2D II | Zine Final

We have come to the end of our Foundation 2D journey. And I have to say this zine project is by far the best – the fact that we get to go out and explore ?! It’s almost like giving you a day off from all the assignments but at the same time you ARE DOING the assignment.

Ok I think you get what I mean.

Before heading to my assigned neighbourhood, I knew what I wanted my zine to be — definitely a photo-centric zine for sure. But after a two-day exploration, I was left with SO MANY photos that I had no idea where they should go to. And I started to wonder why do we only get a 8pp zine? Little did I know, 8pp is a huge challenge.

Since we are so used to using social media these days, writing captions are just a random task we do on a daily basis – YES CAPTIONS; that’s where my idea came from. I decided to focus on some of the more interesting photos and caption them. So I started naming each of them but they didn’t really make sense after awhile when I imagined putting them together. Hence, I figured.. maybe I should group the photos according to their area, colours, texture etc and from there I could create a narrative. This made the whole thing a lot more easier.

Here is the final product, which I printed on grainy, off-white paper to maintain the nostalgic feels.

Printing was a total disaster for me! It involved tears and more tears – camping outside different printing shops just because the one before didn’t give you the right size and colours. But overall I learnt something from all the obstacles I faced –

  • Try a different type of paper may help with the colour issues or give you better, unexpected result!
  • Always remember to state what you want CLEARLY to the printing staffs; mock-ups are highly recommended!!
  • Learn to reject them if it’s not printed correctly… *cries a river for all the $$ spent*

All in all, it was a great experience! Having the opportunity to learn and explore Indesign has sparked my interest in creating my own personal zines in this coming holidays. I realised that I took too many photos on a weekly basis and I have nowhere to store?? Maybe it’s time to put them into good use.. I had a lot of fun researching about zines and their layouts. I have to stress that researching layouts is an IMPORTANT step because it helps to direct you to a focal point when/if you are lost and it also gives you more ideas that will make your zine a little more interesting. Even though I really like some of the layouts, but they don’t really fit my current zine project theme and I look forward to incorporate those into my future zines. CANT WAIT to discover what’s next for me!

And let’s just pray that I have learnt my mistakes and the printing process will turn out smoothly next time.

This ONE year has been good to me. Thank You Prof. Shirley for all the guidance and my fellow classmates from both G8 and G1 for all the fun and support.


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Author: Rochele Lim

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