Before I started designing, I made a folder on Pinterest to save anything that inspired me or gave me ideas I could use later. This helped me stay organized and made the process feel less overwhelming. I started by writing out a list of everything I talked about in the answer I wrote a few blogs ago and created a page for each topic, simply putting the title and nothing else. I then started with the cover, using a zine cover I found online as a guide but adding my own twist to make it feel more personal.
(Both screenshots from the folder I created on Pinterest for this project)
I worked on the zine one page at a time, which made the whole project easier to manage. Once I had a rough draft, I went back and looked at what I liked and what I didn’t. If a page didn’t feel right, I duplicated it and tried again until it worked. When I wasn’t sure how to improve something, I went back to researching for more ideas and inspiration. Even for the photos used in the zine, I took ideas from online and mixed and matched ideas and created my own version of it all. Through this process I was able to complete my zine, CCR question #4.
(The different version I created for the same pages)
(Some of inspiration that came from Pinterest)
I’ve been junk journaling for about three years, and it’s something I really enjoy doing, so making a zine felt very familiar to me, almost like junk journaling, just more organized and done digitally. Because of that, the process felt fun instead of stressful. Even though it took a few days to finish, I really enjoyed creating it and felt like it was a great way to combine my creativity with a school assignment.
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