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Nov 11, 2024: Collage background for a zine I’m working on a new mini zine about astronaut food. For the background, I wanted to collage a bunch of images of stars, the night sky, and related …
Oct 30, 2024: Urban Legends is now available as a digital zine! You can download the PDF on Ko-fi for free (or pay what you want). 👻🎃
Oct 22, 2024: Urban Legends made it to Australia! I sent a copy of Urban Legends to Sea Green Zines, since she helped get the word out about open submissions. Check out the video review on Sea Green …
Oct 20, 2024: Left-brained art “Left-brained art” is a mini zine that includes tips for how to make art without having to plan all the details up front. Each page …
Oct 19, 2024: My first zine was a joke “So you met your doppelgänger” was the first zine I made, back in December 2019. It was a fun little thing to give to my friends at work for New …
Oct 17, 2024: Test copies This week I’ve been making minor edits to my new mini zine, Left-brained art. After I drafted text and images, I printed a test copy. Then I …
Sep 29, 2024: Contributor zine: Urban Legends “Urban Legends” is a quarter-page zine that collects art and writing about urban legends, myths, and folklore. Eighteen people contributed stories, …
Sep 15, 2024: Zine station success Yesterday I ran a zine-making station at a public library fundraiser. 🙂 The library had a Fall Fair with a bake sale, raffles, magic show, and games. …
Aug 12, 2024: What's a zine? “What’s a zine?” is an 8-page mini zine that you can download and print on your own. It includes a brief introduction to zines: what …
Jul 3, 2024: Washi tape as collage pieces I’m working on a new zine, and I want to share some process pics with you. 🙂 I’m making pages with black and white illustrations and then using washi …
Jun 24, 2024: Zine: So You Met Your Past Self “So You Met Your Past Self” includes tips for what to do when you meet a past version of yourself. This fictional zine is a handy guide …
Jun 8, 2024:
Visuals in Barbie and Pleasantville
I wrote an essay for The Wrench Dispatch: The Movie Issue about visuals in Barbie and Pleasantville. The zine came out in January 2024 and collected …
May 19, 2024: Zine: How to make a mini zine “How to make a mini zine” is an 8-page mini zine that you can download and print on your own. It includes a brief introduction to zines …
May 14, 2024: Zine: The antidote to social media “The antidote to social media” is a mini zine that looks at how negative things are outweighing positives on social media. But social …
May 6, 2024: Zine: Children of Immigrants “Children of Immigrants” is a half-page zine that collects art and writing about immigrant experiences. Thirteen people contributed …
Feb 18, 2024: Zine: Shoveling sand - My favorite writing advice “Shoveling sand” is a 20-page zine that collects my favorite writing advice from several writers. I grouped quotes by themes including …
Jan 7, 2024: Zine: Useless Venn Diagrams “Useless Venn Diagrams” is a mini zine with random observations, put into Venn diagram format. Topics include puzzles, note-taking, and …
Dec 19, 2023: Zine: Cat's Cradle “Cat’s Cradle” is a tiny story about mimicking someone. It’s not quite sci-fi, but it feels like it…maybe because it …
Oct 30, 2023: Zine: Hipster Doctor Who Doctor Who celebrates its 60th anniversary next month. I collected some quotes from the Doctor in a zine…with random hipster photos. 🤭 Saturated …
Oct 29, 2023: Zine: Work in Progress “Work in Progress” includes process photos and notes about how I made some of my zines. Not tutorials. More like DVD commentary, but for zines. I …
Oct 22, 2023: Zine: Modern-day Sisyphus “Modern-day Sisyphus” is a mini zine about 21st century tasks that never go away. The zine is inspired by Sisyphus, a figure from Greek …
Oct 3, 2023: The hot air balloon in Elemental I watched Elemental without knowing what to expect, because Disney’s marketing missed the mark (again). But I liked the movie overall. One of my …
Aug 9, 2023: Zine: Song lyrics I mishear “Song lyrics I mishear” is a mini zine that lists lyrics where I hear the wrong words. Each page is about one song and includes the actual …
Aug 4, 2023: How to design a mini zine in Canva I made tutorials that show how to set up a design file in Canva to make an 8-page mini zine. The tutorials go over how to set up guides and what the …
Jun 24, 2023: Zine: Things we wouldn’t have to worry about if we didn’t depend on cars I’ve been particularly annoyed lately about how much we depend on cars, so I made a little zine about it. I’m not saying we should …
Jun 2, 2023: Zine: An Incomplete History of Zany Brainy “An Incomplete History of Zany Brainy” is a 20-page zine about a U.S. retail chain from the 1990s. These stores focused on affordable, …
May 11, 2023: Zine: Playground games in the 1990s “Playground games in the 1990s” is a pros and cons list of recess activities that were popular in elementary school. (At least in central …
Apr 12, 2023: Wayne Manor Here’s an illustration of Bruce Wayne’s mansion (Wayne Manor). I really like how the blue highlights contrast against the black on the …
Apr 10, 2023: Bluth's Frozen Banana Stand Here’s an illustration of Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand from Arrested Development. I started with a pencil sketch to draw the …
Mar 6, 2023: Zine: Movies I never want to see again “Movies I never want to see again” is about movies I watched one time and do not want to watch again. This doesn’t mean …
Feb 19, 2023: Metropolis at night Here’s an illustration of the Metropolis skyline at night. I started with a pencil sketch to outline each building. I started painting by …
Feb 5, 2023: Walking into Hill Valley Here’s an illustration inspired by a scene in Back to the Future: Marty walking into Hill Valley. I made this as part of a course on …
