Final Fanzine design and thoughts

The whole process of creating a Fanzine has been very interesting. I'm glad I went with my initial idea of following a musician friend of mine, I feel like the storyline works really well and the images work well together in the sequence. I have finalised my design and incorporated some handwritten notes into the...

Visiting a printers

I have decided to use SBS Printing, a local shop in Greenwich. I went to speak to a man named Peter there and we had a talk about paper, sizes and delivery. I found out they can do the whole book with binding in one day. I intend to use a satin finish and print...

Fanzine, Initial Designs

I want my fanzine to show the progression from writing, recording and then performance. To do this I need to create a layout that has a good pace and doesn't jump around much. I have this one image of my subject having a smoke, which I feel really helps as he is literally taking a...

First Shoot for Fanzine: Studio Shoot

The first shoot for my fanzine was photographing Mat in the studio, recording his songs for his new EP. This was a really interesting process and my friendship with Mat really helped. If it was a stranger then the working around each other may have been a bit awkward, however Mat just let me get...

Visit from Terrence – InDesign

We learnt about InDesign and the features it holds in class recently. I've been experimenting with different layouts and techniques. I intend to create a template for my Fanzine soon, however I feel it would be hard to create a document without having the full set of images available. I know I want my fanzine...

Fanzine – Initial thoughts

My initial ideas for Fanzine revolve around something to do with music as that is something I'm passionate about and know a lot about being a musician myself. It would be interesting to follow a musician or band through their creative journey, either through songwriting or touring and performing. I have one person in mind,...