The first of these images is the front cover of a Zine by Mike O’Meally which is about skateboarding and photographs of skateboarding.

The second is by Peter Nolan Smith. they clearly both have a very similar style and I really like the idea of photocopying blocks of paper with printed text, onto the images. It gives the Zine a grunge look and makes it look like an underground Zine.

So, my main project at university for the next five or six weeks is to create a ‘Zine’.
If you are unfamiliar with this term, by Wikipedia’s definition, a Zine is;
“(an abbreviation of the word fanzine, or magazine; pronounced ‘Zeen’) is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier.”

Our Zine’s are based on a particular community which we have researched, my community is Motorcycle Clubs.

After doing some research on Zines, I have found a few examples which really interest me. These images are from a Zine about “sleepers”, basically, people who fall asleep in random places around cities. It was created by Rick Charnoski and mainly contains photographs which he has then drawn over or manipulated with pen.
I really like this idea, its simple, it means I can use photography and it gives the Zine its signature cheap, amateur look. 

(Source: elkzine.com)