take the number of pages That will be your fanzine and fold it, as we did with the example of how it was combined, but now you are going to cut it to the real size of your fanzine. The joke is that we will make a sketch of your fanzine. That is a dummy. So, you have to cut these sheets to the actual size of your fanzine. I already did it, I will teach you to be cl...”

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Course summary for: Fanzine and Self-publishing Lab

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (410)
• 6892 students
• 5 units
• 15 lessons (1h 48m)

• Category

  Craft, Illustration

• Areas

  Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration