I tilted the photos to have a different approach to the former spreads as I didn’t want the whole approach to be bland and stale. In the third spread, I will talk about where to find the easily accessible petrol kiosks and where to find the carparks with cheap parking rates.
I wanted to have a grid-like minimalistic feel, but I guess there must be more explorations towards my final Zine. There are places of interests and emergency helplines which will be helpful. In the second spread, I want to talk about what to watch out for in the neighbourhood. The contents will be mainly on the slow paced life in the neighbourhood. The headers and body texts are overlay-ed on top of the photo and the background. This spread includes a photo in the center and a cropped photo from the bottom. I chose a pastel palette as it reflects the nostalgic feeling of the neighbourhood.
These categories will be sufficient for all the three spreads in my zine, which is targeted to drivers (informative guide for drivers).
I know that I want to focus on a few categories in my zine. To convey information with mainly pictures and as little text as possible.īelow are the few references I found online which I took interest in.Īfter which, I tried to work with different grid systems to come up with a layout that I prefer. I found myself more drawn towards a more minimalistic style. Posted on ApApCategories Final Project, Project 2 Part II Zine Leave a comment on F2D II: Zine – Final F2D II: Zine – Processīefore I start on my Zine, I researched on example over Pinterest. Things to take note from the final zine: Headers consistency and the first spread’s contents (is varied from the other two spreads). Things that stood out in my zine was the minimalistic style (which I wanted to produce) abd the consistent colour palette. Comparing the first draft of my zine to the final product, there is a vast difference and I am proud that I managed to complete this zine with the helpful inputs from Joy and my peers. Overall, I enjoy the process of making this zine, from concept to production, as this is my first experience in doing so. Honestly, do not come to this shop to print due to the limited paper choices, unless you are running late (they open until 10pm, ColorVizio closes at 9pm). There were mostly art cards, according to the feedback for my paper type during presentation. They do not have a wide variety of papers to choose from. I printed my zine from True Colours Print House Pte Ltd.
Afterwards, Adobe PDF 9.0 will appear in the PPD tab, then I am able to select A3 size paper and spread orientation for the PostScript file. Make sure that InDesign application is not opened in the background. Thus, I have to download ADPDF9.PPD file online and go to Applications > InDesign > Presets > Create a new folder, case-sensitive > and paste the file in this folder.
Some old mac users might have this pre-installed, but newer mac users doesn’t have any available option. The reason why PostScript file doesn’t allow me to change its orientation is because I didn’t have a printer option in the PPD tab. What I found online will be beneficial for future students who need this tip. Therefore, I decided to look up online for solutions. However, the exported PostScript file is in portrait but the spreads are in landscape.
After asking around, I realised that Mac users have to export it into PostScript files and then convert it into PDF. Although this time round the page orientation is correct, the spreads remained to have gaps. In the second test print, I figured that I was supposed to select “print on short-edge”. When I was test printing my zines in school, there were gaps between the spreads as the document was printed in pages instead of spreads. Some of the pages were in different orientations too. Links: Neighbourhood Exploration Infographics Process “Look Out for Blind Spots” is a saddle-stitch zine that provides brief information on Telok Blangah neighbourhood, an informative guide for drivers and what they should look out for.