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I finished my zine and I'm quite happy with the outcome. It was one of my favourite projects to create. I did a lot of development from the first draft. Not only I worked with a new typeface and collages but I also included more illustrations and tried to modify the ones previously created to make them more detailed. I decided to colour them with watercolours as I didn't want to have too many bright colours. I love how the potato stencils look and I also added some safety pins around the zine (mostly because it's what Goths used to wear as an accessory). I would love to still be able to riso print it once we're allowed back at university, I want to see how it could have looked. Despite all I'm happy with how I managed to create my project with only resources I had at home.

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Once I finished to create the illustrations and collages on the zine I did a simple stitch with a needle to bind it. It was the only way I could do it at home and also I remembered the process from a workshop we did last year. Overall it didn't turn out that bad but if I will ever be able to recreate this zine I would like to find other ways to bind it.

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Today I started to work on some stencils. I thought I wanted to create something not only for the zine but also to create some prints. I don't have many resources at home so I thought the easiest way to do this was creating potato stencils. I cut out a bat and spider shape and then used acrylics paint to print them. I printed a few stencils around the zine and then created a print with the two mixed together. I thought it might be a great print to use as a point of sale!

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I started to cut out letters from newspapers and magazines to create my new typefaces for the zine and i love how it looks! I think I found a good alternative for my typeface using what I had at home. I will also add some paper tape around the different writings to give it more a zine look.

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I haven't worked much on my first project if I have to be honest. I unfortunately won't be able to riso print it like I thought so my zine will have to hand drawn as well. I was thinking that the development I can do now is to draw more carefully all the things I previously drew, for the typeface I wanted to cut out letters from newspaper and use collages to form all the writings. I wish I could have printed some images to add more collages to the zine but not having a printer at home make this hard to do.

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I started to work on my zine but I think this will definitely be just a try out. I will just do a four page zine to see how it works, what I can add in the future, what I can modify, what I like and what I don’t. I do like the idea I had but I think it will take more time to develop what I’m thinking to achieve. I still think I want to riso print it as that’s the effect I’m trying to achieve. I need to practice more on full body drawing, I want to add a lot more outfits as at the moment three is not enough. I also want to include more collages, which makes me think that maybe A4 is not the best size and maybe i should go for something slightly bigger so I could fit everything I want in it. I’m happy with this try out, it helped to understand what I need to do to develop it, I still have a lot of work to do with it!

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I’ve been to the library to look for more information about the goth subculture that I could use for my project. I found a few books, but mostly one, called “Goth Bible”, which was extremely helpful as it had everything I needed to know inside. It helped to find out about everything Goths believe in. It was great because it was easier to then draw for my zine, it was easier to draw what kind of shoes they wear, the makeup and hairstyles, clothes, accessories... Now I just need to work harder on the zine!

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The rise printing workshop was incredibly helpful. I was considering it for my project and this workshop taught me how to use rise print in an easier and quicker way. I didn't know you could separate the colors on photoshop and then print them, it's so much easier than what I was used to do and this will make the whole process much quicker. I really enjoyed it and I feel even more sure about using it for my project.

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We had an induction on ceramic today which was really fun. I wish we could have made something more but it was more of lesson to explain the process (which is really complicated in my opinion) and how you can do different things in there. I really liked the workshop but I'm not sure if I will ever use it as it's a long process and quite complicated.

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I finally decided a stable idea for my project. I decided to create a "guide on how to be a goth", a short zine which concentrates on the style, makeup, hairstyles, inspiration and everything you need to know to be a goth. I will take inspiration from 90s goths pictures, see what they use to wear and how they used to style their hair and makeup.

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Since the feedback given I started to think about how to develop my idea. what I thought about immediately is fashion zines in the 90s/00s. They used to be very popular between girls, a lot of magazines with inside news about what's in at the moment, tips on how to do a certain makeup or hairstyles, what shoes are the "favourite of the month", how to pair the perfect outfit. So I started to think about making a small zine with inside a lot of information about goths, but because I got suggested to narrow down my topic, I thought I could concentrate on specific features, most specifically how they look.

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We had the first pitch of our project today with the other students and received some feedback. I'm still unsure about where to move with my project so I wasn't really sure about what to present. I showed my research about the goth subcultures and explained what I found out about them. the feedback received was really helpful though. I understood that I should focus on specific things about the subculture and narrow it down. I also received a lot of references to look at that would help me understand what people consider a goth.

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Sketching goth pictures found in the archive

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Sketching goth pictures found in the archive

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I started to do a few quick sketches of a few pictures I found on the archive. I drew things I liked about them like makeup, hair, clothes.

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I loved this workshop! I never did something like this and it was so fun. Such a cool and innovative way to draw something.

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We've been doing some book binding today. They showed us so many different (and very quick) ways to bind a book. It's something that I could definitely use for my project.

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We went to visit the Cass Archive today. I was surprised with the amount of information they have in there and so many historical documents. I found out about a lot of facts about the university, a lot of things that I didn't know. I just think that I will stick with the Youth Culture archive. I enjoyed the Cass archive but I found it too historical and talking about teenagers in their subcultures it's something that I much prefer.

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I had a read at the 40 stories from the archive and tried to find 3 that caught my attention. I firstly found one about skaters, which were called "surfers with no sea" (I find that very accurate), but the two that were mostly interesting for me were about indie and goths. The story about indie explained how the movement started, what were hey interested in, what music they liked and who they took inspiration from in the UK. The goth's story was very similar, it explained who defines themselves as goths, what they like to wear and what are they beliefs.I really enjoyed reading this last one, I always found really fascinating the goth subculture and I would love to find out more about them.

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I really enjoyed the visit to the museum of Youth Culture, I didn't know about its existence so it was great to know that there's a place like this. There were pictures from every subculture and it was so interesting to see them all and see original pictures from those periods. This archive is currently my number 1 voice for the development of the project.