zines

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hey what's up, did you find a lil book tucked-away somewhere? did a lady hand you some paper which you browsed to find a website??*
anyways congratulations on not putting it right into the recycling bin thank you very much

you have a zine. in fact, you have my zine!

wow!!

*or you just followed a link on my site / the world wide web, who can say

what's a zine?

well...

Historically, zines have been self-published as pamphlets or leaflets as early as the 1700s.

Zines vs. Magazines: What’s the Difference? / Issu Blog

Since the invention of the photocopy machine, zine-making has been one most popular forms of independent publishing, especially in underground communities.

How to Make a Zine / Rookie

The most important aspect of a zine is generally that the publication identifies as one.

A Brief History of Zines / Mental Floss

all that to say:
zines are what you make them, friends

information tucked-up in a neat little parcel, ready to share & distribute

i’ve found zines to be a fun way to feature my artwork, ideas, designs, thoughts, feeeelings, and so on! a wise & playful professor in our art education program demonstrated how a certain level of constraint - like a template - can be just what one needs to get creativity flowing; fussy fussters like me thrive on structure ysee... heh.. PLUS there’s something especially fulfilling about having a little book you made to show-off n hand-out : @ )

or hide around town > : 3

you can make a zine!
from one (1) sheet of printer paper

>> follow these infostructions <<

>> to create your own zine from scratch <<

what's the buzz about zine-making?

L says:

i followed your guide and made a zine! well really i suppose it's a zine skeleton since there's nothing drawn on it except page numbers [...] i'm going to hold on to it for when inspiration strikes [...] your guide was really easy to use

zines by A.B.(ee)
(that's me)

flower opinions

click to view pages

flower opinions on itch.io

my opinions on some flowers

made using alienmelon's Electric Zine Maker

Quaranzine

click to view issues

I work at a sign shop. as you can imagine we're filling lots of orders during this 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic about physical distancing, hour changes; yknow, Quarantine Stuff™️. anyways i have access to scrap material that can't get used in orders for one reason or another--too small, printer error, physical damage, etc

your gal loves scraps! Quaranzine collages them into "THeSe-UnCeRtAiN-TImEs" Capsules

>> follow this guide <<
>> to fold a zine <<