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bro every time someone on etsy asks me how i make patches i get so excited i fucking love sharing resources and helping people make things its cool as hell
#the day i gatekeep shit like this is the day you should kill me bc ive been replaced lmao#but fr like#i worry honestly about overwhelming people with information when this happens bc i go a bit nuts#but like#they can watch the vids i send or ask questions as they go i dont mind#i was gonna make instructional zines on this actually#w different levels based on how diy youre goin#bc i did a few diff methods before i started screenprinting consistently#i should get back into zines#ah fuck zine fest is next weekend huh#daze.txt#but yea like. better to have this list of stuff they can come back to than to like#be vague and unhelpful ig
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happy halloween! 🎃🐈⬛👻🐇
#i just wanted to draw emu as a jiangshi .#project sekai#pjsk#prsk#emu otori#proseka#tsukasa tenma#nene kusanagi#rui kamishiro#wxs#wonderlands x showtime#polysho#enjoy halloween everynyan unfortunately i have to go work a shift. i thought abt dressing up for fun when i get back#but 1 im lazy 2 i dont live alone and its my luck that somebody ends up knocking when im in the middle of being dressed like a clown#so i would rather not risk it. idk how people get into cosplay just for photoshoots/videos i dont have that conviction .#but halloween con was lots of fun and i got to see friends and trade candy so i enjoyed my celebration already. ^_^#also STOP BEATING THE SHITNOUT OF ME IDEK IF I CAN BOOO BACK FROM A SIDE BLOG. YOURE KILLUNG ME#once again some random guy will be hittimg you back. boo#to end my tags i am going to be pissed off because i cannot draw well rn and its KILLING MEEEEEE#im art blocked as hell and mad about it. my zines....#its so annoying like with my personal art its whatever but people spend Money on zines i need to get good.#its been like over a week so i thought inwould be free. sigh#i often draw emu fiending off of tsukasa. the way things should be. amen#also inthink rui would love to go all out for costumes but he got busy modding a tshirt launcher to shoot candy and forgot abt his costume#so hes a tuxedo cat. he thinks hes so funny
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shuffles in… hiiii klance!!!
#voltron#vld#klance#lance mcclain#keith kogane#muscle memory when drawing them I swear i picked my pen and it all came flooding back to me#i’ll always love these two so much#i keep drawing keith cute I think the lance goggles are gettin to me… my next time drawin them should be like#pidge: what do u see in him. lance: *imagines keith shoujo sparkles* and pidge: *imagines keith sleep deprived and messy* i dont get it..#truthfully i drew this cus i rlly wanna join a klance zine and needed to dust off my boys!#think i havent posted them properly since 2021 oh this is so saddd#eggsdrawings
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wear your facking earplugs to music events i am no longer asking
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wanted to redraw their 7th anniversary homescreen before the next anni comes along o7
#duck scribbles#midori takamine#yuzuru fushimi#enstars#only now i noticed that their little accompanying logos r the mascot doodle in midori's autograph and a pen for yuzuru bc he likes drawing#thats fecking adorable what the heck#ensemble stars#midoyuzu#yuzumido#i dont play jp so i dont actually get to see it when playing myself but. it means everything to me#also you should totally zoom in to see random details i added. or not. up to you#this is actually a cropped ver the full thing is for a new phone wallpaper for myself whkjdsjkghkjdsg#i wouldve finished this yesterday if i didnt catch an absolutely horrid fever in the middle of my studio shift!!!#but rly this is the first time in a long while ive enjoyed working on smth so much its nice to be back into the swing of things#even if its a bit slow im!!! gonna like art again i hope#man my throat hurts and everythings cold and i think my head is getting warm again oops#feeling feverish on top of shark week Really sucks dang it#oh and another thing doing this has me considering making a mdyz zine sometime#just like. for myself maybe idk but it sounds like itd be somewhat fun#i already look through their tags on three different sites this one included on a regular basis only to see the same things most of the time#so why not!!!! new passion project why the hell not#highly doubt anyone would be particularly interested in that though LOL
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Man, I still remember participating in one of the many jjba zines that I took part in and how my piece was placed as the first page (for the second time) and how one of my mutuals/artists that I’ve always admired, hit me with the “oh… you’re on the front page again… 😅…” like man, that kind of killed me lmfao. I never got over it like man, what was that about.
