how to make a zine

Step 11 Tombstone shaped zine

now that you understand how to make a quarter page sized zine, we can move on to making a smaller sized zine form a single sheet of letter size paper.

this is how to make a tombstone shaped zine. the final size is approximately 3 inches wide and 5.5 inches tall. i will move faster in this tutorial because the set up is similar to the steps i just showed you, but a little trickier.

first, fold the paper into quarters and then in half width-wise. this wil give you your basic shape and template. use the photo as a guide of how to place the pages. once again, it helps to use a pencil and mark the pages. i have marked the pagination in red in the photo.

since this is a tombstone-shaped zine, notice there is a dotted cut line as a guide on most of the pages. it is also set up with the bottoms of the pages meeting in the center of the layout. this will make it easier to cut the shape in the end. be careful to leave a little space when laying out the pages so as not to cut off any text or art.