Got the full sized test print back from mixam (no pics as I never got round to taking them)
Final version'll be A4 landscape instead of A5 (unless I change my mind again) , for some reason they can't print that format on recycled silk without using a different type of printer & it being massively expensive, so I've had to change it to non-recycled silk. It should be the same thickness but somehow the A4 test zine is thicker than both the A5 version & the last zine I had printed with them (I'm guessing they accidentally printed the a5 test prints with 115gsm instead of 130gsm or something)
Mixam saw my post about the A5 version on insta & are interested in featuring it on their account, which is pretty cool cool as fuck.
I've added extra pages with info about my other zines & that means I've got a spare page for adverts if anyone's interested.
Advertise in a graffiti photo zine *limited spaces available*
https://ko-fi.com/s/2eb1568576
Your advert printed in the first print issue of Go Outside You & optional weblink in the pdf version
+ listed as an advertiser with optional
Go Outside Yo graffiti photo zine, mini test print
While working on the other idea for a graffiti photo zine, realised some of the photos would work better in a landscape format.
Created a whole zine then discovered it was too expensive to get a single test print from mixam for the paper I wanted to use, so resized the layouts & pics and got an A5 landscape test print.
Ordered one & mixam sent me four, two had visible white edges where they were poorly trimmed.
I'm keeping one, sent one to Zine Pavilion, sold one on ebay & the other is available via either ko-fi or etsy.
Final zine is probably going to be larger (A4 landscape), have slightly different wording on cover & extra pages with info on my other zines + adverts maybe.
Mini test print of a graffiti photo zine I'm working on.
I ordered one copy & Mixam sent me extras.
16 stapled pages of graffiti art photos
Finally did the kinda scary thing of actually bulk ordering zines from mixam
*fingers (& toes) crossed*
Boxes of zine should arrive Thursday - my zine's about to become a 'real' physical thing people can buy/trade from me *excited*
(Had last second 'qr code on one of the extra pages near the end of the mag I added after getting the test print done is too close to the margin' panic and frantic editing & reuploading - fortunately just had to replace one page not reup a whole document - just before ordering/paying.)
Got my test print for (print) issue 1 back from mixam the other week,
disappointingly it arrived with a crease right in the middle, & the margins cut tighter than I expected. Otherwise the printing was great, even the two web graphics/screen shots I got a lo res warning came out fine.
Spotted I'd messed up the layers on one of the graphics (accidentally merged or forgotten to erase unwanted elements) + needed to add a bigger margin & line spacing to a page or two (oh and one page needed tighter lines pacing & I'd accidentally forgotten to update a sentence) & one page needed a bit of colour added to it's graphic to match the rest of the feature.
+ been doing the fiddly bit of comparing the print to screen & moving the page numbers away from the edges.
Started reuploading files to mixam, then decided/needed to add extra content so have had to alter most the page no's, delete files & reupload them all over again - deep joy
Test print copy (or 3 if mixam send me extra copies again) of the first proper print issue of this zine should be arriving on Monday *fingers crossed* Getting excited/scared at it finally becoming a 'real'/print zine eek
- will just need to do last minute layout/text checks, make sure the images look good (got a resolution warning on two & not sure how good one or two others will look off the screen) & I haven't accidently missed some words/paragraphs somewhere or mixam haven't somehow fucked up the printing, before setting up preorders, getting addresses for contributors copies, and ordering the first(?) batch of bulk copies from mixam + still got to create the download pdf version with working links & clickable index....
then the hard work of actually trying to sell/trade copies, send them to people to review or possibly distro/sell on consignment etc.
Made a thing - anyone want a sampler/test print preview copy of the zine?
Sent some stuff off to mixam (UK) to see how they looked like in print versus just being on my screen, mostly came out really good.
One of only three copies to exist - ordered one test zine & they sent me two extra copies. Got one copy plus some promo merch on ebay right now ... * eta: somebody incredibly cool actually bought it omg squee
[and an almost identical copy is on ko-fi or available to trade. *** message me if you're interested in trading **** ]
*(sorry this took a ridiculously long time for me to finish writing and uploading all the images thanks to exhaustion & shitty internet - the ebay copy'll probably have sold by the time you see this post / it escapes being stuck in drafts, and I still haven't added image descriptions.)
...with not quite world wide postage via ebay's Global Shipping Programme, I'm keeping the best quality one & was thinking of doing a giveaway of the other* when I finally write the review of mixam's print quality I promised months ago, unless anyone wants to trade?