#it’s not like i put the books together myself or anything all my ass did was submit my work#like this was from a really popular and well known artist as well like#their art has always been so gorgeous to me too I was like ‘I’m literally a nobody is this person really being shady or…’#rambling#I guess it’s nice being in a zine with ppl I don’t know or care to get to know at least now 😭… just submitting my art and running#referring to the jjk zine 😭 I need t start working on it uhh#zines make me feel so anxious man#it really did make me feel bad and almost guilty? I was like this is kind of awkward…#another zine I was in which was run by a mutual… well… I never even got my zine in the mail#and I even sent them $20 for some merch that they were making since I wanted to support and never got that either…#they deleted their blog but I see that they remade and draw a lot of DM and have a lot of popular posts here so it’s kind of awkward seeing#their art shared on the dash sometimes skeks#we’re still mutuals on Twitter but I don’t rly want to ask about my zine again or the $20 bucks#it’s okay like I owe other ppl stuff too I’m a late bird man but still loskekk#they were the mod for the zine too#I might hit them up again I guess I still love their art and they were always fun to talk to#there was another zine that I participated in where we had to purchase our own copy bro#i remember being so annoyed by that but went ahead and bought it anyway#I was invited to this zine so it made me even more annoyed#I#Guess it didn’t make its money back#or something like that but I remember being broke at the time and was pissed that I had to pay for my own book#I didn’t buy any of the merch because why when it was supposed to be free#if you’re participating in a zine the book and merch should be free
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This review of First Time #5 has been in my drafts for over a year
First Times 5 was published in February of 1986 by Merry Men Press, and is, of course, the fifth issue of First Time. It boasts 193 pages, 7 fics, 12 poems, and 7 drawings (not including the covers). It's spiral bound, which isn't my favourite but gets the job done nonetheless.
First impressions are very easy because I pulled this out of my box of fanzines and was immediately smacked in the face by Kirk's naked ass. The cover art is pretty nice but quite shocking. The back cover is weirdly proportioned and that doesn't look like the most comfortable position but okay. It starts with a poem before the editorial, which is unusual. The editorial itself is pretty funny, as the editor suggests that all trekkers band together and buy shares of Paramount to control what the company makes - very let's buy tumblr vibes.
Warnings: rape, non consensual drug use, mild sex.
Disclaimer: as usual, all of this is my personal opinion and should not be taken as an attack on anyone involved in this zine.
A Thought for Christmas
by Ellen Thacher
Christmas fics my belothed. It's hard to enjoy them when I keep thinking that both Kirk and Spock are Jewish. Thankfully, Spock also doesn't seem to like it. In the very first paragraph I already found two punctuation errors, which did not bode well for the rest of this zine, though I found no others. The fic was pretty sweet. 4/5
Logical Decisions
by Faille
It only took one page for me to be certain that Kirk and Spock would end up stranded on some planet with Spock entering pon farr, and I was soon proven correct, even if it happened in a slightly different way than I had expected. I'm not complaining, I like this trope. This is a long one, and it's mostly romantic, mushy, lovey-dovey stuff (in the best way possible) interspersed with some light humour. Plenty of relationship negotiations, which is always a plus. The only complaint I have (other than the considerable amount of typos) is that it made me crave apricots, and they're currently out of season. 5/5
On Our Beach
by Vera Barga
After Pike leaves the Enterprise Spock takes shore leave and tries to go somewhere quiet. On the same night, Kirk is enjoying his last night before becoming Captain. They meet in a casino and hit it off (if you know what I mean) and are then surprised to meet again on the Enterprise. They take it slow and eventually become lovers again.
