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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

How to Make an 8 Page Zine

According to Wikipedia a zine, which is an abbreviation of fanzine or magazine, is a small circulated publication of original work, usually self-published and photo-copied.  Zines are created in a variety of formats covering various topics from propaganda to art and design.  Here is a simple DIY zine. How to Make an 8 Page Zine
FIRST, grab a blank sheet of 11 x 8.5 paper

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Blank Sheet

SECOND, fold in half

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Blank Sheet folded in half
THIRD, make two more folds (meeting the existing fold)

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Blank Sheet folded in half with one more fold
Should look like this after both sides are folded.

Zine
Blank Sheet folded in half with two more folds
FOURTH, open and fold in half long way

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Blank Sheet opened after folds

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Blank Sheet folded in half long way
FIFTH, open and cut with exacto knife between the four inside rectangles using straight edge

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Blank Sheet folded with cut

Zine
Blank Sheet folded with cut
SIXTH, fold in half long way

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Blank Sheet with cut folded in half long way
SEVENTH, push two ends in

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Blank Sheet with cut folded pushed two ends
EIGHTH, fold until looks like a mini magazine

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Blank Sheet folded like mini magazine

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Blank Sheet folded like mini magazine
Finished

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Blank Sheet finished zine
Now that you know how to make an 8 page zine, you can use this blank zine as a template.  All you need now is some content.  Once you have completed creating your zine and ready to print or copy, Top Commercial Print provides high quality printing services.

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