#zine fair poster

[fanzines]

Quite simply one of the most beautiful zine fair posters I've ever come across (designed by Indonesian artist Dimas Alfiandi) - Malang Zine Fair took place in Malang, Indonesia in 2018.

#zine #zines #fanzine #fanzines #malang zine fair #malang zine fest #malang fanzine fest #malang fanzine fair #malang #indonesia #indonesian #malang zine fair 2018 #2018 #zine fair poster #zine fest poster #Lintang Kerto

[denniswilsonzine]

Official KC Zine Con #7 poster - designed by Ani (http://instagram.com/ani.mal.tattoo/)

Image description: Poster is of a etched style illustration of raccoon reading a zine, with a speech bubble saying wow. The front cover of the zine says KC #7 Zine Con, and underneath text says when (in an arrow pointing to the date) June 2022 11 11am - 5pm  Plexpod Westport Commons in person / virtual where kczine.com @ ani.mal.tattoo

#KCZC 7 #KCZC #KC Zine Con 7 #kc zine con #virtual zine fest #virtual zine fair #trash pandas reading zines #zine fair poster #raccoons

[countingnothings]

okay YES i am in the seven-day final push of christmas present making at time of writing and thus am regretting all of my life choices, but also!! but also. the joy of creating! every time i finish a piece of knitting or sewing or cooking or illustrated text, it is my favourite creation, and this final push is just favourite creation after favourite creation and everything is beautiful and nothing hurts

also though today i had to rip open the same damn seam half a dozen times (underarm gusset my beloathed) which was the worst thing to ever happen

#GPOY #Religion #(by implication because christmas) #this final week is always full of the highest highs and the lowest lows #and this year by sheer happenstance the highs are VERY high #but also i have left two complicated garments to this week and so the lows are also VERY low #textile art #also other art though!! i made a zine + poster and TWO different graphic design projects! and there will be a terrine #and my tamarind-cumin-pomelo bitters is almost ready to blend which i am deeply excited for #in fairness to the underarm gusset now that i have it properly set up the bodice of this dress does look very good

[norino]

Character Posters for upcoming zine Trio: The Witch Never Lands by ig: crataeguslin , ig: renee__0307 and me. The zine will make its first appearance at ReHEARsaL Art Book Fair, Sep. 15-16, 2023, at University Settlement (184 Eldridge st, NY).

https://www.instagram.com/norino_shi_/

#illustration #digital art #art #oc #oc art #my ocs #original character #artists on tumblr #drawing #my art #original art #character #original illustration #character design #character art #zine promo #zine #zine preorders

[0dotexe]

My personal Turing test for if those art advice threads are useful or not:

A post/thread isn't useful if:

1. If the poster is from a big city (usually either New York or Los Angeles) then their advice only works in that area or surrounding cities. Bonus points if they tell you to move to these cities, as if anyone can just do that.

2. They ignore the issue that people don't have the same opportunities as them and instead say something to the effect of "Just work harder and network! It's easy!"

3. Talks more about the business side of things instead of the venues you should be going to/looking for.

4. Completely ignores the fact that modern social media is a hell scape and that the art market is sadly over saturated. Thinks everyone can make it and doesn't admit luck is a factor.

5. They (sneakily) refuse to help smaller artists. When asked why, they say something to the effect of, "You want me to lose MY clients?"

6. They have 10k or more followers on any social media platform. | I call this the 1% of 10% rule. Take your follower count, take 10% of that, then take the 10% number and take 1% of that. If your percent is below 10 the advice isn't going to work or is going to be unsustainable. You need at minimum 5k followers to even get people to be interested in buying your work, let alone have a reliable client base.

7. Saying "know your audience" when people may have none or a very small one. Especially if your style or interests are niche.

The advice is useful if:

1. They encourage you to look into local venues (e.g. Art fairs, cons, non-profit museums) and keep up with what's going on in the online sphere or your respective fandom space. (e.g. Zines, multi animation projects, art fights, monthly challenges, etc.)

