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(some of the) zines i currently have in the works:

art zine of 2020 art

guide to attending covid safe events (bad translation, it's gonna be in french)

tlt/mostly gtn fanzine

"home" love letter to my city (might never finish)

the first of a series of my perzine i never got around to making.......since 2023......help

"pet sitting thoughts"

a zine about catfishing and being a teen on the internet

a zine about shit you hear that makes you think too much about what's right or wrong for your life/health

a comic zine about moments where my girlfriend is the cutest person ever

that's barely scratching the surface

i have a problem

i need to finish zines before i start more!!!!!! help?!!? make me!!!

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making an art zine of my 2020 art we're about to get EMO

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I H8 DOCTORS: a chronic pain zine

I made this following a month full of ER and urgent care visits -- and years of poor medical care.

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SAVE ME 8 page mini zine, 8 page mini zine save meeeeee

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"hello are you available for commis-" BLOCK

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i made mine! i think she's cute

trend started by patouret to counter the ai-generated "starter pack" trend <3 i love artists

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survey for literary/arts zine

hi guys my friends and I are starting a literary and arts zine (sydney based but anyone can submit!!) for our first issue (topic: hope) we’d just like to get some input from as many people as possible in this little survey here :)

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I WANT TO MAKE ART BUT INSTEAD OF MAKING ART I JUST SIT AROUND AND FEEL BAD ABOUT NOT MAKING ART AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUGHHGHHG

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second time i get someone oppose a payment they made to me on paypal bc they got something from my kofi but the name that shows up is different. surely there can't be a more practical way to do this that these platforms could figure out so this doesn't happen. like showing what the charge was for. no that would definitely not make more sense /j

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tried the starter pack trend! this was so much fun !! I really enjoyed figuring out how to draw a Human Body and I’m excited to keep working at it. I think this came out p good for my first try in a long time! The That’s Ki Starter Pack comes with ki’s emotional support water bottle, a zine, an emergency poptart, a box of crayons, and a phone playing bad bunny 🌟

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Uk peeps!! Let’s get this going! 🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧

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are tumblr-only people aware of this trend? i've only seen it on instagram. anyway i'm trying to do the starter pack trend. will i finish the inking ever? tune back in soon to find out

(for context if you haven't seen it, people have been generating these "starter packs" using ai and artists are responding by drawing/editing/even sewing!! their own without ai.)

(why is the ai trend bad: generative ai trains on stolen art without credit or compensation and used enormous amounts of resources, wasting water to generate a simple image that people look at for two seconds and forget about. truly unnecessary)

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to sign or not sign resource/political/activism related zines?

just something i've been thinking about - i haven't made many zines that are purely resources with no personal ramblings in them, the main one would be the one i made with QR codes to different sites for resources about palestine (here to download, but it's in french/based around french orgs and info sites).

when i made it i wasn't sure if i should add my contact to it like the rest of my zines, and decided i would. just wanted to share a few thoughts about how i decided that for any other overthinkers :) it's not at all a complete guide/exhaustive list but maybe reading someone else's thought process will help you decide when it comes to your own

reasons to sign

accountability: like citing your sources, owning who wrote a resource allows people to check and be mindful of who they're listening to. also very important to me: if i wrote something wrong or made a mistake i want a way for people to let me know

encouraging questions: personally i don't mind being asked further questions about resources i write. i have a zine explaining why i wear a mask that can be used by others to also explain without having to actually explain themselves, and while i made it to facilitate conversations, if someone is genuinely curious and wants to understand better i'm cool with explaining further. having my contact on my informational/resource zines allows people to reach out if needed and lets me share what i know and think. i want those zines to be an entry point to rally more people on the side of what i care about

connexion with like minded people: if people appreciate the resource i created and want to follow my other work for that reason, i don't think it's shallow or taking away from the important information i was sharing. it gives me an opportunity to connect with others who feel similarly and build new networks/communities

letting people know where to find more: if you like something and want to find more of it you need to know where to go, and although i don't have a lot of political/resource/activism zines, if someone likes the way i made the one they came across or the way i write about things, maybe they'll like the other few i have or my zines on entirely unrelated topics. so they'll know where to read more of my stuff if i sign

reasons not to sign them

safety/consequences: for some topics you might not want your zine to link back to you. since mine are free downloads that i host on my own platforms anyway, it connects back to me, as i put the download link on the zine. who can say if i'm the one who printed and distributed it where it was found? depending on where you live, who you are and what you wrote about it might be a real risk to have even just written it. for me i don't think it could get me in any sort of trouble

not distracting from the content/not centering myself: when it comes to sharing information, i'm not very attached to "being credited". like at all actually. you can't "steal" my free zines especially if they are about political or informational topics. the only thing i "worry" about is someone keeping most content and changing a few things without me knowing, and then their addition being attributed to me, more than the other way around (also why i like being made aware when someone translates my zines to another language - it's always very welcome but i like to know where the things i write go!). just in case i don't agree with what was added. so i wasn't sure it really mattered if people knew i was the one who made those zines. the reasons to sign cited above, especially the accountability one, made me think it did matter at least for that. but is it distracting from the important content, and centering the author, to sign this kind of material? i decided it's not that distracting since it's just my social media handle on the back. what i do skip is my logo/stamp that is usually on my other zines. i don't feel that is necessary and it takes too much space

that was my ramblings about deciding which zines to sign or not! unless i make some real risky ones i don't think i'll stop signing them. but i don't think there's anything i have something to contribute about that could cause me problems for writing about it

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CREATE BAD ART

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me and my homies support real artists who put their passion into their pieces instead of a machine who rips off the hard work of talented peeps

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i feel like shit+the world is on fire

a follow-up/sequel zine to "i feel like shit" bc most of the time it's honestly not down to personal issues why i feel so horrible

the world weighs so heavy, but we're going to carry it together

free pdf on my ko/fi / also available in french, pls share other ways you reconcile taking care of yourself and others when everything is going to shit

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i feel like shit+the world is on fire

a follow-up/sequel zine to "i feel like shit" bc most of the time it's honestly not down to personal issues why i feel so horrible

the world weighs so heavy, but we're going to carry it together

free pdf on my ko/fi / also available in french, pls share other ways you reconcile taking care of yourself and others when everything is going to shit