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Example 1:  The zine is about combining old and new pop culture it bases this on Singapore’s pop culture scene. It is made by Steve Lawler who goes by MoJoko and is a multi media artist and designer.
It was created from drawing, printmaking and computer animation. I found this on people of print I like it because of busyness of the zine there are is no dead space I like how the images are collaged as it creates something more interesting to look at.

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Example 2:  The zine is about the built environment the specific one I picked was based on New York’s city scape. The books were created by Linda Wilson I found her books on boundunbound.org. The techniques used to create her books mainly consist of screen printing, stencil and monotype. The zine doesn’t specifically explore cultural identity issues it more looks into the fast moving cultural within city’s and the continuous signs and directions that are around in big cities like New York. I like this book as I like how it’s layout being folded vertically as if when you were to open it up the imagery would keep directing you along the page.

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Example 3: Susie Leiper started created books inspired by Chinese cultural such as art and archaeology. I like her pieces as they are one off books she includes oil and collage  and calligraphy and poetry in her books. I found her work on the website boundunbound.org.

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Example 4:  A posterzine created by Charles Uzzell Edwards who is uses street art as his main art form he is also goes by pure evil. I like this zine as I do think it explores Britain’s culture and identity issues as the cover of the zine features both the British flag which makes up its  4 countries whom may not always have the same wishes for the nation it also has the European flag, which related to current events as we have chosen to break away from the European Union which again can create tension between the countries within Britain because of statistical break ups of votes for example. The image of a young queen brings the posterzine together as the royal family is mostly celebrated as not many country’s have a royal family, however wealth can obscure peoples view of them. I found this posterzine on people of print- posterzine.

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Example 5: A zine by Christopher O’Leary I found this zine on goodpress.co.uk. It is called fat boy zine as it dives into the Asian cuisine specifically Filopino food. I like this zine as the front cover does not prepare you for what’s inside as the front cover looks abit like tie dye and doesn’t prepare you for a recipe book to be Inside.

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Example 6: A zine published by O Panda Gordo was to get comic book artists to take a step back from the usual work they do in colour and create some monochromatic comics. I like how he has seven artists work into the zine. I also like the neat doodle style the front cover as it looks free because of all the curves I also like it against the white background. It was digitally printed and saddle stitched.

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After thinking about Scotland in more detail I found myself having to build a bridge between a lot of stereotypical Scottish things and the way I actually live my life in Scotland. I found that traditional Scottish things are not that common in my everyday life.

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I also had a idea for my theme to be linking the old Scotland with my modern version. For example the kilt attire is now worn at special events like weddings, however centuries ago the  ‘kilt’ was worn by highlanders mostly and every clan had a different tartan so they could differentiate from one another. Also to transport goods in the industrial revolution between ditties they had horses and barges as a horse could pull a heavier load if in water. However through time and technology this stopped and Canals have transformed into a leisure activity for people walking and cycling.

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When thinking about a theme for my zine I started to look into where I live and how the area has changed over time. Falkirk has tourist attractions such as the Falkirk wheel which was built to link the forth and union canal. It also has the kelpies to show the history of the area which has two large horse head sculptures to symbolise the horses that used to pull barges.

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In this development I thought about my youth and compared some factors. Like my personal view of Scotland is different to a possible outsiders view or someone who lived in a rural place.  I grew up in a town under a hour away from Glasgow and Edinburgh so i had the mix of both the countryside and the city energy. I even used some alcohol to differentiate between my views, whiskey is well know for being a Scottish drink however it’s not often I see anyone order  one, I see a lot of cheaper drinks, there’s a lot of things I associate to Scotland because of there marketing, for example a grouse is a bird that we Seoul’s associate with Scotland but unless you look out for one you may not often see one.

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I decided to start my zine off with the image of a  tan O’ Shanter hat which can be commonly found in Scottish gift shops. When I began thinking about Scotland and scottish identity this image of people that wear tartan or kilts and have ginger hair came to mind. I took this development from my previous ideas around how things are sold with tartan wrappers to associate to Scotland.

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I also wanted to show all angles of Scotland as Scotland has some of the nicest beaches and national parks to visit. This is a popular attraction for tourists to visit and locals looking for a nice day out.

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The barrowlands is a popular concert venue in Glasgow. I wanted to include both the peacefully countryside of Scotland and the upbeat energy that the cities of Scotland have.

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For the last page of my zine I wanted to include the best of both worlds. As Scotland has lots of history that can be seen from all our castles such as Stirling castle, Edinburgh castle and monuments such as the Wallace monument also in Stirling. I added in the forth rail bridge because in its day it was a marvellous piece of engineering as is still a tourist destination.

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In this development I tried to use popular recognisable symbols like Harris tweed and the Scottish rugby badge. To show how advertising can influence our minds and make us associate what they’re marketing hand in hand.

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This is to show that I decided on a stitch method as I thought I looked neater than the folding method as the book would stay closed easier.

I think I have met the criteria of my brief well. I’ve clearly picked a relevant theme which was to create a zine on my perception of modern Scotland. I made this zine more towards tourists coming to visit Scotland. I wanted to show Scotland in a diverse way, by contrasting the look of landscape and the real atmosphere Scotland has, it was voted the most welcoming country in the world in 2017 and the best country for lgbti rights in Europe in 2015 & 16.

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This zine shows a split in scottish people’s opinion  the photographs were taken during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. When Scotland came together with there blue flags to unite and those who wanted to remain painted their faces with the Union Jack. I like the images this zine has I feel they show culture and identity well because after the results came in it was a very close divide being 60% to remain apart of the uk and 40% to leave.