2. They say something to the effect of "this is what works/worked for me, but for you it may be different"

3. If they do have a huge following, they do art shares/reblog smaller artists often. They don't see their coworkers as competition.

4. They admit they got to where they are by sheer luck, networking with the right people, and/or location.

5. They take into consideration that people from developing countries are less advantaged as they are. Bonus points if they commission/purchase work from them.

6. Admit that regardless of the social media platform, everywhere feels hard to get a foothold on because of multiple factors. The main ones being an algorithm that seems to like hiding the people you follow for seemingly no reason, and that you either need a lot of luck or a recognizable art style that people are going to flock to.

7. Encourage others to make things at your own pace instead of churning out shoddy work. A great example is posting wips or simple sketches (preferably at a low quality and with a glaze filter or watermark on to deter AI scraping)

8. Have people ask themselves the question on whether or not they want to make their art a career or a hobby. Sometimes people are pushed to do a career when it would be more beneficial to them to keep it as a hobby instead.

I'm sure there's much, much more that could be added, but that's all I can think of at the moment.

#exe talkz #normal mode #I'm so tired #art #artistsupport #artist advice #this is specifically talking about twitter threads that always pop up every other month or so #now that it's been months since I saw the original thread that made me write this I think it's safe to post it

[cjgladback]

For the first time in a long while, I got to go to a white elephant gift exchange this December! We had a low price ceiling and my practically wins out over any practical joke sensibilities every time, so on the designated shopping day I left my local overstock store with a nice chopstick set, some fancy (not at all mess-free) popcorn, and a dream.

When I was growing up, my mom was an intrepid homeschooling parent who loved event planning, valued cultural exploration, and had married into a Japanese family. Multiple times - sometimes in the setting of a multicultural fair, at least once as a kind of class party (with celebratory takeout at the end) - she faced teaching large groups of children how to use chopsticks quickly and with as little cost and cleanup as possible.

Her answer was popcorn! It's edible, so you get the full motion down, and lightweight but large enough for less coordinated sticks to pinch. It has tons of nubbins to grab and widely varied shapes to experiment with. Specifically, we used air-popped kernels, without oil or toppings, so when it gets overzealously crushed or bounces away and gets missed by a broom, it's basically biodegradable styrofoam.

What I'm saying is, this is my mom's fault. Other than the choice to draw so many hands in one afternoon on the same day as the party, while also baking a snack. That's all me. This primer was delivered in the format of a tiny booklet (if you look up an "eight page zine" that's also a method I learned from my mom, to turn single-sided misprints into notepads), with fewer jokes and tips than I'd have liked because I simply did not have time to transcribe a hashi rest fold or hairstyle. But reformatted (for Mastodon) it looks fairly respectable.

Lengthy image descriptions and full poster format under the cut.

[ID: A title page reads "How to Use Chopsticks" in all caps. The words "without too much mess" are between two straight, orange lines, which start with round points at the left, evoking chopsticks, and end in flared shapes of a silhouetted splash on the right. Below the lower line are the words "by CJ Gladback." All the text is in black, the background is white but appears light orange due to a repeating geometric watermark pattern of CJ's logo in orange overlaid on the whole image; her handle on most sites is included once on each of the following spreads: @cjgladback​

Next is the first spread of four illustrations with their instructions. On the left half of page are two line drawings of a right hand holding one and then two chopsticks, with the text, "The first stick rests on the side of your ring finger's nail and the flesh between your thumb and index finger. Your middle finger's pad holds it securely while it can slide against your thumb as your hand changes posture in use. The second stick is held between the knuckle of your thumb and the middle section of your index finger. This is the one you move to change angles; it may touch but doesn't really rest on the middle finger's tip." In orange, two arrows indicate the rest points for the first stick while small hashes emanate from the points pressed on the middle and ring fingertips and under the thumb's joint holding the top stick. On the right upper quadrant of the page is the text "Hold them close to parallel to scoop." A hand holds two sticks poked into a bowl of rice between the viewer and the palm; a series of parallel orange lines emphasize the space between the sticks. The remaining quadrant's text reads, "Press with your index finger to pinch firmly." This hand is holding an indistinct rounded shape in its chopsticks, with an orange arrow indicating the rotation of the index finger's tip to press the top stick's point toward the bottom's.

