Overview
Zines are self published and original works of art that often address subjects that do not appeal to the main stream audience.Your zine should have a clear message and/or style and should be able to be either photo copied or in some way mass produced. Instructions and materials for making your zine can be found below.
VocabularyZine- (pronounced zeen) comes from 'fanzine' which is a term that generally describes a small-circulation science fiction publication. Fanzines first appeared in the late 1920s. Zines were used to promote punk music in the 1970s, a time when this type of music received very little interest from the larger press music.
Unity-when the parts and pieces of your artwork work together to make a cohesive whole. |
Materialsvideo tutorial, rubric, copy paper (11x17 or 8.5 x 11), scissors
Students may choose any combination of media (pens, pencils, colored pencil, watercolor, marker, etc) Just keep in mind that you must be able to quickly and cheaply reproduce your Zine. Media that translates to being printed or run through a copier tends to work best. ![]()
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Instructions:
*Come up with a zine title/cover page and ideas for each of your pages. Are you just going to fill your zine with your artwork? Are you telling a short story? Are you illustrating a single concept? The subject is up to you. There is a gallery of examples at the bottom of this page that you might want to check out before you get started on your sketch. Whatever your theme is, just make sure that each page of your zine works together as a whole. Turn in a rough sketch of your cover and a couple of your pages so that I know you have a plan.
*After submitting your sketch, watch the video below to build your zine. Craftsmanship is important! These will be difficult to copy and reproduce if your edges don't line up.
*Before you start drawing you will need to open your zine back up. Make sure you make note of which page goes where while it is folded. You don't want to draw your pages in the wrong place. Different media might bleed through to other pages. Drawing your designs while the page is opened up can keep your craftsmanship from suffering because of bleed through.
*Complete your Zine and fill out your rubric. Turn in both together.
*Come up with a zine title/cover page and ideas for each of your pages. Are you just going to fill your zine with your artwork? Are you telling a short story? Are you illustrating a single concept? The subject is up to you. There is a gallery of examples at the bottom of this page that you might want to check out before you get started on your sketch. Whatever your theme is, just make sure that each page of your zine works together as a whole. Turn in a rough sketch of your cover and a couple of your pages so that I know you have a plan.
*After submitting your sketch, watch the video below to build your zine. Craftsmanship is important! These will be difficult to copy and reproduce if your edges don't line up.
*Before you start drawing you will need to open your zine back up. Make sure you make note of which page goes where while it is folded. You don't want to draw your pages in the wrong place. Different media might bleed through to other pages. Drawing your designs while the page is opened up can keep your craftsmanship from suffering because of bleed through.
*Complete your Zine and fill out your rubric. Turn in both together.
Student examples
View the gallery below for examples of completed zines.
View the gallery below for examples of completed zines.