Zines are informal low tech books which are published as a collective, or by an individual designer.
They come in all sorts of styles imaginable.
Zines are great for self promotion as they are cheap, and can contain anything you want; little scribbles from your sketchbook, proper finished pieces, writing, and all the various ways to contact.
It also gives the satisfaction to the viewer of being able to have a beautiful material item which they can flick through and keep. Zines can be individual - with screen prints inside, or just simple photocopies on mass.
Artist Examples
This is a very aesthetically pleasing zine because its so basic, but all the pages lead off each other well. I love the overlapping of imagery, line and typography.
I like the bold colours and also the colour scheme, he has used the same colours through out. I like how he's used news print too - as you can slightly see through.
This is a completely contrasting style of zine compared with the others. It looks alot less experimental - Paula has clearly got a style and thats what she has chosen to use for this zine.
She has used photography, edited in photoshop, combined with illustration, she has continued the illustration on to plain white pages, and has clearly thought about the composition of the illustration, as she hasn't over done it, and it's very precise.
I do love this zine, however I feel it is too neat and overly thought about. I prefer zines which are a bit more random, and less pre meditated.
Again, another totally contrasting zine. This style is very typically Carson, it is ultra sophisticated, however very experimental, loose, and absorbing. The colours are right and I love the juxtaposition between photography and typography.
The typography alone is interesting - the different typefaces, opacities, sizes and overlapping.
My favourite page is the page below, the flowers on the black background really struck me, they look really unusual - deformed but not dead... I love Carsons work.
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