Next is the final spread of the pamphlet. The upper right text reads, "Practice with something medium sized and low mess like (air-popped) popcorn." A single piece of popcorn is held in disembodied chopsticks above a full popcorn bowl, with several kernels fallen to the surface below it. Text below reads, "Pick up your dishes to bring close to your mouth to scoop the harder to grab foods." An implied tilted bowl of food (fried rice or porridge with diced pieces) protrudes off the page, covering only the lower left corner. Close-up chopsticks have their points buried in the food and their lines fade out toward the right. The final black text, underlined by two orange chopstick shapes, reads, "but most of all, do what feels comfortable and eat well!" In orange in the lower right corner, the parenthetical "(and maybe knit a scarf)" is followed by a small orange drawing of a steaming bowl of noodles and sliced egg with a noodle line trailing toward two upward angled sticks with loopy hashes indicating knit fabric hanging from them.

The final image is the full booklet in its web format, with the three previous images from this post stacked vertically. Some orange lines have been added between what were pages in the print booklet, to aid reading flow. /end ID]

#straight up ripping my entire caption from instagram cause (as you can see) i wrote it in a blogging mood #cj gladback #zine #how to #gift ideas #chopsticks #hashi #food #artists on tumblr #illustration #hold up -- once I uploaded multiple photos #not all at once but by clicking the ''add another'' button #THEN i can mouse over to add alt text? #or did the feature just finally reach me? #in the middle of starting this post #why would this be more captionable than the single image version of this #or the accidentally misordered sequence of these same files if i add them all at once #i want to understand but i do not #i guess since the little alt boxes started showing up on mobile relatively recently i could try scrolling back through the official pages #see if there's a full explanation of all processes #would expect the crowd i follow to have already reblogged and celebrated/critiqued if there were one but maybe they were busy #...and then i tried using my previous alt text copy pasta'd in there and it took about half of the first and shortest description so #i know i'm wordy but in this case it really only does its job for people who can't see it with a ton of description #could make it shorter but it would be a lot of editing time for probably still not getting it clear under the character limit #so hey have a clunky read more anyway #yep i started just typing the text on the pages and made it halfway through the second sentence #i'll try to remember to not complain about the lack of desktop alt text only very specific factors of it now #also having the read more gives me the excuse to share the full poster version of this without worrying about it being less legible #depending on the screen you're viewing from

[scumbag-monthly]

LOOK OUT! CLIFF!!!!

Yes, we're afraid so: Scumbag Monthly is ending! After three years of flicking the Vs (and a fair few lentils) from every page, doling out advice (medical, poetical, astrological, and romantic...al), and behaving like a right load of soppy girlies over this crazy show we all love so much, the scumbag staff are calling it a day. As we've already mentioned, Issue #25 will be coming to you on 1st March 2023, our three year anniversary.

But what about you? You bunch of bastards? What about the kids? Well, if you count yourself a really crawly bumlick SM fan, we've got something that might soften the fall at the bottom of the cliff: Goodbye Goody Bags!

Up to 25 scumbags will be able to claim a Scumbag Monthly goody bag to say goodbye to our fanzine! These goodie bags will contain:

*A set of 6 SM badges, featuring @xgardensinspace's bloody brilliant character portraits (as seen in our zines)

*A mini poster of 1 of the 25 exemplary covers

*A personalised student identity card for Scumbag College

*A thank you for supporting SM from 1 of the 4 young ones... Or maybe someone else...

Pretty bloody brilliant stuff, eh? All we're asking in return is that you pay the postage, which we've broken down into regions (if your region isn't here, let us know):

UK - £1.05

Europe - €3.67 (equiv. £3.25)

USA - $5.15 (equiv. £4.20)

Canada -$6.90 (equiv. £4.20)

Australia - $7.40 (equiv. £4.20)

If you're interested, DM @neil-neil-orange-peel to bagsy a bag. Once they're gone, they're gone! The bags will be posted in March.

