Zines, Lets get started!--------Research 1

So we've been given a new brief, to create a zine based on the idea of community (we had a research brief over Xmas to look into a specified community, mine was video gamers). I guess i should start by explaining what a Zine is......in its basic form, its a fan made mini magazine on a specific topic, usually between 16-32 pages. Its not usually politically correct or unbiased its about the writer getting his views across more than trying to win the reader over and sell copies. 

The zine has huge origins within the original punk scene and are often very low budget, due to financial restrictions the original zines were cut out images and hand written type, mass printed from a black and white copier, this black and white print method became more of a trademark of zines than a necessity.

Sniffin' Glue was one of the first Zines to be created, in July 1976. Punk music was not widely accepted across television and publication in its early days so Sniffin' glue, even though it only ran for a year, is one of the best sources for early photography and information on the music scene, readership reached over 15,000 at its peak.




 Now the design of the thing is pure DIY, no former knowledge of layouts or anything involved, its purely about getting the point across, this rag-tag style is quite attractive, it adds a lot of character to the publication, making it very personal. I don't really like the style but it fits the subject that's being written about perfectly, it seems that almost by mistake they has been some un-known thought put into the design of it.


Next time on Zine Research-Mike Perry's Graphic Zine

Time to get Dressed......so to speak

Lately I have really been working on a side of graphics that I would love to specialise in and hopefully make a career out of.....creating graphic tee's.
I spend a lot of time lately on http://www.threadless.com/  and could quiete easily work through my student loan on a single shopping outburst. I am envious of the designs that make it through and often kick myself for not thinking of the often comical concepts!
I spend a lot of time designing characters and the doodles, all the friends in my head and they all seem to work well on t shirts.

Obviously this guy had to end up on a shirt, my original character and probably my designer trademark.

So here are a few more of my designs and they all seem to be working and from those who have seen them all seem to approve.

Heres the most recent design i've been working on, its attributed to a mister Harry Winfield, but i shall not go into why.

This is the original flat art.

This is the t-shirt that was born from it.

Any feedback is welcome.

Typeface Sluts! *UPDATE*

So I have done some more research and attempted a few more designs

There is a variety of typefaces and the innuendo has a nice variety from blatantly obvious to subtly sexy ;)

Could I please get some feedback please?

Typeface Sluts!

So we got given a few projects to tie over the christmas holidays, the most visual of which was to create a type 'tart' card. The brief was to look at tart cards which prostitutes leave in phone booths, basically there business cards, and a mixture of typefaces, we then had to create one of our own, based around the characteristics of the typeface we chose, the funnier the better, good thing I have a filthy mind, made coming up with some puns rather easy. 

It was a brief circulated within the design community and some of the submissions are brilliant. http://www.wallpaper.com/sex-issue/tart-cards

This is my attempt at creating one would like some feedback please, theres a few more idea's in the works also so this may not be a final.