“Tokyo Strut” Making Process, Part 2

Dummy Book:
Once the layout and sequence of the spread is decided to some extent, the next stage、Make a dummy book。What I'm making this time、ZEN FOTO GALLERYBecause it is a standard photo book published in a series、The format is predetermined to be 200 mm x 200 mm.。Also, the binding is unified with the PP pasting of the upper binding, so、I will output it in actual size while imagining it。The paper used is a simple copy paper.。For the time being, I just need to turn the page and check the rhythm of the sequence or the feeling of reading.。Check through many times from the first page to the end、If you feel something is wrong, you can move the page or change the page again.。Ultimately, it will be decided in consultation with the editor and designer.、The process up to this point has a habit of doing it myself as much as possible.。Until now, I have been doing continuous exhibitions in my own gallery、Is it from the experience of making many self-published ZINEs?。To put it simply, it's my favorite work, so it doesn't really bother me.。Although it is a small number of copies, it is a commercial publication, so there are various restrictions.、At least at the dummy stage, you can do whatever you want。For the time being, I made a dummy assuming 22 units (176 pages) folded in 8 pages.。(Later, it was discovered that it was folded on 12 pages.、168It became a page)