People say you should sandwich the bad things in between good things but I have to get this out of the way: as a trans nonbinary person reading fics from the 80's is hell. It's all "male" and "female" and being into "males" or "females" and "women are exotic and strange". This is literally my only complaint for this fic and it's incredibly common in this era but in this one it was even more heavy-handed than usual. Other than that I had fun though. I like how important the explicit consent was, how at no point either of them tried to pressure the other and even went out of their way to point it out. I liked it. 4.5/5
The High Price of Love
by Ann
Spock disappears and Starfleet considers him a deserter. Kirk, of course, can't believe that, and keeps looking for him. It takes six months and Bones dragging him to a brothel to find Spock, selling his body to feed his addiction to an aphrodisiac. Turns out he was kidnapped by Orion slavers, addicted to this drug to "train" him as a sex slave, and sold to this brothel. Kirk and McCoy rescue him and help him fight off his addiction. There is a lot to unpack here.
As far as stories with this kind of premise go, the relationship between Kirk and Spock was natural, fairly pre-established, and fully consensual. McCoy played a fairly big part, which I personally greatly enjoy, and even had some heavily subtextual scenes with Spock, which I enjoyed even more (Spones? In my K/S zine? It's more likely than you think).
Graphic descriptions of rape were graphic, graphic depictions of consensual, romantic sex were less so. All in all, not too bad. 4/5
High Time
by Jenny
Kyle's bachelor party is made infinitely more interesting by someone slipping a drug that lowers inhibitions into some people's drinks. Scotty tells terrible jokes, Sulu does a strip tease, and Kirk seduces Spock. A great time is had by all - except McCoy, who wakes up with a hangover.
Honestly, I had a great time reading this. Despite drugs being involved everything was fully consensual, and Kirk and Spock were incredibly sweet. I also liked Scotty's joke, even if it was quite long-winded. 5/5
Where You Find It
by Zoey Brook
Kirk and Spock get stranded on a planet crawling with Klingons and are forced to hide in a cave and huddle for warmth, while a mysterious, empathic, shape-changing entity attempts to help them and learn from them.
I tend to like "stranded on a planet" stories. They're not usually my favourite, but when they're well done they can be spectacular. Personally, I felt that despite the interesting premise, this one was somewhat lacking. There was so much more that could have been done with it. 4/5
The Wall
by Kathy Tipton
Apparently, every five years Starfleet forces their officers to do a "check-up" which involves potentially risking their lives in a very harsh environment. Kirk and Spock are lucky enough to go together. They nearly fall off a cliff and get attacked by a vicious animal, and then they have sex for the first time while waiting for rescue before Spock dies from blood loss.
And despite all that (or maybe because of it?) I enjoyed this fic. I like the angst, I like the descriptions, the smut wasn't bad, and it had a happy ending. What more could I ask for? 4.5/5
Final thoughts
Pretty enjoyable zine, all in all. I think it has the highest typo count of any zine I've read so far, but most of them were pretty unobtrusive. The little art there was is all very nice, and the poems were generally more to my taste than in other zines I've read. I hate the comb binding, but I think that's pretty universal. I didn't actively hate reading it, which is good enough for me.
#star trek#ks#spirk#fanzine#uhhhh i don't remember how i tagged these#i should do more zine reviews they're fun#i fell out of trek a bit but i'm sure i could get back into it#i have access to so many zines it's insane
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EPIC NEWS… I FINALLY HAVE MY SHOP OPEN AND HAVE RESTOCKED THE HIT CLASSIC™️ ITEM : THE PRISON REALM GOJO SHAKER…
get yours today at my (finally open) etsy… (along with various other things…)
#jjk#ok before you yell at me#for being out of pocket or something#i made these back in january#i tabled at anime LA for the first time#and they all sold out#hooray!#so i figured i should set up an online store and restock#except that didnt happen#bc im lazy#and also probably mentally ill#instead i did like 4 zines at the same time#i thought it would be funny to plan it for when gege took gojo out of the box#but then i missed that date#and then i figured#ill do it when he gets boxed in the anime#AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT TURNED OUT#jjk236#jujutsu kaisen#gojo satoru#jk i could never stay mad at u gege#use code SORRYGOJOLIKERS for 10% off#sorry i forgot to add that#sorry again gojo likers
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Got my blood taken today, got told I had good veins. Absolutely winning at the doctor. I'm the best at getting my blood taken
#xoxo gossip girl#part of the process of getting back on hrt throuh like an actual health place ànd not just#online or whatever#but mostly cause its in the steps of getting surgeries and stuff as well#my blood was dark which is orobably normak but felt kinda weird cause i havent#had blood taken in like a year or so and not as much as i needed for this test#and its like frothy at the end of the tubes which is like#i wonder what thats about#i should make a t journey zine with excerpts like this and drawings#trans#ftm
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New house new room new shelf situation. I'm really pleased with it, to the point where I'll just look at my shelves and my stuff and be pleased.