***Now is also the moment, if you'd be so kind, to write in and tell us what you've enjoyed about Scumbag Monthly. Did you have a favourite page or issue? If you've contributed, did you have fun? How did you find out about us? Let us know in the replies to this post, via our ask box (Mayall Box), or via email ([email protected]). We'd love to hear what SM has meant to people. ❤️***

#scumbag monthly #the young ones #tyo #calling all scumbags #fanzine #goodies

[patrickkyle]

Poster for this Friday’s Zine Dream Launch Party at MOCA Toronto.

Toronto ppl - this is a ticketed event - be sure to grab a ticket beforehand here!

Zine Dream follows on September 24th & 25th at MOCA - an annual small press fair featuring zines, comics, art, multiples and more! Full list of exhibitors and other info at zinedream.com

Poster design by Patrick Kyle 

#zines #zine #toronto #smallpress

[nickmaghighlights]

NMH Side Issues - Cartoon Network Magazine

Time for a change of pace, don’t you agree? Let’s take a short break from the world of Nickelodeon to tackle the magazine offered by their long-time competitor, Cartoon Network!

First off, I’d like to apologize for the slight delay in posting. I’m sure you know how life is. Besides, don’t think of it as me missing a week, think of it as two Nick Mag Highlights posts in one week! Be sure to check back this weekend to see if I follow through on that. Anyway, back to the topic at hand…

Now, don’t worry, I’m not changing channels on you. This bonus segment was one I had thought up as a fun way to break up the pace a bit. Nickelodeon Magazine will always be my one true calling of course, but I think it’s only fair to check out the other publications you could’ve been spending your hard-earned allowance on. 

But just what is Cartoon Network Magazine? Who made it? And how? All are deceptively simple questions, and I’m not the most certain on how to answer them myself! But here’s my best guess.

Think they had a favorite show?

From my research, Cartoon Network Magazine was published by Panini Comics, a former branch of Marvel Comics that’s now perfectly happy to work with anyone carrying the right license. Panini publishes content throughout Europe, and this ‘zine here is no exception. Indeed, eagle-eyed viewers might have already realized… This magazine is from the UK! Suppose that explains why my bright blue American eyes have never laid upon an issue of this in-person.

Cartoon Network Magazine seems to have had a pretty long lifespan, with the latest release I can find evidence for being dated to 2016! And that’s just from Panini, mind you. There’s been a few other publications bearing the Cartoon Network Magazine name, from all different countries and walks of life, but if you ask me they’re all fakers compared to what Panini’s got for us here. Why? … Well, it’s the only Cartoon Network magazine I can find on archive.org that’s not just a compilation of comics. Substance counts!

But what is all this work and no play we’ve got going on here? We’ve got a magazine to read! You can read along here.

A fairly promising start, if I do say so myself. I mean, did Nickelodeon Magazine ever have a pullout poster? Probably, but I bet it wasn’t an Ed, Edd, n Eddy poster!

Quite a lot to unpack here in the News section. Doesn’t help that it looks like Eddy rudely barged in and the magazine’s trying to squeeze in around him.

Now, I presume the idea for this page was to probably parody your average celebrity news magazine with some vapid, inconsequential gossip about the CN cast, but coming off of Nick Magazine, it’s weird to see a News section where the only tangible information is related to some long-defunct giveaways.

Speaking of which, you will quickly notice the high volume of (rather easy) trivia questions as we read on, all of which were opportunities to win some of the goodies stacked next to each question. See if you can play along, no cheating!

Also, sorry for the hold ups but I’m giving this part some special attention. This comic has simply got it all wrong. Why is Double D the one who stupidly ignored the big shark warning sign? Why is Ed written so observant and astute to the point that he’s the one delivering us the punchline? Why is he calling Double D “Edd”? Why is Eddy oinking? And why is that shark so scary!?

Coming up on our first comic, and it’s something much more on-brand than that previous shark adventure. In fact if you had told me that this comic was just an adaptation of a real episode of the show, I’d believe you! Everything from the comedy to the art is ridiculously on point and that should come as no surprise, since a quick search online reveals that much of the crew behind this comic all worked on Ed Eddy n Eddy themselves. That’s one way to keep your comic on-model.