- fake edit: *scratch that, copy #2 of #3 is now up in my ko-fi shop & I'll probably stick it on etsy, now I've seen people are actually interested in the ebay copy.(eta: somebody incredibly cool actually bought it omg squee)
https://ko-fi.com/s/483109b440
*** message me if you want to trade ****
copy #2 has the same content as #3 shown below, just slightly different margin/bleed printing & Copy #2 of #3 written on the front cover.
- it's 44 pages of a couple of articles and extracts of bits of issues 1 & two plus spreads from possible future issues (mostly graphics) inc. rough drafts etc.
Thoughts Of You a Dennis Wilson fanzine
Mixam Zine test print no #1 Sept Nov 2023
Stapled, bleed recycled silk 130 GSM 44 pages #1 of 1 #3 of 3 by Jenna Appleseed (me)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226162925472
includes coverage of virtual zine fests, inc KC Zine Con; earlier issue's cover art; collages by Valarie Simadis; zine promo; being featured on De_ziners instagram; Dennis performing Angel Come Home on The Midnight Special; a Dennis t-shirt, a Dennis song recommendation from The Horrors & tributes and art by Gino Dal Cin. Some of this is reprinted from pdf issues 1 & 2 and/or going to reappear in a proper print issue/future digital zine, revised/updated or with a better layout.
Colours are richer in print than they look in the photos.
(it's impossible to get decent photos without glare or off colours)
Promo stuff:
sticker is a 10cm x 3.3cm vinyl sticker showing the fanzine logo/header with a white border. (done with a stickermule discount before I realised they were as dodgy as fuck, sorry.)
Business cards are printed by Moo on card made from recycled cotton t-shirts & have three different designs on the front & fanzine info on the back.
Designs are: the zine logo, issue one's front cover, and a photo of a silver heart trinket engraved with Forever.
Three million photos showing all pages incoming, click keep reading to see them:
One or two pics are NSFW for swearing
10 page feature from issue 2 about virtual zine fests inc. KC Zine Con & zine merch. (lots of trash pandas reading zines).
Two variations of a layout with a song recommendation from The Horrors, one'll end up in a zine when I work out which looks best. (background taken from the cover art for their album Skying)
A couple of Dennis image edits/layer blends & layout I designed. (these'll probably eventually appear in a proper finished zine)
Collages by Valarie Simadis from pdf issue 2. (background added by me from a stock illustration).
Zine links page & call for submissions /promo art - also from digital issue 2.
Two page feature on being featured on De_ziners instagram (from pdf issue 2)
Preview of a double page spread layout/graphic design/digital art/image editing for a future zine feature / themed issue on Dennis singing Angel Come Home on The Midnight Special.
Another couple of pages with added swearing - just need to make the text make sense and write the bloody rest of it.
Another double page spread layout design with a pull quote and a digital collage/image manipulation of Dennis singing Angel Come Home.
Page layout design experiments for Pacific Ocean Blue & Bambu that may eventually appear in a zine.
Double page spread of my photo of Dennis & Venice Surf (Dennis tee's from Bathroom Wall & Venice Surf tee was from Pep & Co at Poundland) - extract from an unofficial t-shirts feature in pdf issue 1.
Two different heart themed page designs from two different features in pdf issue 1.
A couple of digital collages/image manipulations based around Dennis' performance of Angel Come Home on The Midnight Special + lyrics from the Manic Street Preachers song You're Tender & Your Tired, that just seemed to fit so fucking well.) Probably need to rework/improve one of them if/before including in an actual issue.
Double page spread with a quote on the song + a screenshot of Dennis from youtube. (needs a little bit of tweaking before it's ready for a finished zine)
Sample credits page from issue one about Forever inspired art by Gino Dal Cin, & a sarcastic fanzine promo graphic I made.
Two versions of the same page so I could see how much of a difference the image resolution actually makes (remade the second one from the original photo - the higher res really does make it look better quality when printed) - the dpi notes won't be on the finished version (fucked up and had to replace a page in the files I'm sending to mixam to print a real physical issue one of the zine cos I got so used to having the dpi note over a lower res graphic I accidentally forgot it wasn't permanently meant to be there).
So i'm goin' away but not forever"
Back cover art by Gino Dal Cin, blue & silver (& pink) star background from a scrapbooking site.
