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2 week art zine challenge *edit: dates moved back*

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2 week art zine challenge *edit: dates moved back*
Swap Coordinator:marmot (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Art  Zines 
Number of people in swap:13
Location:International
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:November 14, 2008
Date items must be sent by:November 30, 2008
Number of swap partners:5
Description:

Because of a recent family emergency I will be traveling and not have internet access on the 14th. I will review & assign partners when I get back on the 16th. Please start your zines as planned on the 14th, since who partners are does not really factor in to what you make.

I love that the title perfectly sums up the categories this swap fits in.

For this swap you will have two weeks to create an art zine, any size/format you want, that is a minimum of 12 pages long (excluding the cover please). That means 12 illustrations/collages/photos etc. You will be sending to five partners.

The specifics:

The zine has to be based around your visual art, be it comics, art journalling, collage, a visual narrative, two weeks worth of observational drawings, it's up to you. The only real rule is that, though it may include text, text should not be the main foccus of the zine. So sorry, no chapbooks or poetry zines.

You only have two weeks to make the zine, definitely a challenge, at least for me. I've timed it like this so that you will have time to make a page a day, then one day for editing/finalizing layout/making a cover and one day for reproducing your zine in whatever manner you deem fit (photocopying/blockprinting/silk screening/whatever floats your boat)

Hopefully this swap will be a lot of fun as it will get us doing at least a little bit of art daily for a while. Also, this is my very first time hosting a swap and I'm very excited but please bear with me on any blunders.

Fine Print: International (these should be pretty light) Newbies: welcome with filled out profile All others: 4.8 and no recent no sends, if you have a reasonable reason for a bad rating please pm and we can discuss.

if you are unsure what a zine is please take a quick peek at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine for a very brief overview

Discussion

PennyArcade 10/17/2008 #

i am going to be on vacation for the majority of this, which is a shame because i dig it, and i was alreeady going to make a street art 'zine.

meh. maybe next time

marmot 10/18/2008 #

if you are interested, and like PennyArcade, cannot join at this time or because of some other limitation please post here or PM me. I'd like to be able to make a swap that's as inclusive and accessible as possible. :)

joanieponytail57 10/18/2008 #

This one is going to be real challenge for me, but I want very much to do it. I have only done one zine before and it is something I look forward to doing again.

peanutbutter 10/20/2008 #

i would like to do this swap, but it's in my exam period so i won't be able to. if you run it again i would definitely sign up!

peanutbutter 10/20/2008 #

is it okay if it is photography? or even photography/collage?

applebomb 10/21/2008 #

Pages of art? sounds like fun to me C:

Thanks for pushing the date. I finish uni just before that so its very good! I'll think about doing this.. in the mean time it will be on my watchlist ^^

twilightgecko 10/21/2008 #

love the idea, but i'm just getting back into zines, and i don't think i could do a page a day..

marmot 10/21/2008 #

@peanutbutter photography would be great! I can't believe I didn't mention it.

tex82 10/22/2008 #

niiiiiiiiiice idea!

abandy 10/27/2008 #

Are we not allowed to start before the date?

marmot 10/28/2008 #

@abandy and others: if you would like to start before the official start date that's fine too, just keep in mind you may be receiving shorter zines from people who made them in the two weeks

MistiKo 11/19/2008 #

I think this is a great idea. I'm just coming back to swap-bot, specifically to trade zines and I missed the deadline, or I would have signed up. Would love to join if you do it again. M

joanieponytail57 11/24/2008 #

I had some family and work stuff come up after I signed up, so I set my two weeks a bit earlier to avoid sending the zines late. Hope my partners enjoy.

silverinsanity 11/28/2008 #

Thanks for adding the 2 extra days. I wasn't sure how I was going to get these mailed before the end of the day!!

tex82 11/28/2008 #

heheh, I finished yesterday, but I'll send tomorrow!

madebymilla 11/29/2008 #

those extra 2 days mean my zine has a cover!

tex82 11/30/2008 #

Today is sunday!! Nobody work on sunday even more postoffice. So tomorrow will be on the way!

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