This brief has been one of the most interesting and fulfiling briefs that I have undertaken this year. Firstly not only did I get to broaden my knowledge of the history of zines and learn about why people produce them and the culture that surrounds that. I also enhanced my knowledge of printing (getting things ready for print) mainly within the photocopier as this is something that was totally new to me before starting this brief.
I am very happy with the overall outcome of the final print and this was now made me want to produce more zines using this technique. Although there were slight quirks within the copy process this is all part of the DIY process which helps stick to the origins of zine making. Not only was it very easy to produce it was also very cost effective, each zine cost about 50p each to make. I am also pleased with the overall design of the zine I feel that it is appropriately designed to fit the DIY style and the collage of images flows nicely from page to page as well as the images clearly show the history of the Converse shoe from old to new which works well with the (dis)organised layout of the pages.
As we set out to make these zines a part of WYS I would be happy to sell/advertise them on our site/Instagram as I feel that they would be a great start for our first zine series. This would also mean that we get to make more similar zines in the future about a range of topics and it gives us the opportunity to experiment more with other print processes like RISO.
The only improvements that I would have wanted to make would have needed more time, if I had more time with this brief I would have looked at extending the zine and making it more personal as I would have rather taken images as this makes it more original.
However, this is something that I could possibly do in the near future as part of WYS.
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