link:https://quarantinezineclub.neocities.org/zinelibrary/seankirkpatrick-thedays.pdf        

The Zine I chose is named “the days”. It is a Zine about mental illness and things in everyday life that you can romanticize to make your day a little bit better. I love this zine not only because of the creativity and work put into it but because of the more important message that the author put behind making this zine. What makes this a zine is obviously the physical characteristics however zines are a very open ended thing. Zines can be as creative as you want them to be. The most important attribute to making a zine that draws the reader in is making sure that you are passionate on what you are making your zine about. Your involvement and passion will shine through your zine and affect the reader more than the colors you choose on the pages.

The zine I chose in particular seems to be made out of paper and digital editing. I think that most or all of the work for this zine was done online. It has many edited characters and animals throughout the zine. This zine also has text bubbles and a story line of pictures and animations. I love how this author showed expression on all of the animated figures throughout the book it allows for a stronger story to be told. The author also uses a lot of words to portray her opinions on mental health to inform the reader and to make the readers understand that these are everyday problems that most people encounter.

For the zine I will be creating I am going to want to inform and entertain my readers. I will be creating a zine about the steps to get to my dream career. While this will be about me and my life I look to add facts about the different steps I will need to take. I also thing I will be using some online attributes and printing techniques in my zine as well as bright colors.