#zine making in progress

[denniswilsonzine]

Mixam/text zine printing updates - it's finally happening (or not - see latest post).

(written two or three days ago (Monday night?/very early Tuesday) but only just posted / made visible to all due to being too distracted by tiredness/being on my period/somebody trying to banish the moths & rat(s) lurking in and under parts of the house ).

Flicking through the online preview + hitting the proof button and looking at the actual onscreen proof complete with bleed, crop marks & technical info is making this suddenly feel real

Got the dreaded "Resolution of color and grayscale images is lower than 101 pixels per inch" warning on some of the pages on the preview, so they probably won't print so great, & will need either changing or upscaling for a finished issue. + not sure how well those full bleed double page spreads'll work on separate folded and stapled pages.

Fuck, this is it, filling in my details, crossing my fingers and making payment* & confirming artwork for printing.

should get my test print zine next Monday wish me luck *Hoping Mixam don't have a last minute 'can't print this cos of swearing/copyright'. *

(*paypal just asked me "is this you?" and made me enter a texted security code - I don't think anyone else is using my laptop to print obsessive Dennis fanzines)

Also had some confused moments looking for the 'confirm order button' without realising I hadn't reached that screen yet, mixam don't ask you to confirm till after you've filled in your address details & paid.

*must ignore the emergency 'Unconfirm Order' button*

If anyone want to see an online flipbook of random (potential) zine graphics/page layouts it's here https://mixam.co.uk/share/645d8215821e553467cfe4a3

(all of the above is out of date already www.tumblr.com/denniswilsonzine/727853349475614720 "Argggggh, Mixam just told me my order's on hold as they now can't print the no of page I wanted with that paper or binding.

I'm going to have to cancel and start again with less pages :-( "

[vacueye]

looking through old tf2 stuff again + felt like reuploading some of my favorite (mostly spy) art throughout the years

[deviousfatestudio]

Look at him! My boy! My son!

[aplusod]

I did a piece for the @siinamotazine Dream Inside a Dream! The song is From 7 to 8 (７から８へ)!

I'm not sure the gif will display at original size, or if it's stuck at max width, but here's a progress gif since working on this made me actually export various steps of my progress:

[calamitys-child]

I think sometimes the world is a little... not unbearable but fuck it's heavy. Not unsafe to carry but like... Would rather get to the storeroom sooner than later so we can pack it all away safe, yknow? And for that I am grateful the people I love are able to give me weird little arts and crafts projects about it

[leori-the-unlearned]

the yearning to be part of something big and celebrated for your ideas but also. you dont have any ideas and youve never been part of something very big.

[thatshitkrejci]

literally comical the number of things i'm planning and solidifying right now that aren't finding a new apartment

[haleandwellmet]

working on some ink drawings for a zine that will (hopefully) debut at detroit zinefest in april!

[cata-strophes]

a bit late but!! here is my 2022 summary :} its all mcyt again :)

thank you all so much for hanging out this 2022 and chilling with me even when i went through severe art block and didnt post anything in weeks ahahhaha (*cough november cough*) so anyways!! thank you all so much again, i hope you stick around another year, i love you all a lot <3

this year i drew some things im very proud of !! i tried to get out of my comfort zone with some stuff and i just. i dont know, im very happy with them

[demonzoro]

i have two gojo memes in my drafts 😑 i shld draw smthng actually good for jjk LOL

[denniswilsonzine]

Probably going to use these in the zine at some point - not sure if together.

need to change/fix the join and the right edge border and maybe make the rainbow bleed/overlap the join onto the left side page if I do put them next to each other. Left image'll need editing so the parts that look solid black here don't look like shaded gray at full page size and just noticed on the right image it looks like Dennis has the edge of his face & hair sliced off.

Credits: Edited with Affinity Photo - rainbow overlays were one of their free downloads that came with the software iirc. Left design uses a photo that's originally from the Pacific Ocean Blue photo sessions & credited on the album to Dean Torrence, right design uses a photo originally by Jack Vartoogian (according to Getty).

Colours/background and singed edge were from using Film Burn, pt. 7 by Apropos Resources on Deviant Art as a blend layer

[flame-shadow]

today has been a good day. started earlier than usual and didn't follow the typical routine, but for once, that wasn't a bad thing. I got some sculpting done, I streamed a game with some cool folks, I handled some obligations. I have a few more things to do today, and there are a few things that I wrote down which won't get done, but that's okay. it's been a good day

[despairforme]

[kabuwu]

Progress on my Anya zine ..! 2 pages done now

[pixeldotgamer]

made more progress on my mock vtuber design set on stream tonight! 😎✌

[alexnycriver]

Final Fantasy | Digital illustration for upcoming zine project ‘AVERAGEBOY’

Final Fantasy is an incredible series of games and Yoshitaka Amano an incredible illustrator and artist whose works I constantly comeback to. His artwork for Final Fantasy III’s box art is what drew me to the series in the first place and what inspired me to pursue an art career.