{"id":2110,"date":"2025-09-17T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/coloring-zine-6-mouse-friends\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:22:45","slug":"coloring-zine-6-mouse-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/coloring-zine-6-mouse-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Coloring Zine 6 \/\/ Mouse Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth micro coloring book\/zine thingy! I have yet more line art to make more.<\/p>\n<p>Who knew?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, you did.<\/p>\n<p>Of course you did.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for paying attention to my silly art.<\/p>\n<h3>Previous coloring zines:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1: Circles and Seasons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/coloring-zine-121982107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/coloring-zine-121982107<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2: Seas and Trees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/coloring-zine-123545993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/coloring-zine-123545993<\/a><\/li>\n<li>3: Wee Dragons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/coloring-wee-125673062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/coloring-wee-125673062<\/a><\/li>\n<li>4: More Tiny Dragons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/coloring-zine-4-160987558\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/coloring-zine-4-160987558<\/a><\/li>\n<li>5: Gone Birding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/coloring-zine-5-161191889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/coloring-zine-5-161191889<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think Fae Folk will be number 7.<\/p>\n<p>The How-to turn the downloaded-and-printed-page into a zine is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/coloring-zine-6-161192839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to the coloring tier members at patreon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/161192839\/702ebd3bfcdf43228db1a7f8ec7318f3\/eyJhIjoxLCJ3Ijo4MjB9\/1.jpeg?resize=770%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Three colored pencils lay across a piece of paper showing line art of a mouse in sunglasses, trotting to the right, carrying a book. The mouse's scarf is partly colored. \" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" \/><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<p>Do print FULL (not FIT to page), if you have that option.<\/p>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/161192839\/25c923e3c37244ec86f9d10e10467410\/eyJhIjoxLCJ3Ijo4MjB9\/1.JPG?w=770&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Above is a photo of the steps (1-2-3). Some might like seeing a video showing the process for a blank: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/keX3nBEcw2Y?si=0gbG9ceJOGE7juEh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/keX3nBEcw2Y?si=0gbG9ceJOGE7juEh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Written instructions are down below also.<\/p>\n<p>0. Print on 24 or 20 pound paper. Lighter-weight paper would crease better but coloring might go through the page. Heavier paper will feel less like a mini book because the paper will be harder to fold, won&#8217;t be as flat in zine-form, and the paper edges will be kind of offset. Let me know what paper(s) you try!<\/p>\n<p>1. Fold and unfold the paper to make creases that divide the paper into eighths.<\/p>\n<p>2. Fold the paper in half along the short axis and cut halfway through across that fold, using the long axis crease as a guide. Example, after cutting and unfolding:<\/p>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/161192839\/72330b02e84043138ca680c3af24e6ce\/eyJhIjoxLCJ3Ijo4MjB9\/1.JPG?w=770&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>3. Now fold along the long axis and push\/pull\/fold &#8220;pages&#8221; in and out to make a little book:<\/p>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/161192839\/79550c40813c492697fe52ee1f9007b1\/eyJhIjoxLCJ3Ijo4MjB9\/1.JPG?w=770&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Feedback always welcome!<\/p>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c10.patreonusercontent.com\/4\/patreon-media\/p\/post\/161192839\/cc0d1913acb940d380464ee76b829b77\/eyJhIjoxLCJ3Ijo4MjB9\/1.jpeg?w=770&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth micro coloring book\/zine is full of mice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,260,298],"tags":[270,262,20,14,276,386,264,642],"class_list":["post-2110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-colorables","category-patreon","tag-colorable","tag-coloring","tag-critters","tag-mouse","tag-patreon","tag-patreon-post","tag-rewards","tag-zine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2181910342e0c3ee2791d890a4599b7c.jpeg?fit=820%2C461&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-y2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2086,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/coloring-zine-5-gone-birding\/","url_meta":{"origin":2110,"position":0},"title":"Coloring Zine 5 \/\/ Gone Birding","author":"Kir","date":"18 June 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The fifth micro coloring book\/zine thingy! I am on a roll. Or obsessed. Or something. About birds, of course. I thought I had more mouse art than bird art, but it turns out that as far as inked\/linework finished art goes, it's birds. I was surprised! Are you? This one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"An black and white zine is open on a wooden table. The small pages show two birds (a redstart and a chickadee, the latter holding a sign that says \"Vote!\"). A bottle of green ink is visible in the upper right and a paintbrush lies on the crease of the zine. A leaf and the word vote are tinted green. Artwork copyright \u00a9 K. 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