Anyway, the plot follows the Eds playing superheroes while the usual hijinks and bickering ensue, sporting that typical Ed charm. If that sounds up your alley, give it a look! That goes for all three of the comics featured in this book (well, for the most part anyway). I haven’t got much to say about them myself, they’re just good.

Very fun section here, featuring some words of wisdom from the best Powerpuff Girls character: Mojo Jojo. Probably the best anyway, I’m not an expert. That show wasn’t really a favorite of mine. I like his signature also, the handprint is a good touch.

Jesus Christ, this game must be terrifying! What on Earth do tentacles and mustached baby heads have to do with Mario Tennis? I’m afraid to find out.

I find it interesting that even UK ads seem to make fun of haughty english-types. I guess in hindsight that’s actually a pretty obvious way to be counterculture for a UK audience.

I hate stuff like this. “Oh yeah draw a circle and a semi circle and then draw dexter”. What the hell! What’s the semi circle even for? You barely used it! Don’t really get the weird clenched fist pose either, I don’t remember Dexter being the fist pumping type.

First time I've heard of this movie. But just how could I have missed it? Seems like they were giving DVDs away by the truckload! Maybe I’ve never heard of it because that goblin is a little creepy bastard. Who knows.

These ads man. I think I might love ‘em. They’re avant garde in the best way. Nothing here tops the “mustached baby head referee” from the Mario Tennis ad, but it’s sure trying.

I’m curious though if the game would even recognize the phrase “Go left strange brown beasties”. That microphone wasn’t exactly Siri-quality.

I love a good review! And these are… well… I mean, they’re reviews of Warner Bros products and items they were giving away. These good reviews weren’t even “bought”, they were just guaranteed.

Even still, c’mon Dexter, only a “Sooper” rating for The Iron Giant!? Really putting your self-appointed title of “boy genius” into question.

Shucks fellas, we’re late. Eighteen years late! Now we’ll never have a chance at those prizes, or the complementary Cartoon Network mailing service, for that matter! Oh well, I’m not too bummed. I can’t help but feel the chances were slim anyway, what with the barrier-to-entry being questions like “What’s the name of Batman’s butler” or “What color is Mario’s hat”. 

We've made our way to comic #2 now, and it’s of the Powerpuff Girls! Again, like the previous one everything seems to be on-point, from the artstyle to the writing. This one’s doubly impressive since it seems like the staff behind this one didn’t work on the original show. So hey, kudos!

But yeah it’s your usual Powerpuff fare, stopping a robot or two from Mojo Jojo. Give it a read if you’re starved for Powerpuff Girls content I suppose, I mean the show’s only been rebooted like three or four times already.

Ah, here’s that poster! Not bad, eh? I’m sure this would look good on a wall, or any other number of flat surfaces, for that matter. Shame about the horrible staples of death waiting to rip a gash in your poster when you try to tear it out, though. Oh god, I knew this would happen… I’m already starting to get some horrible magazine-poster-related flashbacks.

Can’t believe Eddy was busting his chops all this time coming up with scams when he could’ve just charged people to use his magic floating swing set. Look at how much fun he’s having, he’d make a killing!

Nothing like a little smattering of brain teasers to get the brain back in gear after 31 consecutive pages of comics, giveaways, and other mind-altering guff. Now, these are all perfectly fine, if not a little simple, but I'd like to talk about the top right one in particular…

Am I missing something here? Both B and D look the same as the original! I thought maybe the scan quality might be obscuring a hidden detail, but I’ve messed with the colors and saturation, checking every possible angle, and I still can’t find what’s wrong!

The answer key says the right one is B, so if anyone knows what’s wrong with the illustration in D, please feel free to share. Maybe then I'll finally be able to get some sleep.

