This project starts with an idea to make a simple herbology oc zine and I remember how Koshka said that even if there's only 10 participants we will still gonna do it. Surprisingly we got more than 50 applications and now this zine project is consists of 46 people. Managing and communicating with so many people is really no joke for an INFP such as me o<-<

Vodkaa helped a lot in kickstarting everything when Koshka and I was still figuring things out like two lost children. After that Vold helped so much in contributing to the almanac part and also the amazing gathering map, so we really can find them in hogwarts. Then!!! I got helped a lot during editing process from Will/Wren, Dawggo and also Sol despite them being so busy irl hahahaha *casually drags everyone from the previous tarot zine

I hope everyone can enjoy this zine whether as participants, herbologists or as art appreciator in general. Love you all

PS. Please someone make another hpma oc zineee, maybe fantastic beasts theme T.T (definitely not me)

To be honest, I feel both happy and sad now that this zine is done.

Happy because—hey, I love showing it off, and I’m going to spread this zine everywhere I can! lol

Sad because this zine is already finished :'). We came together to make this zine a reality. And well! It’s all over now.

I’m definitely going to miss the times when I’d “kidnap” someone to join this zine, seeing the beautiful WIPs on the server, and all our interactions.

I enjoyed every step of the creative process for this zine, even though—I was one of the contributors who didn’t start working on my piece until a week before the deadline (even though we had three months, lol).

I remember the first time we discussed this zine with Kuya. At first, I reached out to Kuya about a certain topic (cough—I got caught up in some drama and we, ahem, gossiped, cough), and the conversation continued when Kuya said he wanted to make a herbology zine.

With my impulsive brain, I immediately said, “Oh yeah! Let’s do it! Even if only 10 people join!” I mean—because of that drama, I had excess angry energy, so let’s just channel it into something more positive. UwU

The process went smoothly. I was optimistic that we’d get more than 10 people. But the turnout ended up being way more than we expected—hahaha.

I still remember how much Vodka helped with the registration. She was so amazing—girrll!! You’re the best!! Kuya and I were speechless! XD

I rarely talk to Voldy myself, but Voldy does such a great job too! Wow! He’s so thorough in gathering data on herbology!

To be honest, I didn’t open the shared admin file until the editing process. And wow!! Guys!! Voldy! Teach me to be more diligent!

Then, during the editing process, Will, Dawgo, and Sol were also incredibly helpful! Will provided lots of references for decorating this zine. It took time to tidy up all 46 pages, and hey! I’m so impressed!! Thank you so much, everyone. We know you’re busy, but this zine really came together thanks to all your help, uuhuuhuuu

And also to the victims of our “kidnapping”—ahem—thank you so much for participating! Honestly, your positive energy strengthened us and helped us encourage one another. Ah, darn, I’m sad that all of this is over.

I hope we’ll always stay friends no matter where we are. And I also hope there will be more zines in this fandom in the future. (Lol, NetEase should pay us all.)

We apologize if, while moderating this zine, we accidentally offended anyone with our words.

Once again, thank you for the wonderful memories~

xoxo

I hope everyone is able to enjoy “Fantastic Plants and Where to Find Them” zine as much as I do, as the mods, the artists, and everyone contributing poured their heart out into making this come true.

Ps. I’ve added a hyperlink on the artist page, if anyone fancy any of the artists here, you can press on their social media section and it'll direct to one of their socials! They’re all wonderful artists, be sure to support them!

But I hope and pray that if there's another zine collab with the same people that i met online, let me know and let me join for the fun! So, congratulations, everyone, and have a good day, afternoon, and night!~

I still deeply regret and apologize that I couldn’t contribute more after having to step away from the project due to IRL workload after june, but I’m really, really happy to see how beautifully it turned out. extremely proud of everyone involved!

I know that everyone has sacrificed so much time, effort, and care because you love your work and want to make it the best it can be.

The result is something truly wonderful and my appreciation goes out to every single person here.

I couldn't be more proud of every artist, editor, supporter, and friend that helped breathe this into life. Thank you for making this something special~ Love, Dawwgo 🐶

I'm not usually talk much but I just wanted to leave a little note to say that I really enjoyed working on my part in this zine.

There’s clearly a lot of time and care put into the piece and it was nice seeing how everyone’s work came together as a whole project.

Thank you to everyone who contributed and helped bring this together. It was a pleasure and I’m glad that I joined. 🐦‍⬛