It's nice to look at all my little things and think about what has stayed with me. I remember times and people when I look at them. Like the tennis racket duck that my college roommate gave me, or how upset my mom was that she accidentally broke the TARDIS plate I made in high school. The Overwatch Nerf pistol that I shoot my roommate with.
#Disclaimer I actually rearranged things a bit after taking these pictures rip#Also my copy of The Saddlebag is misshelved with the 'old books I keep for sentimental reasons' shelf#Instead of the 'misc fiction' shelf#I should probably get rid of my David Sedaris book since it hasn't brought me joy in a while#And the misc Ghost Stories book I got at Barnes and Noble to read to my parrot but he doesn't appreciate it#The bottom left shelf is all nonfiction and there's a few books from my college courses in there#I should reopen Theories on International Politics and Zombies it seems relevant with COVID#Also you can't really see it but the middle right shelf has my copy of the A24 zine on taxes that was#Released with Everyone Everywhere All At Once#It's very good and I love looking at it#Crocheted Azula in a jar is from a high school friend who still has my soul I never got it back
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this piece im doing for a collab is gonna look so epic in my head . i dotn know how to draw 9/10 of these things im including .
#weird perspective and meanwhile basic perspective ive barely practiced#theres an actual background for once and its the inside of a building#dont know how to draw stained glass or how the lighting should look#dramatic lighting ? idk never tried before but lets throw that in there !#weird fucking pose like 😭#and i wanna do the zine which cuts my deadline by like a month 😔 ?#even though this is gonna be frustrating as shit because it wont look how i want it to im kinda excited#bc this feeling and drawing is what i was feeling and doing when i first started drawing dteam and getting back into drawing#where i saw a huge spike in improvement since i was going out of my comfort zone so often#+ learning from a bunch of the amazing artists in the fandom#been a while since ive been this excited and motivated to draw#right in time for the titan series 😼 ?#is there rlly lore dream... please give it to me..
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Honestly i really do know im being annoying with this but the logistics of swapping out Avon and Raistlin and watching what theh do is the greatest form of Playing With Dolls I've ever ever had. Its a serotonin treadmill. You've heard of watching a brilliant, dark tortured genius asshole slowly create his own downfall what about landing in the middle of such a slipperyslope and starting to turn it into an entirely different one. AND THERE'S PVP ALLOWED, one of my main options rn is Avon-as-Raistlin starts planning how to re-open the connection and either undo this or pass some more things between the worlds- and Raistlin-as-Avon is like FINDERS KEEPERS BITCH. Paying It (The Lichdom Curse) Forewards, im staying in your life and im winning at it, fuck off. And Avon's like, ex-fucking-scuse me?
#what if. in this route avon is repoening the connection through magic raist-as-avon is gonna start regaining the capscity for magic too.#and it can be a Metaphysical Wizard Duel AND like an emotional climax whhen their parties catch up#and like. avon coming back for his friends carried on a storm. the fact that despite dverything he would fight for it-#even if hes doing it for an Incredibly Specific Way he wants to benefit power from merging both worlds that STILL a level of#coming back for his friends and lives and such yknow. its gonna affect them.#and raistlin possibly seeing caramon again-#i dont think avon would be as desperate to strike out on his own thats a raist psychological thing-#and maybe trying to appeal through the barrier like. hey! if you want what's good for me. GET HIS ASS. I want to stay here!#and that classic kind of tension between them. caramon wanrs his brother back and raistlin thinking of it as caramon wanting him Weak#and Dependant on his protection. the whole aspect of like body and strength swap is very. interesting and a bit#yuck politically but thats part of the fun. this isnt a cure narrative this is game of thrines musical chairs over resources-#the bodies the magic the many differences in Circumstances that seperate the two wars-#not just genre but straight up strategical details. the privileges of space age comforts vs having an almost even chance at victory. etc et#YOU SEE ME. IM HAVING FUNNNNN#THIS IS SO FUN. IT SHOULD BE A NOVELLA LENGTH ZINE FROM THE 90S UNFORTUNATELY ITS JUST ME IN MY HEAD. BUT#cally can probably sense something is wrong from the start. mentally....#the grudging respect raist would have for blake vs unlike avon he is entirely capable of backstabbing the hell out of them all.#avon would find the Expanded DL Party loud and weirdly social and annoying and pass off as raist through that easily#but also just. as i said i think he's way less likely to actually Act to further only himself like raist would#especially as Not Native to this setting like. no use aloanating possible resources. hes just gonna steer them All As A Group towards#paths of survival and advantage in the war that are Also to his personal magic based benefits i think#im having FUN#yknow what i might make this my Pinned. im Going Through A Moment.#dragons of the sad embezzler
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For some reason, this round of meds (same dose and everything as last time) is making me have very violent Realisations and Remembering Things moments. And by that I mean the Thing I Forgot and/or the Realisations show up with a bat and see how hard they can make my brain hit the wall. So anyway.
