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The Moles – Layout for Printing Your Own Mini-Comic on One Sheet of Paper

andrea — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:45:23 +0000

As promised, I’m including here a layout of The Moles so that you can print it out on your home printer and make your own mini book out of one sheet of paper to carry around in your purse, backpack, or satchel. Click on this image to download a pdf of the layout:

Check out the individual panels in my previous post, The Moles – All Done!

And here are the instructions for making your own The Moles 8-panel book from an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper:

Step 1: Print on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper

I printed on my home inkjet printer, using some semi-nice matte paper. Don’t use anything too heavyweight, otherwise the book won’t fold well. The pdf is 8.5 x 11, so print at 100%. Your finished mini book will be 3.25″ x 2.5″.

Step 2: Trim

(I’m using a blade, but you can use scissors for all the cutting too)

Step 3: Fold in half lengthwise

Step 4: Fold in half the other way

Step 5: Fold in top and bottom to the middle fold line

Step 6: Cut a line in the middle of the paper, using the fold lines as guides

This is what you should get:

Step 7: Fold stuff, making a kind of diamond shape

Step 8: Voila!

Use this technique for making your own mini-books, too. It’s eight panels worth of fun, which is just the right amount of fun for me.

The Moles – All Done!

andrea — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:59:37 +0000

I’m done with The Moles. It’s a story written by Gab Danon and illustrated by me, created as a mini-comic for childlike adults, or adult-like children. I’m still working out the page that you’ll be able to print out on your printer and fold into your own mini-book, but that should be ready within the next couple of days. In the meantime, here are all 8 completed panels.

Edited to add: I finished the layout for printing your own Moles mini-book! Click on the image below to download the pdf:

Go check out my subsequent The Moles post if you need instructions on how to print out the above and cut and trim it into your own mini-book.

The Moles Part 5

andrea — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:10:37 +0000

Part 5! Part 5! Part 5! Part 5! Part 5!
Remember, all panels will be done by Sunday, December 20.

The Moles Part 4

andrea — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:19:14 +0000

Halfway there! I have 4 out of the 8 panels done.

The Moles Part 3 Making-Of Video

andrea — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:53:41 +0000

The Moles Comic Part 3 – Illustrator & Photoshop from Andrea Plinky on Vimeo.

The Moles – Part 3

andrea — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:40:06 +0000

Three panels down; five to go!

The Moles Part 2 Making-Of Video

andrea — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:36:34 +0000

The Moles 8-Panel Comic Part 2

andrea — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:19:22 +0000

The second panel of the Moles 8-panel comic. These aren’t in order. Used some placeholder text this time so that you wouldn’t be thinking, “Andrea left a gaping blank space on the left side.” Also, I like that the mole is speaking nonsense Latin.

Check back next Sunday for more moletastic fun.

The Moles 8-Panel Comic Part 1

andrea — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:19:27 +0000

Gab Danon and I hatched a plan. We’ll create an 8-panel comic that you can print out on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper at your very own home, then fold and cut into a mini book. Gab wrote an awesome story about moles and now I’ll illustrate it. I’ll post a new panel every Sunday. They may not be in order, and I won’t show the copy on the illustrations, so that it can be a surprise when it’s all finished. According to my calculations, that means this should be finished by December 20. Therefore, you could print it out and give it to someone for Christmas or What-Have-You. Here’s the first panel I got done. Definitely click to make larger if you got the time.

Get ready for more!