This honestly was the kind of stuff I expected out of a Cartoon Network magazine, more supplementary material and bonus content based on the currently airing shows and less piss-easy giveaways. Well, I’ll take what I can get. Kids Next Door is one of the Cartoon Network shows I look back on pretty fondly, so this was a fun trip down memory lane.

(Okay, quick little side note here, cause something just occurred to me as I was writing this segment, and how often am I going to get to talk about KND on a Nickelodeon Magazine blog?)

Has anyone else noticed that all the main characters are designed to have their eyes obscured? I know in the show itself they’d often have their eyes open or pop out from behind their eyewear, but by default they all have their pupils hidden. I don’t have a point to make here, but that’s a weird little design detail, yeah? 

Last comic of the book, and surprise surprise, it’s Dexter’s Lab! Not as sure how to feel about this one after reading the other two. For one, I just wasn’t the biggest Dexter’s Lab fan as a kid, and two, the art in this is weirdly off-model. Not that there’s anything inherently wrong about that, of course (I loved a lot of the show-based Nick Mag comics that played with bending the established artstyle around*), it’s just that after the previous two comics were a near perfect screen-to-paper transition of their original shows, this one feels like it’s breaking a precedent a bit.

*Scan from @90s-2000sgirl on Tumblr (deactivated)

Like, you see what I mean right? Not bad, it just throws me off a little.

But hey, you want to talk about off-model art…

No no, I’m not actually going to nitpick childrens’ fanart, that’s crossing a line. Especially since these are pretty good! It must have been amazing for these kids to see their drawings end up in this section. I hope they all enjoyed their awarded copies of Kangaroo Jack 2, if that insert up in the top left is to be believed.

Wow, Mac, you’ve got an interesting list of favorites. And a biased one at that, nice work putting your own show on there!

Also, cutting out the TV guide seems like a bit of an unnecessary hassle to me. Not to mention you’re less likely to lose a whole magazine than you are a single piece of messily cut paper, if you really are planning on using it.

¡Mucha Lucha! was a bit of an odd, short-lived pleasure of mine back in the day. I think it stemmed from my liking of how each character had their own personal special move they would use in-battle. Kids today have it easy, it seems like nowadays every character can have as many special moves as they want! 

Also, show of hands, who here has heard of Atomic Betty? I seriously have never heard of it until this very moment. A Google search reveals that, apparently, it aired on Cartoon Network for less than a year? Shocking if true, but I guess that would explain my total non-memory of it.

Games? Inside the TV? Not a console in sight? If you had told me back in 2005 I’d have found it preposterous, but I think Apple TV or whatever made them commonplace now. Thanks, I guess.

These things have to be lost media, right? How do you even go about archiving something like this? It doesn’t sound like you could’ve downloaded them, since they would change every week. 

I bet some poor fella is out there right now, trying to remember that odd little Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends game he played on his parents’ TV as a kid, one fleeting Summer afternoon. Sadly even if he does remember he’s probably not going to be able to track down a copy, since… there are presumably no copies!

And there you have it, folks! The first ever edition of NMH Side Issues! This was a fun little experiment, and I think I’d be up for doing it again sometime. But as always, I think more Nick Magazine is in order. I mean, it’s in the name after all! 

Still, it was fun to see an example of what else you could find hanging on the magazine rack. Well, at least in the UK, anyway. Picture it: Mom’s picked out the perfect beans on toast and has nearly made it to the check-out line. You’ve got five seconds to choose what you’re reading on the car ride home! What's it gonna be kid?

I bet you could guess my choice!

(Yeah, right!)

Hate to end the blog on a sour, serious note, but the Internet Archive recently lost a court case against some large publishers regarding the scanning and lending of e-books. They’re looking to appeal, but it’s a gloomy situation. The Internet Archive has always been a real force for good on the internet, and it makes things like Nick Mag Highlights possible in the first place, not to mention countless other archival projects spanning from out-of-print books to now-inaccessible web pages. Showing your support online for the site, or even sending a small donation would do a lot in helping to keep a great service available to all. 

Thanks as always for your time, and remember: keep reading!