YOU GUYS REMEMBER SPIKE THE WETFLOOR BOT??? YOU GUYS REMEMBER HER??? THE FIRST FAZBEAR ANIMATRONIC TO BE BORN FROM LOVE INSTEAD OF PAIN??? YOU REMEMBER HER???
CAUSE I JUST DID
#SPPIIIIKKKEEEEEE I MISS YOOOUUUU#I love spike. spike the wet floor bot is my favourite. I miss her I should bring her back somehow#the first animatronic to gain sentience and awareness out of LOVE and CARE#I miss her we need to bring her back. I never made a visual design but I definitely posted some descriptions of her pretty sure#a wet floor bot... a little wonky and a little off colour. holes in it's damaged and dented casing patched up with scrap#never the same colour. always different#stickers and magnets and a lil bit of spray paint. part of an ear missing and crooked#has one of roxy's spiked bracelets around her neck with a keyring dangling from it like a tag...#she picked her own name and pronouns... doesn't really understand what they are and what they mean but she wants them#in one AU she was Roxy's little distraction. something to work on and repair while the others search the rubble of the plex for-#their friends. In another Roxy repaired her for fun unknowingly after Vanny had used her as a test subject for the virus#in another one post-ruin roxy and cassie were searching the plex for an easy animatronic for roxy to repair so cassie's dad could-#test what she'd learned about repairing them from him and found a salvageable wet floor bot#that they then wrapped in tarp and put in a shopping trolley to take her straight home and get to work on her much to the-#confusion of literally everyone as they barrel down the halls of flats with an unidentified tarp blob in a stolen shopping trolley#<- that one's Meteors AU btw. Roxy got turned into a Real Boy by the Meteor and is now living with Cassie as her adopted sister#this is just the kind of shit these two get up to all the time and no one knows who's meant to be the braincell between them because well#they keep taking turns on who the older sibling is. they keep changing it. the eldest sibling is based entirely on the situation lmao#who's bright idea was it to steal a wet floor bot? WHO KNOWS!! Cassie said 'pick an animatronic!' so they did that's all there is to it!#cassie's dad just. head in hands. as he realises. the fucking wet floor sign on wheels is sentient now.#why. why and how. terrified of the wrath of Fazbear if they find out. while she's just. trundling about.#wheels on carpet floor style. struggling but getting there. happy beeps as she pushes a ball around on the floor. living her best life.#sfdsfdsfs I fucking LOVE Spike okay I miss her I need to bring her back somehow#I could give her to mangle or sprocket in robot hell but I'm not doing much with that right now#sdhfdfsfs Chica's recipe zine starring Spike!! and every image of her is just confusion#'see? even Spike likes bananas!' Chica says as she puts one on the floor so Spike can very happily run it over.#dfsdfsds love Spike. Spike enrichment is now running random foods over because she can. and also the wheels off a toy monster truck#so she can be an ALL TERRAIN wet floor bot. make them gecko wheels like DJ's hands and she's got everyone beat lmao#she can be DJ's Uppies Buddy!!#lmao Spike I'm so sorry I've left you in the dark for so long I'm bringing you back. beloved guy of all time
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the difference btwn irl and online perspective on creativity is so funny to me and idk if I'll ever get used to the stark contrast of it all.