Jan 28, 2023: The Candy Bar from Jimmy Neutron I took an online course on illustrating with Posca pens taught by James Chapman. He has posted lots of his sketchbook pages to his Instagram. I had a …
Nov 27, 2022: Zine: My 20-minute rule for movies “My 20-minute rule for movies” is about how I don’t feel guilty when I stop a movie I don’t enjoy. I give any movie a fair …
Nov 4, 2022: Zine: How to Deal with Small Talk “How to Deal with Small Talk” is a collection of tips for how to handle small talk conversations. Maybe you’re like me and small talk drags you down. …
Oct 20, 2022: Original or the clone The Philly Zine Fest is accepting submissions for their Anthology zine. I made a collage with a bit of text I’ve been waiting to use somewhere. …
Oct 18, 2022: Halloween collage I contributed a page to Webs Across the Campfire, vol. 2, a special Halloween zine from Vlasinda Productions. Copies are available in their shop. For …
Jul 25, 2022: How to lay out a zine in Canva When I worked on my zine, Timers for Travelers, I finished the writing first. I knew I wanted illustrations throughout the zine, some hand-drawn and …
Jul 23, 2022: How to figure out page order for printing zines How do you arrange zine pages so they print in the correct order? There are lots of ways to do this, depending on the size of your zine and the number …
Jun 22, 2022: Zine: Timers for travelers “Timers for travelers” is a 20-page zine about time travel. It includes: Why timers are important to time travelers Tips and warnings for …
Feb 2, 2022: Zine: Everyday Time Travel “Everyday Time Travel” is about ordinary moments that feel like time moves differently than normal. Out of the zines I’ve made so far, …
Jan 1, 2022: Zine: Questions to ask yourself, part 3 “Questions to ask yourself: Part 3” is a hand-drawn mini zine with thoughtful questions and illustrations. This is part 3 in a series.
Sep 6, 2021: Zine: Vignettes From Camelot “Vignettes From Camelot” includes glimpses into the lives of Arthurian characters: Merlin, Morgana, Arthur, and an unnamed messenger. The …
Jun 12, 2021: Zine: Photographic Memories “Photographic Memories” is a collection of illustrations, writing, and memories related to photography. It’s a quarter-page zine and 20 pages, …
Mar 6, 2021: Put your creative work out there About a year ago, I stated making zines. It was something fun to share with friends, but then the pandemic hit, and we all stayed home. I …
Jan 17, 2021: Zine: How to teleport safely “How to teleport safely” is a handy (fictional) guide for how to use teleportation devices safely and avoid…incidents.
Jan 16, 2021: Zine: Text Message Moods "Text Message Moods" illustrates what text message conversations look like, depending on people's moods. You may recognize these patterns. Copies of …
Jan 10, 2021: Astronaut contribution I contributed a page to the Pocket Thoughts Annual #3, a collaborative zine that features 25+ zinesters from around the world. Each contributor was …
Dec 30, 2020: Zine: Questions to ask yourself, part 2 More questions with no real answers. This is part 2, with a different style of questions. You may also want to see part 1. Copies of this zine are …
Dec 30, 2020: Zine: Questions to ask yourself, part 1 Some questions with no real answers, but maybe they offer some introspection. You may also want to see part 2. Copies of this zine are available in my …
Dec 29, 2020: Zine: Stardust and electricity A black and white zine with a simple encouragement. Copies are available in my Etsy shop.
Nov 30, 2020: Shifting through disciplines I started watching Abstract: The Art of Design on Netflix. It's a documentary series where each episode focuses on one designer and a different kind …
Nov 28, 2020: Zine: The Danger Zone I have some sample fountain pen inks from The Goulet Pen Company that are colors I would not write with, but they are definitely colors I would draw …
Nov 8, 2020: Zine: Exploring is learning I wanted to do a space and sea theme for a while, but I was stuck on the words. And then NASA found water on the moon. I love how the colors, text, …
Oct 18, 2020: My zine process A zine about how I make zines. So meta! Full disclosure: I wanted to draw little Daleks and built the rest of this zine around them. Bonus …
Oct 18, 2020: Zine: After the connection breaks This is a little story about telepathy...or something like it. Photocopies of this zine are available in my Etsy shop.
Sep 26, 2020: Zine: What I learned from studying abroad Photocopies of this zine are available in my Etsy shop.
Sep 14, 2020: Zine: How to spot a time traveler A handy little zine for how to identify potential time travelers. Copies of this zine are available in my Etsy shop. This zine is also part of the …
Sep 12, 2020: Zine: So You Met Your Doppelgänger “So You Met Your Doppelgänger” is a hand-drawn mini zine printed on an 8.5"x 11" sheet of paper and hand-folded. The finished …
Jun 27, 2020: Zine: Music Discovery Without An App My inspiration for this zine came from my freshman year of college. The women who lived in the dorm next to me were both radio DJs and often had music …
May 31, 2020: Escape the Zine I made an escape room zine! Check out the puzzles below. If you try solving them and have questions or want to check answers, please send me an email. …
May 13, 2020: Bullet Journal: Evolution of my monthly log I use my bullet journal for personal writing and notes (nothing work-related), so I don’t have much that needs to be tracked on a daily basis. A …
Feb 3, 2020: Localized: A short story about living abroad I was organizing some old files and found a short story I wrote in 2009 while studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I thought I had posted it …
Sep 14, 2012: Steal Like An Artist: Routine Art This is the best advice I have read about creative work: Be boring. (It's the only way to get work done.) It's from Steal Like An Artist by Austin …