Dr. Me studios
I recently went to a zine store in Manchester and looked for some visual research for my CoP Garfield zine; I found a studio called Dr.Me that focus on publications. The style of their work is very much similar to the stuff I'm into, and they often use stickers and play with existing cartoons - mainly the Simpsons. Here below are a few examples of these zines.
This zine was interesting as it considered packaging more over paper stock, and had a coloured plastic sleeve which had stickers on it; this allowed the paper stock and materials to interact with each other, and giving the paper a red tinge. This idea of overlaying textures could work for my own zine - I could possibly package the Garfield zine in a similar way e.g. plastic wallet?
This zine cover played with simple line drawings and had extreme negative space which was visually intriguing; the paper stock was also newsprint which could work nicely for my own publication?
All of these zine covers manipulate visuals of cartoons, through collaging and digital editing; I like how these look, but prefer the idea of adding my own style and twist onto Garfield, as it would build a certain exclusivity.
I found this zine interesting as it used QR codes and bar codes in a unique way; I could possibly try adding QR codes of the actual blog on the back of the design? This could work nicely to build a stronger familiarity with the audience and a reference to the publications' inspiration.
- Keep the zine in a plastic wallet? Coloured?
- QR code idea
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