IRL when I mention that I draw and write, people act like I'm some super talented creative genius(???). they don't seem to understand the concept of OCs, and if I try to vaguely touch on my DL project they get visibly overwhelmed no matter how simple I make it for them, and eventually they settle on just insisting that I need to publish traditionally and monetize on it. they don't seem to have the ability to understand the concept of zines and immersive storytelling through non-traditional means.
but then i get online and I'm just another drop in the ocean and always a very mediocre drop at that LMAO, I constantly fight with myself to feel like there is any sort of value to my stories and art, and there's hundreds of people doing the sort of thing that I do but even better than I could ever dream of doing!
it's just so strange going from interacting with this online to IRL, I feel like I'm getting whiplash from being largely ignored or scoffed at online (which I'm fine with btw lol I grew up with that in my family and now I get nervous when I get too much attention) to people at the centre treating me like I'm some kind of artistic genius who cannot be understood because I'm too far above their level 😭
#i simplify the things i talk about so much too like djdksl i rly make it as easy as possible to understand#i continue to simplify things more and more when i talk to ppl. i get vaguer and vaguer. and yet !!!!#it rly is not difficult to understand i feel like ??? the concept of zines is just so simple really#but these ppl are all so deeply entrenched in traditional novels that the concept of a zine is far outside their understanding ig 😭#im just dhfjdls struggling going back and forth btwn these two spaces of online vs IRL#the thing is that i do just want to share my ideas w ppl! i enjoy it!#and i want to hear their ideas too!#but everyone is so weird irl to me about it ??? like. calm down. im a little freak. do not treat me like im way beyond ur understanding!!#if u played w me in the space then u would see oh actually art is smth everyone can engage in!!!#art is not for ''talented'' people only!!! everyone can make it!!! u gain skill the longer u work on it!!#i prefer sharing stuff online bc of this fjdkdl but then online has its drawbacks too#i have a hard time not being mean to myself abt how my work does not measure up to other ppls fjfkdl#which is silly bc i LOOOVE seeing ppl make art no matter what their skill level or whatnot#and i get sad seeing ppl be down on themselves abt their creations#but ... idk sbdjdl I'm rambling LOL i was just thinking abt how strange all this is#sorry for the weird ramble post LOL this is probably smth that should go on my main account but too late now fjdkdl#dandy.cmd#vent //#not rly meaning for this to be a vent but i think perhaps it has some flavours of being one LOL
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hi everybody, here’s a preview for my mafuyu piece in the Our Sekai zine on twitter! 👍 preorders are now open, so check it out here if you’re interested! >> oursekaizine.carrd.co/#preorder
#project sekai#prsk#asahina mafuyu#soap tries art#soap speech bubble#hey everybody... been busy with school. and zine work#never doing two zines at the same time again but now that im done with them i should probably be able to get back into personal art soon :]#thanks for sticking around! 💖
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this month's rough i might absolutely need to do commissions
#so scary + i immediately get absolutely dog shite at drawing whenever it's a commission#i also can't open commissions for only a few characters i know i'll be comfortable drawing for commissions cos i know i can draw them okay#cos' that's not really how commissions work yknow#duuuude every other week i have this debate in my head it's awfuuuul#i need the money so bad just too much pressuuuuure auuuug#*augh#could try to push through and finish EVERY sketchbook pdfs + the saw and brba pdfs#and hope anyone will be interested :(((((((((( but that's unlikely from how the bear zine and my 1st pdf sketchbook thingy went#aw man#was thinking abt selling prints but isn't that inprint website starting to fuck artists over. by paying them so so late +#aren't they going into bankruptcy and artists should just not get into it and leave it far behind to not get fucked over more#or am i thinking abt another website#same for redbubble deleted my acc way back when they fucked us over once more#aoouuugh i dunno what to do#don't feel like doing a patreon equivalent on kofi cos i already post tons of my drawings on here it wouldn't rlly be more exclusive content#or whatever. so. i dunno#head in hands.
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