#nmh side issue #2000s #2005 #cartoon network #magazine

[tahthetrickster]

REVIEW: FirstBlood Debut Release "Down Among the Dead Men" Fails to Impress

(Review originally written for the Serpent Isles' local music zine, "Sound Waves". Reposted online now for posterity.)

Anyone even vaguely aware of the local Bilgewatian music scene is at the very least familiar with singer-songwriter Sarah Fortune, better-known by her act name, Syren. She’s very nearly ubiquitous, with her several performances a month—both opening and headlining—keeping her in the public’s eye and at the forefront of their minds. As her nautical name suggests, Fortune is infamous for her dulcet if not sorrowful ballads and textured performances, singing of love, and heartbreak, and the small moments of tenderness woven into the often-painful tapestries of our lives.

Naturally, when word got out that Fortune had co-founded a new act, people sat up and listened—especially when it was rumored that her new bandmate was notorious member of the larger Guardian’s Sea scene Katarina du Couteau.

Another familiar face, du Couteau is regarded with both fondness and skepticism alike: while nobody can fault her dedication to the scene (nor would they have the nerve to), her temper’s reputation precedes her. Certainly, she’s provided basements and floorspace to enough acts passing through that the scene would undoubtedly be far worse without her. Then again, many a gig with du Couteau in attendance has ended in fisticuffs and police calls, and more than one venue has banned her outright.

With one of Bilgewater’s darlings hooked up with one of the most polarizing names out of Noxus, there was a fair bit of skepticism bubbling under the surface: what kind of act would the two collaborate on? More importantly, how would the unlikely duo even find enough in common to compose much of anything?

CONTINUE READING REVIEW

#league of legends #katarina du couteau #miss fortune league of legends #tah writes #heehoo first written installment in a larger multimedia project i’ve been working on for months #sorry for being league on main #AU: ear to the underground

[jlonejacketwthe30out]

CONTINUING HAND & EYE - typography, poster design and final results❗️❗️

(yeah. sorry it’s even later. my bad !! 💀)

OKAYYYY!!!! so after finishing my panels i got to making my zine into an actual physical outcome - which included making my title cards ^^

now for this i thought it would be fun to do some stencilling - and it was! not sure why but i really enjoyed this part, i think i was getting pretty hyped cos it meant i was almost finished😁

and to add extra flair, i cut some star shapes from some neon yellow paper i had! i wanted this to add even more colour and just some more dynamic shapes to the zine - i also included these in the poster that i made to go on the other side on my folding zine

the poster on the other side was also SOOO fun to work on - probably because i got to be a lot messier here 🙏🏾

to keep with the theme of trains, i used a bunch of collaged train maps and travel card forms as the background of my poster, above which i put my neon stars and graffiti influenced arrows - and ofc my trains.

i’m not sure if i included this fact in my notes or submission or anywhere, but another reason i really like the neon stars idea was because they reminded me of sparks that sometimes fly off the tracks and trainlines because of either the friction of the track and the train wheels, or the electric trainline wires. i love being a chronic train user🩷

HERE ARE BOTH MY NARRATIVE AND MY POSTER COMPLETED 😁👍🏾❗️❗️

after this, i scanned both and edited them together in photoshop. from this point i could print a sheet that had both outcomes on either side! i finally had a zine !! woohoo !!!

bearing in mind that the zine i was making was meant to have copies i could sell, i tired to print on some thicker and higher quality paper!

unfortunately for me!!! the paper i had (which was like… 350gsm i think… SUPER thick) was too much for the printer i used and it came out deformed 🛌

because of this (and my last minute rush el oh el) i chose to use the standard cream paper that was available in the library - it did the job😹

and here are my outcomes at the zine fair!!! i sold 2/3 copies - pretty good since i honestly would’ve gave them away for free😭 i love lots of really good feedback too so that was rlly nice :DDD

i kinda sorta loved this project and i was okay w my outcome but as usual for stuff this year i fumbled a little bit - mainly down to my organisation and timing BUT IT WAS SM FUN🩷💛💚🩷

thanks SO MUCH for looking at my process!!!!😭

#ual #zine making #zines #drawing #lcc

[fanzines]

Swindon Zine Fest takes place on the 3rd of June, 2023 in Swindon, United Kingdom. Beautiful zine fest poster by Polish illustrator Kamila Krol.

