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Here it is, the first test spread of a new type of technical zine I'd like to make. This one is about 3D printing and is intended to be accessible to anyone (including children). 

The idea is that the final book will be quite large (letter sized pages) and this is an open two-page spread. 

This is my first test putting all of the final images and text together on a page, and I'm interested to know what you think! I haven't decided what I want to do about colours yet. You can see that I did some test colouring on one of the drawings but I'm not sure limited pallete will be engaging enough. I might hire a colourist for this project like I did for Shenzhen Fast, and possibly also a layout person to help me with the details of all this text because it is tricky!


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kaitou

Looks good, so far. Only thing I think you need, text-wise, is a clarification on SLA: is it printed up-side-down (i.e. the bottom of the object is attached to the riser plate) or is it printed right-side-up but top-down (as the image implies)? As for color, I think having the various distinct elements being different colors (like you did for the last image) could help clarify those elements.

jam

I realized I messed up the image as I was putting it together...d'oh!! 🤦‍♀️Shouldn't be too bad to correct but I'm worried it will ne difficult to parse a drawing of a 3d-printed shape printing upside down... 🤔

kaitou

A base with (human/gnome/dwarf/whatever it is) feet on it?

jam

Perhaps! I'll try that 😊