Watch this Videos about Making a paper-based "Old School" Zine
But I'm Not An Artist!
Don't panic when you visit the Pace Zine Library and see some really amazing zines: don't start thinking, I can't do that!
I can't do that either! but we can!! You will not be expected to suddenly be a highly skilled graphic designer or artist! Zines can be very simple: you just need writing and images. Your writing can be printed or handwritten by you, or you can type in Word or another program, print out, cut, and paste or tape in your zine. Images can be collected from the Internet; your own photos; and magazines, old books, newspapers. Images can be cut and pasted into collages.
When images created by others are densely collaged together, there is no need to provide a citation. However, if you prominently feature someone else's photograph or design, you should provide attribution or credit. Don't provide just a URL; most links are not permanent. It's a good idea to be as specific as possible about the source of the image: the name of the website, the page of the website, and the name of the image as well as the creator, of course. We consider zines made in this class for educational, noncommercial use, but you should consider writing to the creator if you are featuring their work (like on a cover).
Art and design students may be comfortable making more sophisticated zines, but we can all make a zine! Watch the video below for a great explanation.
Here's a link to an article about the basic principles of composition in art and design. It's good! Even if you just skim it and look at the images. The article is part of a larger series Learning to Look, about visual literacy.
A zine isn't truly a zine until it is shared. Zines made on paper need to be photocopied, folded, and distributed. Get in touch if you need help photocopying your zine! zinelibrary@pace.edu , sthomas7@pace.edu, or aschleifer@pace.edu
Basic Design Tips
chart created by Patrick Butler, who has allowed educational use of his charts. Click on chart for a crisper image of these charts.
Image Resources on the Open Internet
Cut and Paste Images:
Beyond Google Image searches, which lead to images that aren't necessarily open to reuse, here are some great image sites designed for public use (no need to provide credit or attribution unless you want or need to, in order to explain the significance of the image):
thanks to Katy Curtis, Humanities Librarian at Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound, for the original list!