#zine #zines #fanzines #fanzine #kamila krol #swindon zine fest #zine fest #zine fair #fanzine fest #fanzine fair #swindon #zine fest poster #zine fair poster

[ezra-tellington]

Qui es-tu, Ezra Tellington ?

Je suis une personne non-binaire et transmasculine de 31 ans, je vis en France, j'aime créer des trucs et des machins et je suis très, très éloquent·e (bof).

Que viens-tu faire ici ?

J'ai déjà eu plusieurs Tumblr mais aucun n'est actif depuis assez longtemps. Là j'avais envie d'avoir un blog quelque part mais sans dépenser beaucoup d'énergie pour le mettre en place. Je suis tombé·e sur un blog Tumblr en faisant des recherches pour mon prochain projet et je me suis dit que ce serait la plateforme idéale !

Que vas-tu poster ?

Je compte notamment utiliser ce blog pour tenir un journal de mes créations. Quelles créations ? Je fais pas mal de zines, je programme des jeux vidéo, j'écris un album pour la jeunesse sur les femmes astronautes et récemment je réalise des documentaires audio ! Vous pouvez retrouver une bonne partie de ces projets sur ma page itch.io.

#présentation #introductory post #blog intro #français #french #queer #non binary #non binaire

[onetomb]

do you not feel worried you're doxing yourself about what city you live in and the full address & date & time for a place you'll be? that's really dangerous to do on the internet tbh, especially in a time of the country rn with trans lives being in extreme danger. i'd really rethink that if i were you

Who’d wanna hurt me? I’m a nobody from nowhere! I got no money, no following, and I’m hardly the only tgirl to run a zine fair. If someone shows up to flex at the fair, there’ll be no less than two dozen queer people around me at any one time. I’m a big girl, and I’ve survived this long clockably queer in a red state.

I appreciate your concern though! Maybe I’ll take the poster down, it’s not doing much cuz most of my followers are from outta town anyways

#026 answers!

[shinakkyo]

trying really hard to convey how fucking hilarious this scene that happened today at the zine fest was but like, the fair was going on under a viaduct, so there were some wind currents every now and then, and the table i was sharing with my friends was on the edge of the "alley", so the wind hit us first? and since we were selling prints and stickers it got very annoying, so we had to place some rocks that we found around to act as paper weights so our stuff wouldn't fly away

at some point this girl (around 17-19 years old im guessing?) stopped by our table, and idk, maybe some previous customer moved one of the rocks from over a poster so i guess it wasn't clear that it was a paper weight, and she just picked up this rock with the most curious expression on her face and started idk, analyzing it?

she was eyeing this rock as if it held some profound mystery that she couldn't decipher, rolling it around her hand to look at it from all angles, then she would make eye contact with me with a questioning look on her face as if i also thought this rock was a mystery, why was it sitting so nonchalantly over this table, so displaced among prints and stickers? what was the meaning of this rock, was it contemporary art? was it decorative? was it also for sale?

then the girl's mom came over and she just showed the rock to her and said "look mom, a rock" and her mother was like "it's probably a paper weight" and then the girl, still looking confused, placed the rock back on our table, quickly looked around at our stuff and left with her mom.

meanwhile me & my friend who was sitting next to me were holding our laughter for a good 5 minutes (that's how much time this girl spent puzzled with that rock) and had the longest laughing fit once they left ldjfkdlfjkgld

#irl #bless you rock girl i hope you live a life with as much laughter as you have given me today

[catstalkingwords]

It’s perfectly fine, if you don’t care that you look stupid. :) Sorry for the missed weeks in July! I have been working on a new minicomic (arguably a zine), and a new zine (with illustrations but probably not enough to be a comic also it’s not a story), that I hope to finish before a local zine fair in October. I also created the poster for the zine fair, so I’ll post that design once it is completed!

#cats talking words #i look stupid #you look stupid #finish #finished #funny comics